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The James Beard Foundation’s Legacy Network Program (LNP) aims to train mentors across the culinary industry and connect them with mentees from the BIPOC community. The LNP will prioritize applicants from Black and Indigenous communities and cultivate alternative professional networks within and across them. LNP will expand to include other under-served and marginalized communities, emphasizing the necessity of cross-cultural, peer-to-peer networks.
The James Beard Foundation’s mission is to celebrate, nurture, and honor chefs and other leaders making America's food culture more delicious, diverse, and sustainable for everyone. The LNP supports this mission by recognizing the legacies of chefs in generations past and training and fostering a community of rising leaders.
Program:
Legacy advisors training will begin executive leadership training in mid-September for 11 hours over the course of three weeks. Legacy advisors and advisees and will be introduced in pairs in October, and develop and mentor/mentee relationships across LNP over the course of 7 months (September 2023 – March 2024). Advisors and advisees will engage regularly on the mentees’ goals and benchmarks, and how to achieve them. All Legacy participants will participate in 90-minute monthly group calls with fellow LNP participants, in addition to industry specific (speciality) pods calls, financial literacy and mental wellness coursework.
The Legacy Network Program is currently open to all members of the BIPOC community, Black and Indigenous applicants will be prioritized.
Eligibility REquirements:
- Identify as a members of the Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) community
- A strong interest and passion to mentor someone, no previous experience required
- Resides within the United States commonwealth and territories
- Several years of experience in the culinary, food journalism, and/or hospitality industry
- Full commitment to and participant in all Legacy program sessions (approximately 25-30 hours total)
2023 Legacy Network Program Advisor Application
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The James Beard Foundation’s Legacy Network Program (LNP) aims to train mentors across the culinary industry and connect them with mentees from the BIPOC community. The LNP will prioritize applicants from Black and Indigenous communities and cultivate alternative professional networks within and across them. LNP will expand to include other under-served and marginalized communities, emphasizing the necessity of cross-cultural, peer-to-peer networks.
The James Beard Foundation’s mission is to celebrate, nurture, and honor chefs and other leaders making America's food culture more delicious, diverse, and sustainable for everyone. The LNP supports this mission by recognizing the legacies of chefs in generations past and training and fostering a community of rising leaders.
Program:
Legacy advisors training will begin executive leadership training in mid-September for 11 hours over the course of three weeks. Legacy advisors and advisees and will be introduced in pairs in October, and develop and mentor/mentee relationships across LNP over the course of 7 months (September 2023 – March 2024). Advisors and advisees will engage regularly on the mentees’ goals and benchmarks, and how to achieve them. All Legacy participants will participate in 90-minute monthly group calls with fellow LNP participants, in addition to industry specific (speciality) pods calls, financial literacy and mental wellness coursework.
The Legacy Network Program is currently open to all members of the BIPOC community, Black and Indigenous applicants will be prioritized.
Eligibility REquirements:
- Identify as a members of the Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) community
- A strong interest and passion to mentor someone, no previous experience required
- Resides within the United States commonwealth and territories
- Several years of experience in the culinary, food journalism, and/or hospitality industry
- Full commitment to and participant in all Legacy program sessions (approximately 25-30 hours total)