Mallozzi’s Chef Huneau teaching inmates to cook The Business Review by Pam Allen, Reporter Date: Thursday, February 23, 2012, 6:47am EST
Ryan Huneau, corporate executive chef of the Mallozzi Group Mallozzi Group Latest from The Business Journals NBT adds three local businesspeople to advisory boardBrandon’s brand returns to Sch’dy restaurant sceneHoliday events revival spices up caterers’ revenue Follow this company , is spending eight weeks at the Schenectady County jail teaching kitchen skills to inmates.
For the second year in a row, Huneau has volunteered his time to teach the basic skills to a group of men and women at the correction facility in upstate New York.
The weekly courses, which started this week, began with Huneau cooking a meal of tortellini and broccoli for the inmates. During the final session, the two separate classes of eight men and six women will cook a meal for him.
Huneau said Schenectady County Sheriff Dominic Dagostino and other law enforcement officials approached the Mallozzis last year about holding a cooking course to teach the basic skills to a small group of inmates.
He starts the weekly one- to two-hour courses after 7 p.m., holding class in the jail’s kitchen after it’s been closed for the night. The lessons include basic knife skills, plating meals, sanitation, soups, sautee, grill work, frying and basic salads.............................>>>>...........................................>>>>........................http://www.bizjournals.com/alb.....html?ana=e_alby_rdup
Typical Schenectady !!!!! We'll have to see what happens when one inmate is stabbed, the family of the deceased sues, and the county has to increae taxes to cover the cost of increased liabiltiy coverage because of a successful multimillion dollar lawsuit against the jail
Or when Mallozzi's starts looking for a 200% tax exemption on Villa Italia because Mallozzi's gets sued
Optimists close their eyes and pretend problems are non existent. Better to have open eyes, see the truths, acknowledge the negatives, and speak up for the people rather than the politicos and their rich cronies.
This was in the paper six months ago and now it is news again???
"While Foreign Terrorists were plotting to murder and maim using homemade bombs in Boston, Democrap officials in Washington DC, Albany and here were busy watching ME and other law abiding American Citizens who are gun owners and taxpayers, in an effort to blame the nation's lack of security on US so that they could have a political scapegoat."
This was in the paper six months ago and now it is news again???
You are correct. Looks like they do this every year??????????? If so, will it be in the paper again too?
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Schenectady inmates whip up a future Eight-week cooking class offers participants a usable skill Paul Nelson Staff By Paul Nelson Staff writer Published 12:01 a.m., Friday, April 8, 2011
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
I guess this is just the Mallozzi's trying to get their name in the headlines now that they no longer have their hand in the cookie jar through the Rotterdam IDA. I mean, they already have other ways, but why not have a free advertisement wrapped up in a news story? Good thing we don't pay anything for this, considering the horrible amount we pay for state and federal mandates...
"Approval ratings go up and down for various reasons... An example is the high post 911 support for GWB even though he could be said to be responsible for the event." --- Box A Rox '9/11 Truther'
Melania is a bimbo... she is there to look at, not to listen to. --- Box A Rox and his 'War on Women'
And it's quite likely they are screening the inmates that are in the program to ensure people with violent backgrounds or tendencies, or people that have a beef with each other, are not eligible.
Now if they were not taking real precautions - then yeah, it would be a problem.
"Huneau wasn't sure if any of last years inmates went on to find work in food service."
Hum, you mean of all the restaurants and catering the Mallozi's do....not ONE of these inmates were hired or possibly sought for recruitment? Wouldn't that bring this happy ending to this lovely story?
Guess we'll train them to work elsewhere......but we won't care anyway.....
SCHENECTADY Learning from a top chef can lead jail inmates to better lives Life skills class offered to men, women BY BETHANY BUMP Gazette Reporter
This was one of their times to pause and catch up, as the sauce was nearly prepped and the chicken still had a way to go. The five women grabbed their notebooks from the kitchen counter of the Schenectady County Jail and prepared to write. Chef Ryan Huneau was shaking off a ladle into a steel bowl, explaining why the marsala sauce needed thinning. “All this flour and all this chicken is going to make it look like glue if we don’t thin it out a bit,” he said, grabbing a container of water from the steel counter to his left. “Why don’t we add more stock, then?” one woman asked. “You can save on stock by adding water to the chicken as it’s still cooking,” said the Mallozzi Group’s executive chef, who trailed off into an explanation of the difference between stock and broth. It’s after dinner time when Huneau arrives at the county jail to teach cooking to inmates — Monday is the men’s course and Tuesday is the women’s. At the end of the eight-week program, the inmates will have a test: cook one of the meals they learned correctly and earn a certificate of completion. This past Tuesday, the women were in their third week and learning to prepare chicken marsala and bruschetta. In earlier classes they had made broccoli and tortellini Alfredo, pizza and chicken wings glazed in honey barbecue, honey mustard and garlic parmesan sauce. “Honestly, I’ve never taught before. I’ve never actually watched somebody over a span of time become interested in something I’m showing them,” said Huneau, who is volunteering to teach the class for a second year at the jail. “Last year, just watching them learn how to do this was actually what made me do it again.” The Mallozzi family approached Sheriff Dom Dagostino last year about offering the fi rst-of-its-kind program at the jail and volunteered to absorb all costs. “We’re always looking for life skills programs to offer the inmates and we thought this was an appropriate one,” said Dagostino. “To date, we’re very pleased with it. It provides them some skills they can use in a job setting once they leave here. They can potentially go to work in a restaurant, maybe start out with some kitchen prep and that could lead to better things for them.” CATCHING ON Huneau brings his own equipment and food and starts with the basics: sanitation, knife basics, how to filet a fish, make pasta and wash lettuce. By their third week, the women were remembering insider tips from one of the region’s best culinary experts. “I may not talk a lot, but I’m listening,” said Payton, who did talk, but mostly just to ask questions. Payton did not want to give her last name. All the women were listening, some taking notes, as they scooted around the large kitchen equipment, grabbing a plastic spoon, changing gloves, or spooning chopped tomatoes and basil onto a crostini. Payton is 25 and from Manhattan, and thinks about doing something in the food service industry when she gets out of jail. She feels good about knowing how to make Alfredo sauce, which she loves, from scratch. “Sometimes it’s just a little bit overwhelming that I get to experience this because there’s only a few females upstairs and we got picked,” she said. “It’s the whole experience. It’s something that I can always make, and I can always go back and say that I did it.” A sergeant screens inmates for the cooking class based on the charges they’re in for and their disciplinary record, said Dagostino. To qualify, an inmate must be a minimum security risk, in on minor charges with sentences of under a year, and have no history of violence. ......................>>>>....................>>>>.......................http://www.dailygazette.net/De.....r01102&AppName=1
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If so, will it be in the paper again too? 
