Great Properties Are Built by Great Teams.
When your team changes, your standards shouldn’t. We train your people to deliver the experience your guests expect, every service.
Exceptional Guest Experiences Begin With a Well-Trained Team.
Behind every memorable meal, every seamless event, and every returning guest is a team that takes pride in its craft. When that team matters most, leaders turn to us.
From First Call to Lasting Results.
Join our employer partner network and complete a brief online assessment.
An in-person kitchen audit places a dollar value on every opportunity.
Essentials workshops and Talent Development Seats build skills right away.
A dedicated cohort or the Cornerstone Investment develops your team for the long term.
Let Your Leaders Lead.
Every exceptional guest experience starts with strong leadership, and every great leader is supported by an outstanding team. You see your team’s potential. We help them reach it.
Every Strong Team Starts Here.
Talent Connection
Complimentary
Your property is added to our employer partner list and considered as a job trial site for participants in our training programs. You also receive updates on open training programs across Virginia, with the option to enroll members of your current team.
Kitchen Audit
In-person assessment
A clear, measurable view of your culinary operation. We assess how your team performs, both technically and professionally. We show what each opportunity is worth to your bottom line, benchmarked against national standards. And every report includes practical next steps, whether or not you choose to train with us.
Invest in Your Rising Talent.
Essentials Workshops
On-site or in our kitchens
Two- to three-hour hands-on workshops that reimagine team training. Food is the ultimate connector, bringing every department together to build on the professional skills they already have. The result is a team that moves from “I think I can” to “I know I can.”
Talent Development Seats
Seven weeks
Invest in the people you see a future in. You know who has the potential. Our seven-week training program gives them the skills to match. They finish with industry credentials, professional skills, and the confidence to step into their next role. Seats are limited each cohort.
Develop the Entire Team.
Dedicated Cohort
Seven weeks · teams of six to eight
A seven-week program designed exclusively for your property. We build the training around your operation, your menus, and your kitchen standards. Your team learns together, grows together, and elevates the guest experience as one. Weekly Development Reports let you follow each participant’s progress from start to finish.
The Cornerstone Investment
Designed for properties that understand the value of training and are ready to commit to development that goes beyond one day, one week, or one month. A full year of training and support for teams of six to eight.
“The leaders I talk to are proud of their teams and want to protect what they have built. Our work is to give those teams the tools to grow.”
Chef Antwon BrinsonFounder & President, Culinary Concepts AB
Compare the Options.
Included Available as an addition
| INCLUDED | Talent Connection | Essentials | Talent Development Seats | Dedicated Cohort | Cornerstone Investment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employer partner network | |||||
| Hands-on training | |||||
| Built around your operation | |||||
| Weekly Development Reports | |||||
| Kitchen audit | Two included | ||||
| Graduation pop-up dinner | |||||
| CCAB alumni network | |||||
| VIP dinner invitations |
What Leaders Ask Us.
Six services: Talent Connection, the Kitchen Audit, Essentials Workshops, Talent Development Seats, the Dedicated Cohort, and the Cornerstone Investment. Each one develops your team, from a complimentary first step to a full year of training.
An in-person assessment of your culinary operation. We evaluate your team’s technical and professional skills, place a dollar value on each opportunity benchmarked against national standards, and recommend practical next steps.
Every department, not just the kitchen. These two- to three-hour, hands-on workshops use food as the connector to build communication, teamwork, and other professional skills.
Seven weeks, for teams of six to eight. Each program is built around your operation, your menus, and your kitchen standards, with Weekly Development Reports throughout.
Our most complete training: a full year that includes a dedicated cohort, two Essentials workshops, two kitchen audits, a graduation pop-up dinner, access to the CCAB alumni network, and VIP invitations to CCAB dinners.
Yes. Many properties begin with Talent Connection or a Kitchen Audit, then grow into a program.
Yes. Each proposal is built around what your organization needs now and next.
It depends on the program. Your proposal confirms the training location and schedule for your team.
Dedicated programs are built around your staffing schedule, so your operation runs as usual.
With a 15-minute conversation. Complete the Workforce Stability Assessment, and we will recommend the right fit and send a proposal with one clear investment.
Let’s Begin With a Conversation.
In fifteen minutes, we learn about your team and goals. Then we recommend the right fit and send a proposal with one clear investment.