Pathsaala is offering one of the most unique culinary schools in the world.  A boutique college designed to train students in classroom and in a live fine dining restaurant in small groups.  With a small class size, students will learn from top Indigenous chefs in areas of culinary arts, market gardening, the business of food production and food sovereignty.

Our goal is to turn out highly qualified top chefs, sought after for jobs across country or ready to start a restaurant or food production business right in their own community and are exclusively available for Indigenous youth seeking careers in the food industry.

Our sustainably designed gardens serve as a classroom for the agriculture program as well as year-round organic produce and developing food products for the restaurant and other markets.
 

• Unlike most culinary schools, students are not just numbers, they are nurtured, cared for and supported.  It is like going to school but living at home – we offer safe and well-appointed accommodations, healthy eating habits and professional mental wellness supports.
• Students learn management and entrepreneurial skills.
• Students staying 4 years will leave with Red Seal Chef designation.
• Pathways coaches -unlike most schools you are not alone to navigate your next steps. There will be a pathway coach acting as mentor and support along the whole journey with you.  Like a “caring parent” away from home they will help to make sure you are taken care of and wrapped in support, ensuring students are eating nutritious foods and attending class.
• With small student groups we don’t just teach, we help students start their careers with; post school support finding jobs; raising money for their own business; further training opportunities and multi-year mentorship.

Energy and Green Building is offered in the form of all expenses including wages paid internships, 9 weeks in length. These are an ideal opportunity for emerging youth leaders to explore a career in conventional building and/or in the green building industry or renewable energy sectors. This is a key focus area in an industry that is innovative and rapidly growing in support of both the climate and housing crisis. Students will learn:

OUR GARDENS SERVE MANY PURPOSES

The gardens at Pathsaala serve as a mini ecosystem, attracting a variety of plants and small animal species. By creating habitats for different creatures, students learn about the importance of diversity in sustaining a balanced environment. Not only are the gardens sustainable and educational, they serve the restaurant and organic products with everything from vegetables to serve and preserve, nut trees, edible flowers, herbs such as lavender to use in lotions and soaps as well as micro-greens.

Trails on the property contain extra plantations of mushroom logs and indigenous plants for annual foraging.