Culinary students at the Santee Educational Complex in South Los Angeles preach what they practice; they work in their own restaurant, Bistro Mundo, a couple of days each week and learn at the hand of a former executive chef from the Ritz Carlton. Not only do students cook up specialties for teachers, they grow their own produce as well.
Santee Principal Richard Chavez told Steve Lopez of the Los Angeles Times, “I’m not going to be able to break them of their love of Flaming Hot Cheetos. But if we can expose the kids to other options, the hope is that they’ll make better decisions.”
Culinary student Luis Gonzalez, right, works in the Bistro Mundo kitchen at L.A.'s Santee Educational Complex. (Photo by CHRISTINA HOUSE, Los Angeles Times)
