Investing in Breadwinners. Transforming Lives.
Hot Bread Kitchen creates economic opportunity through free culinary job skills training and small business programs, and an ecosystem of support for individuals who face barriers to meaningful careers.
Hot Bread Kitchen partners with a network of good food employers that offer flexibility, training, and opportunities for career and personal growth. We connect the participants in our food career programs with quality jobs in the food industry, including roles as bakers, cooks, and kitchen managers.
In our food entrepreneurship programs, we support a range of businesses, from caterers to consumer packaged goods to brick-and-mortar cafes, to help aspiring and current business owners thrive.
When you’re part of Hot Bread Kitchen
- $18-45/hraverage hourly wage range of our Breadwinners
- 320+active employer partners across NYC
- 800+entrepreneurs whose small food businesses we have helped seed, start, and scale
- 2,800breadwinners whose careers we've launched since 2008
Our Programs
Culinary Training
Professional culinary skills and food industry career preparation for individuals facing barriers to employment.
Food Entrepreneurship
Support for aspiring food business owners to launch, grow, and scale their ideas into sustainable businesses.
Supportive Community
A network of peers, mentors, and partners invested in each other’s long-term growth and success.
Employer Partners
320+ employer partners offering quality, flexible jobs with real opportunity for advancement in the food industry.
We create economic opportunity for individuals who face barriers to meaningful careers.
Every contribution helps a Breadwinner launch their business, build a career in food, and create lasting opportunity for their family and community.
We are Making a Difference
Hot Bread Kitchen members come from over 60 countries around the world and every corner of New York City with a shared goal: to pursue opportunity for themselves and their families.
Junai
“I knew I wanted something better for myself. Applying to Hot Bread Kitchen was my key to something better.”
Front of House Program Graduate
Ellie
“Hot Bread Kitchen gave me the strength, resources and inspiration to keep going. Through mentorship, I gained clarity and confidence in my vision along with practical tools.”
HBK Incubates Member
Soumare
“Hot Bread Kitchen gave me financial stability for the first time in my life. Without this opportunity, I wouldn’t have my job today.”
Culinary Fundamentals Graduate
Gladys
“Being there [at Hot Bread Kitchen] in that space helped me get through my depression, everyone there made me feel like I was family.”
First Course NYC Graduate
Patricia
“I came[to Hot Bread Kitchen] a little shy. I was a little isolated [in NYC] for some time. Being here, it feels like home. I feel like myself finally, after several years.”
Culinary Fundamentals Graduate
Lena
“I want to challenge single story narratives about Iran and the Middle East through my business. Having access to business and financial mentorship through Hot Bread Kitchen has already proved beneficial to my businesses."
HBK Incubates Member
