Testimonials

Dear Greta, Chef Jeff and all the Staff at The Culinary Institute,
Thank you for the wonderful year you have given our son Moishe. He has absolutely LOVED the course! (And we enjoy his updates over the phone). He is looking forward to the upcoming work experience. Thank you for arranging it! Thank you, all of you, for a wonderful year!

Zvi and Nechama Bakst

Seven years ago my husband and I sat in the principal’s office at a school for children with learning disabilities and heard my son’s teacher say ” I cannot find anything good about your son – there is nothing he can do “. We both sat there totally frozen – to be traumatised and riddled with that sentence for years to come.
Today, seven years later, we sent our son off to culinary school for his final exam and heard from the staff that he got an A plus and he was receiving his graduation certificate.When we heard about the JCI (Jerusalem Culinary Institute ), we took a long gulp before suggesting it to him. He was petrified at the thought of having to study and do tests, but excited by the practical side of it. However, what we knew about the JCI was that they BELIEVED in their students and did everything they could to help them. And we believed that our son could do it. We believed it for him until today when he believed it for himself. It was not easy to be in an educational environment with strict rules and uniform. But he did it. He needed constant encouragement throughout and the most amazing staff at the JCI gave this to him. And what’s more, all the way along they told us, ” he can do it”. And they were right. He DID it! Without one educational qualification in the world. He DID it! Without finishing school He DID it! They saw – not only his soul, but also all and every good thing about him – and they worked on it and encouraged it and gave him back his dignity and knowledge that he COULD do something.

Hinda Schryber