Advance your knowledge and your career through WCR Scholarship Programs
Education is one of the tenets of WCR’s mission, and we encourage our members to be life-long learners. Each year, WCR awards unique learning opportunities to its members seeking culinary and continuing education opportunities. These opportunities are located all over the world and in all fields of the hospitality industry.
This program has proven so successful that WCR headquarters receives hundreds of applications and e-mails from members all over the globe and has awarded over 400 opportunities to members since its inception. We invite all culinary and hospitality professionals, representing every industry segment and role, to apply.
The WCR Scholarship Program represents the true spirit of the organization – it exemplifies the WCR mission “to promote and enhance the education advancement and connection of women in the culinary industry.
- Janis McLean, Executive Chef, Seasons Culinary Services.
Current Scholarship Opportunities
Recently Awarded Scholarships
2017 Trail Celebrity Chef Anita Lo – Mikala Brennan
2017 Bread and Art – Baking Your Way to Community - Sponsored by the Bread Bakers Guild of America – Kenna Nelson
2017 Trail Celebrity Chef Nora Pouillon – Kimber Ashley
2017 One Year Scholarship at SAIT – MinJoo Son
2017 The Barbara Lazaroff Future Leader in Hospitality Scholarship provides one student a $5000 scholarship to attend the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration - Helen Chen. WCR is grateful to Restaurateur, Designer and Philanthropist Barbara Lazaroff for her generous support.
2016 Barbara Lazaroff WCR Future Leader in Hospitality – Tenzin Menlek
2016 Master The Art & Science of Sous-Vide – Daniela Hurtado Castro
2016 Trail Celebrity Chef Anita Lo – Minal Gill
2016 One Year Scholarship at SAIT – Alyssa Van’t Hof
2016 Nimans Ranch - Sustainable Farm to Plate scholarship - Rachael Newmyer and Grace Gonzalez
2016 USPCA Personal Chef Conference - Tracey Crawford
Recently Ended Scholarships
Gardens of Poughkeepsie Sponsored by: Indoor Organic Gardens of Poughkeepsie
Indoor Organic Gardens of Poughkeepsie
A Peek Behind the Scenes at the Modernist Cuisine Cooking Lab Sponsored by: The Modernist Cuisine Lab
The Modernist Cuisine Lab
#People.Purpose.Passion. #ThePathwaytoSuccess Conference Package to WCR Calgary Conference, September 16, 2017
WinSport
Score Sustainable Meat Secrets About Farm To Plate
$10,000 towards a degree at the Culinary Institute of America (CIA)
Make Your Mark in the Culinary Media -StarChefs Editorial Internship
StarChefs.com
StarChefs International Chefs Congress Stage
International Chefs Congress (ICC) by StarChefs
USPCA Personal Chef Conference
Live Your Dream… Master How to Successfully Launch Your Own Culinary Business!
Institute of Culinary Education (ICE)
$5K towards Pastry & Baking Arts Diploma Program at ICE
Institute of Culinary Education (ICE)
ICC: Professional Pastry Arts Evening Programs – NY Campus
Professional Culinary Arts Evening Program
ICC: Italian Experience – New York Campus
Ann Cooper’s ‘Healthy School Lunch’
Washington Square Hotel
ICC: Intensive Sommelier Training
ICC: Professional Pastry Arts Program – California Campus
ICC: The Italian Experience – California Campus
Trail Celebrity Chef Anita Lo Sponsored by: Chef & Restaurateur Anita Lo – Annisa, NYC
Chef & Restaurateur Anita Lo – Annisa, NYC
Master the Art & Science of Sous-Vide Sponsored by: CREA – Culinary Research and Education Academy
CREA – Culinary Research and Education Academy
Many Fold Farms
Momofuku Milk Bar
Star Chefs – Photography Intern
Star Chefs – Design Intern
Star Chefs – Events Intern
Star Chefs – Editorial Internship
Star Chefs – Marketing Internship
Bread and Art – Baking Your Way To Community Sponsored by: Bread Bakers Guild of America
Bread Bakers Guild of America
Trail Celebrity Nora Pouillon Hosts: Chef & Restaurateur Nora Pouillon, Washington, DC New Morning Farm (Hustontown, PA) or The Farm at Sunny Side (Washington, VA)
Bread Baking Internship
One Year Scholarship at SAIT Sponsored by: SAIT Polytechnic and Women Chefs & Restauranteurs
SAIT Polytechnic and Women Chefs & Restauranteurs