This past semester, Building 21 High School students spent their Wednesday afternoons in the Free Library of Philadelphia’s Culinary Literacy Center with Vetri Foundation chefs to learn about food and basic kitchen skills. Yesterday the semester culminated in a Food...

I cannot adequately describe in words what a wonderful start we had today to My Daughter’s Kitchen at Olney Elementary School. Each one of our boys presented themselves and behaved so maturely, I couldn’t have been more proud! They were...

An Excerpt from co-founder Jeff Benjamin’s new book Front of the House: Restaurant Manners, Misbehaviors & Secrets out on Tuesday, March 17 on Amazon. Publisher Burgess Lea Press donates 100 percent of after-tax publishing profits from Front of the House to the Vetri Foundation...

Originally published on Philly.com by Samantha Melamed Maybe it was the squad of cheerleaders they brought with them, chanting, “Burrito! Burrito!” Or maybe it was their sweet-and-savory recipe for apple, cheddar, and sausage breakfast burritos, giving new life to those...

Competition was fierce, but only one student-led team could win this year’s Culinary Voice, school food competition. Murrell Dobbins High School McDobbins Breakfast Club entered a veggie scramble. Swenson Arts and Technology High School Culinary Arts’ Team Awesomeness prepared a croissant sausage sandwich...

After the success of the 2014 Culinary Voice, it’s come time for round two! The Culinary Voice 2015 will feature student-designed breakfast dishes. Just like last year, the winning dish will be put into regular rotation at all full-service School...

The nutrition education component of Eatiquette, called Culinary Classroom, gives students the opportunity to get hands-on with their food. This month’s lesson revolves around a kale, squash, and chicken quesadilla.Maddy Booth, assistant program coordinator, says the focus is on seasonal...

A Note from Jeff Benjamin A little over six years ago, we assembled our first meeting at a dining room table at Osteria. From that moment on it was clear that the Vetri Foundation would be a trailblazer in the fight...

Frustrated with serving “satellite” lunches, the term for the cellophane-covered lunches prepared and packaged in factories and then shipped to schools, William H. Ziegler Elementary School principal Paul Spina put “improving school lunch” on his to-do list. Students were throwing...

Philadelphia Inquirer food editor Maureen Fitzgerald and the Vetri Foundation partnered in 2013 to expand the reach of Maureen’s afterschool cooking classes. The mission is simple — to teach schoolchildren to prepare healthy, easy meals on a budget. Maureen and...