Culinary Arts for Hire
Let YouthWorks Cater Your Next Event!
YouthWorks Catering is a Santa Fe-based social enterprise that lends expertise and ease to your catering needs for special events, daily meal delivery, and corporate functions. YouthWorks Catering and Culinary Program provide youth with a strong start in their careers in the culinary arts.
Our driven and dedicated leadership team, Chef Roo and consulting Chef David Sundberg, offer their expertise in food preparation, presentation, catering logistics, seamless front-of-house service, and bartending. From office meal delivery to full service catering for your special events, YouthWorks Catering is prepared to provide outstanding service for your event of any size.
For menus, pricing, and scheduling, email us at culinary@santafeyouthworks.org
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YW Awarded Major Federal Grant
YouthWorks has been awarded a grant of $1.1 million over three years to engage sixty-two disconnected youth and young adults in job training and certification. One team of young people will work with Santa Fe Habitat for Humanity constructing homes for...
YouthWorks Honors MLK Day
YouthWorks commemorated Martin Luther King Day, January 21, with a day of service honoring 200 Santa Fe first responders. Under the direction of Chef Carmen Rodriguez and Sous Chef Jackie Gibbs, a team of Youthworks students baked 80 loaves of banana bread...
NM Magazine Covers YouthWorks
Photo by John McCauley YouthWorks made the pages of the latest issue of New Mexico Magazine!In a piece titled "The Food Truck Different," the magazine says the YouthWorks food truck offers "good food" for a "good cause."To see all the coverage, click...
What Our Catering Clients Say . . .
The party went swimmingly! I so appreciated everyone’s efforts—the food was yummy and the crew totally professional.
Del Norte Credit Union Supports YW
From left, Youthworks participant, Youthworks Executive Director Melynn Schuyler, DNCU President CEO Chuck Valenti and DNCU Web Marketing Specialist Alexandra Pratt. Courtesy photo. Del Norte Credit Union employees presented YouthWorks with a check for...
YouthWorks Feeds the Democrats
YouthWorks was hired to cater a feast for more than 300 Democrats on Saturday, August 25, at the Mayor's Barbecue, a get-together at the Del Norte Boys and Girls Club of Santa Fe on Valentine Way. The YouthWorks Catering crew poses for a photo with...
What Our Catering Clients Say . . .
The food was fabulous. YUMMM! Great servers. Don’t know how it could have been better.
YouthWorks Profiled in NationSwell
Photo by Paul Ross A former gang member, Carmen Rodriguez found his calling in restaurants. Now he's helping other at-risk youth find theirs. In their latest edition, NationSwell features the story of Chef Carmen Rodriguez and YouthWorks Catering. Click...
YW Wins Rio Grande School Contract
Rio Grande School has selected YouthWorks to cater family-style hot lunches for their students for the 2018-2019 school year. Families will sign up for meal service in advance online, and YouthWorks Catering will deliver and serve the lunches. Prepared...
The Food Truck @ the Coe Center
The YouthWorks food truck will be at the Coe Center at 1590 B Pacheco Street on Tuesday, August 14 from 5 - 7 pm. Come for the public opening of the IMPRINT exhibit, meet the artists, and stop by for tasty eats prepared by YouthWorks Catering under the...
The Food Truck @ La Familia Fiesta
The YouthWorks food truck will be at the La Familia Health and Wellness Fiesta at 1035 Alto Street on Saturday, August 11, from 10 am to 2 pm. We'll be serving delicious healthful fare prepared by YouthWorks Catering under the direction of Chef Carmen...
The Food Truck @ Las Golondrinas
The YouthWorks food truck will be at Las Golondrinas (334 Los Pinos Road) Saturday and Sunday, August 4 and 5. Stop by and sample the tasty fare prepared by YouthWorks Catering under the direction of Chef Carmen Rodriguez. Menu Crispy Korean Brussels...
Visit YW Catering at Spanish Market
Join us for breakfast or lunch at Spanish Market on the Plaza on Saturday and Sunday, July 28 and July 29. Our booth will be open all day, starting with breakfast at 8:30 am. Look for the YouthWorks sign on Washington Avenue right in front of Tees N Skis....
What Our Catering Clients Say . . .
The food from YouthWorks catering service was both innovative and delicious. I was also very impressed by the professional service the YouthWorks team provided.
YouthWorks Caters AIA Event
Members of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) feasted on hors d'oeuvres prepared by YouthWorks Catering for the AIA summer party on July 13 at the Nedra Matteucci Galleries. Menu Bacon Wrapped Dates (GF) Tortilla Espanola (GF,VG) Barbacoa Tamalito...
What Our Catering Clients Say . . .
Thank you for the extraordinary party the YouthWorks team made possible today! I’ll be recommending them to everyone I know who wants help with a party!
YouthWorks Caters Mayor’s Event
YouthWorks Catering was tapped to cater the half-day session at the Community Convention Center today during which Mayor Alan Webber's transition working groups reported their findings. Through the late morning and early afternoon, participants feasted on...
YouthWorks Caters NOMCON
Long-time YouthWorks supporter Representative Ben Ray Luján visits YouthWorks at the first national gathering of the Nation of Makers Conference (NOMCON). YouthWorks Catering, led by Chef Carmen and Penny Rodriguez, fed nearly 400 participants breakfast,...
YouthWorks Feeds Ute Fire Crew
YouthWorks volunteered to help feed the crews working the Ute Park fire in Northern New Mexico. The YouthWorks catering team made and delivered sixty-six dozen---that's nearly eight hundred---chocolate-chip cookies as their contribution to help feed the...
YouthWorks Celebrates Supporters
YouthWorks celebrated its supporters with an evening of wine, hors d'oeuvres, and conversation at the High Summit home of YouthWorks Board Chair Fred Seibel and his wife Molly. Guests had the opportunity to meet and chat with YouthWorks Executive Director...