The International Culinary Center teaches students all levels of cooking skills, from the basics of Western-style cooking to the advanced techniques for creating original dishes. The International Culinary Center supports the Good Food movement via its Farm-to-Table program.
The Good Food movement is an international movement made up food growers and chefs from around the world. The Good Food movement has a two-pronged purpose: it promotes locally grown, organic, humanely-treated, family farm raised food; and is a protest against commercially produced, chemically laden factory foods.
The James Beard Foundation has supported the Good Food Movement through its Chefs Boot Camp for Policy & Change, which has grown from an original class of 15 in 2012 to 105 the next year, with more than 600 applying for future training. The chefs performed millions of Facebook, and other social media posts in advocacy for good and nutritious food. Chefs are participating in the formation of local and community food policy councils, advocacy days, and promoting legislation regarding standards for labels and the Childhood Nutrition Reauthorization.
