Strengthening community-based culinary arts training programs across the country
The Jacques Pépin Foundation (JPF) advances Jacques’ love of culinary arts and teaching through video and recipe production and curriculum development, expanding education and training for all.
We provide grants and other resources to community-based culinary arts training programs nationwide, supporting those organizations that help individuals detached from the workforce gain confidence, skills, and employment in the food industry.
Learn more about our specific support for culinary training programs across the U.S. by clicking on the map at right. If you are interested in learning more about the JPF, please subscribe to our newsletter or reach out to us at info@jp.foundation. We would love to know about your program.
Join the JPF’s Vision to improve lives and strengthen communities through culinary education. Joining the JPF Membership directly helps expand the reach of the JPF’s Mission to promote Jacques’ generosity and passion for cooking by supporting individuals that seek, and organizations that create pathways to success through culinary professionalism, skills, and technique.
Watch video to hear directly from program participants about the advantages of culinary training
Grants and Collaborative Opportunities
The Jacques Pépin Foundation Grants Program supports culinary arts education and job training. Part of our work is to support non-profit, community-based, culinary arts training programs that offer free culinary training to those with high barriers to employment. Questions about our Grants Program? Please reach out to us at grants@jp.foundation.
Request for Proposals
JPF Principal Grant Program — New or Never-Funded Applicants
The JPF Principal Grant Program provides one-time unrestricted grants of up to $10,000 to help strengthen and expand eligible culinary training programs across the United States.
- Organizations that have never received a JPF grant are eligible.
- Organizations that previously applied but were not funded are eligible.
- Organizations that have received a JPF grant are not eligible for the Principal Grant program and should apply to the JPF Partnership Circle Grant instead.
- The 2026 Principal Grant Application will open on Feb 24, 2026
We will be using Foundant as our grants management platform for 2026 and we look forward to helping all applicants navigate a new, streamlined process. Please note that all grant applicants will need to create an account in Foundant to apply.
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2024 Grant Program Recipient, YWCA Culinary Evanston, IL
Request for Proposals
JPF Partnership Circle Grant Program — Multi-Year Funding For Previously-Awarded Grantees
The JPF Partnership Circle Grant Program provides $25,000 per year for two consecutive years ($50,000 total) in unrestricted funding to help strengthen and expand eligible culinary training programs in the United States.
- Organizations that have previously received funding from the JPF are eligible to apply.
- Organizations that are not currently in an active Partnership Circle grant cycle are eligible (have not received Partnership Circle funding in 2025).
- Organizations that have completed a two-year Partnership Circle award must wait at least one full year after the end of their grant term before reapplying.
- The 2026 Partnership Circle Grant Application will open on Feb 24, 2026
We will be using Foundant as our grants management platform for 2026 and we look forward to helping all applicants navigate the new, streamlined process. Please note that all grant applicants will need to create an account in Foundant to apply.
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Partnership Circle Grant Recipient Kitchen of Purpose
Partners and Beneficiaries
We partner with Catalyst Kitchens, a network of nonprofits leading a movement to end joblessness through foodservice job training and social enterprise.
We support Feeding America’s network of culinary job training programs housed in food banks across the country.
JPF Support
Grant Funding
Support for Community Kitchens
Since we started our grants program in 2019, we have granted nearly $2M to over 90 organizations nationwide. The JPF mission and vision are rooted firmly in the belief that culinary skills training leads better health, increased self-confidence, and employment and career opportunities. We are proud to partner with and support organizations in every community that offer free culinary training to individuals with high barriers to employment.
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Participants in the Flavors of Success Culinary Training Program at Mosholu Montefiore Community Center in the Bronx, NY, Grant Recipient 2024
Curricular Materials
JPF Library
The Foundation distributes a set of books that includes two Jacques Pépin technique-driven cookbooks — Complete Techniques and Essential Pépin (along with accompanying educational DVD), and a copy of Jacques’ autobiography The Apprentice to training programs for use in their curriculum or as an addition to their lending library for participants.
Cooking Videos
The Foundation offers selections of Jacques Pépin cooking videos on its website for all culinary training programs to access and use in their curriculum.
The Foundation offers free JPF Group Memberships for organizations that have received a grant, providing multi-person logins for Cook with Jacques Pepin & Friends – the JPF Membership Video Recipe Book that features hundreds of cooking videos.
Industry Support
We continue to build relationships with food industry partners to help provide much-needed equipment and supplies for community-based culinary training program grantees. Please contact us if you would like more information about becoming a Jacques Pépin Industry Partner.