Roosevelt Culinary Arts

Congratulations, Chef Carlyn, and well deserved!

Congratulations to Carlyn Shanley, our 2026 ProStart Program Educator of Excellence! Read more about our recognition of Carlyn's contributions to hospitality education here: hospitalityminnesota.growthzoneapp.com/news-center/Details/carlyn-shanley-selected-as-2026-prostart-educator-of-excellence-322924

From "Cafeteria Takeovers" to helping students start their own baking businesses, Carlyn’s impact on her students and the Minneapolis community is truly transformative.

Join us in celebrating Carlyn at the HMEF Scholarship Breakfast on May 5 at The Beach Club in Minneapolis: members.hospitalityminnesota.com/eventcalendar/Details/2026-scholarship-breakfast-1600655?sourceTypeId=Website

Please join us this coming Thursday for our annual Empty Bowls community meal!

We had a great time making homemade pizza, fried beignets, and popcorn chicken in the Roosevelt Culinary Arts Kitchen this week!

In order to continue cooking up delicious treats in our classroom, we need your help! Our finances are running out and, unfortunately, we don’t get any funding from the district (given recent elective teacher cuts, we even feel lucky to have a job!). That means we have to fundraise all of the money it takes to keep the program running.

That comes to about $20,000 each semester, all of which goes to ingredients, supplies, and equipment for over 200 culinary students (or about $5 per student per week).

There are two ways you can help. Donations are always appreciated, but so is spreading the word through any kind of social networks. Our donation page is linked in our bio - any support you can give helps!

Thank you for any and all support already this semester; we feel so grateful to be able to learn about food alongside your students!

We had a great time making homemade pizza, fried beignets, and popcorn chicken in the Roosevelt Culinary Arts Kitchen this week! In order to continue cooking up delicious treats in our classroom, we need your help! Our finances are running out and, unfortunately, we don’t get any funding from the district (given recent elective teacher cuts, we even feel lucky to have a job!). That means we have to fundraise all of the money it takes to keep the program running. That comes to about $20,000 each semester, all of which goes to ingredients, supplies, and equipment for over 200 culinary students (or about $5 per student per week). There are two ways you can help. Donations are always appreciated, but so is spreading the word through any kind of social networks. Our donation page is linked in our bio - any support you can give helps! Thank you for any and all support already this semester; we feel so grateful to be able to learn about food alongside your students!

Last night, student and parent volunteers prepared over 400 tamales from scratch, and today we are making over 10 gallons of pozole 😮 We hope to serve you some tomorrow evening!

Please help us keep cooking up life-long learning by donating and sharing as you are able!

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We hope to see you at our next community meal in just a week and a half!

Join us tomorrow from 4-6 for a free community BBQ party on the Roosevelt practice field! All scratch made food including Thai and bison sausages, brioche buns, and kimchi. Plus lawn games, a meat raffle, and a ceremony honoring our culinary program graduates!

Thanks to everyone that came out last night for our community meal and Empty Bowls Fundraiser! With the help of Roosevelt ceramics students, we sold over 40 bowls and raised over $1,000 for the Minnehaha Food Shelf 😊 It was wonderful to be together in community sharing food and lifting each other up 💗

Please join us this coming Thursday from 4:30-6:30 for our annual community meal Empty Bowls fundraiser! It’s free of charge with the option to purchase handmade bowls from Roosevelt ceramics students with all proceeds going to the Minnehaha Food Shelf, with food from Roosevelt Culinary Arts students 😊 Thank you to and for supporting this event with local and sustainable produce!

Join us next Thursday (March 6th) from 4:30-6:30 for a community meal and optional fundraiser! Roosevelt’s ceramics students will be selling handmade bowls and we will be serving tasty soups with all proceeds going to the Minnehaha Food Shelf. You can even register for the event here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfjWZNuJmw-4iFqTFh7FfbcMfuJrtub-fRZC-fyrtC8-zx44A/viewform?usp=sharing

At for the Stars of the Future fundraiser! Serving up bison ravioli with a tomato walnut sauce and butternut squash ravioli with a winter sage pesto 😋 Thanks to Chef Ethan from for his mentorship!