Making a Difference

Keep the Jacques-tober Spirit All Year Long

October 27, 2026

All month long, we’ve been celebrating Jacques-tober on YouTube with extra Happy Cooking! We shared a replay of a virtual Halloween candy tasting hosted by pastry chefs Paola Velez and Jacques Torres. We also debuted our first YouTube Course designed to teach viewers various techniques and recipes for making omelets in our Egg-stravanga! When you complete the full course of 8 videos, you get a little badge on your YouTube account, and a whole lot of egg-stra skills.

Culinary students and instructor at Arc Broward Culinary

National Disability Employment Awareness Month

October 13, 2026

Recognized with JPF grant funding awards in 2022, 2023, and 2024, Arc Broward Culinary in Sunrise, FL is helping expand what opportunity can look like for adults with disabilities. At the heart of that work is a clear mission: to strengthen the community by empowering people with disabilities to grow, develop, and thrive. This mission is particularly meaningful as we recognize National Disability Employment Awareness Month.

Announcing our 2026 Memorial Grant Awardees

October 2, 2026

It is our great pleasure to announce the three 2026 Jacques Pépin Foundation Memorial Grant awardees! These graduates of JPF Community Kitchen partner programs have been selected to receive $5,000 each to continue their culinary journeys. Congratulations to all the awardees and their respective programs!

Building Skills for Work and Home

September 22, 2026

To bridge the gap between workforce development and life skills training, JPF Circle Grant Recipient, Stone Soup PDX recently launched “Smart Cooks, Smart Choices,” a two-year initiative that teaches participants how to shop for, plan, and cook healthy, fresh meals at home while staying within a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) budget.

Jacques Pépin working with a culinary student

Our Mission at Work

September 10, 2026

Workforce Development Month is a great time to look back at the JPF’s work with Community Kitchen Partners from past years, and we have a wonderful collection of mission-related videos to help us reminisce. In this video, you’ll learn a bit about the impact that Jacques and the JPF have had on our program partners through the years.

Rollie Wesen, Peter Wells, Claudine Pépin and Jacques Pépin

Celebrating the Impact of La Technique

August 12, 2026

We were touched by the recent article in The New York Times on Jacques’ landmark cookbook, La Technique, marking its enduring influence on culinary education 50 years after its publication. The piece by Pete Wells highlighted how La Technique—now published as Jacques Pépin Complete Techniques—has been a foundational text, using photographs to explain fundamental kitchen techniques for any home cook or professional chef.