Students

Today's students are the next generation of the hospitality industry. The ProStart® program gives students a head start toward exciting and rewarding careers in this industry, such an executive chef, general manager and restaurant owner.

How You Can Benefit:

• Learn life, career and employability skills
• Build relationships with mentors and role models
• Gain exposure to industry leaders
• Receive a national certificate
• Scholarship opportunities ($2000 ProStart scholarship!)
• Earn college credit at state and national culinary and hospitality programs
• Participate in the Student Invitational at state and national levels
• Increase your marketability

Your Responsibilities:

• Take courses ranging from food preparation, to business accounting, to workplace safety, to marketing
• Work in a paid, mentored internship
• Build a relationship with your mentor
• Complete a competency checklist
• Pass the national exams
• Maintain a minimum grade point average of 2.0 overall

This program translates into real skills, real knowledge and real jobs.

ProStart® is a registered trademark of the National Restaurant Assocation Educational Foundation.

Bryan Mowry
ProStart® and Mentoring Coordinator

Current Sponsors:

Culver Franchising System, Inc.

Forest County Potawatomi Community Foundation

Food Services
of Eastern Wisconsin

Food Services
of Baraboo

WRA Milwaukee Chapter

WRA Madison Chapter

ACF Chefs of Milwaukee

ACF Chefs of Lake Geneva

DeRosa Corporation