By Ali G.
The Family Foundation School extends a warm welcome to our new head chef, Pablo.
He’s joining our family as the head of the kitchen and will be helping us cook up some great new eats and some of our old favorites as the winter comes. Pablo was looking for a job online, and saw that there was an opening at the Family Foundation School. “What I noticed,” he says “was that it was listed as a place for at-risk teens, and I was one myself.” Pablo has experience being a part of 12-step community, which drew him to our school.
“This job combines my two greatest passion: the 12 steps and cooking,” Pablo told me. He hopes to create more of our meals from scratch and use less processed food in his cooking, something that the students are glad to hear, as many of us are concerned about the health and purity of our bodies. Pablo was originally born in Puerto Rico, but grew up most of his life in Yonkers, New York. However, when his son was born, he moved to Orange County in order to raise him in a more rural area and lived there for fifteen years. Pablo has already made a great impression this weekend with his heavenly peach cobbler and scrumptious apple pie, and we all look forward to creating many more delicious meals with him in the kitchen!
Parents are very excited to hear that Pablo is on board and that he is going to be serving less processed food! Healthy bodies and minds for all!
I’ve always tried very hard to have my daughter eat well and was worried I was sending her to consume only the typical American diet. I am delighted to hear otherwise! Does Pablo get help in the kitchen from the kids? I hope so. I love to think of my daughter up there learning to cook real meals. Welcome Pablo and a big hug!!
So delighted to welcome the new chef Pablo. Strongly in favor of real food. The closer to homegrown and homemade, the better I like it.
The kids are so excited and parents who have experienced the food from the new chef have been very complimentary.
How incredible to find a great chef who himself was an at-risk teen! Couldn’t find a better match! I too hope that the kids get to “help” Pablo in the kitchen…one never knows if something as simple as lending a hand in the kitchen can bring out some incredible culinary talents in these kids!