OHIO PROSTART® – Today’s students, tomorrow’s workforce.

The Ohio Restaurant Association Education Foundation (ORAEF) manages Ohio ProStart, a two-year high school program that connects students in the classroom with real-world experiences, and develops the next generation of leaders in restaurant management, culinary arts and the foodservice industry. 
Ohio ProStart students learn the culinary basics and gain insight into what it takes to run a restaurant. That’s why this comprehensive life-changing program has a strong track record for inspiring and preparing today’s students as tomorrow’s workforce for Ohio’s third largest industry.
​In addition to industry-related knowledge, Ohio ProStart students graduate from the program with skills in leadership, accountability, teamwork and responsibility –necessary for any industry in the workforce across the country and around the world. Employers should take notice of these students, as they demonstrate their dependability, which is highly sought for an employee, and reducing turnover and training costs.
Industry professionals like you are strongly encouraged to participate in supporting the ProStart program as the next generation of leaders.
 
Here are a few ways to make a difference:
  • Hire ProStart students
  • Serve an advisory board or mentor at a ProStart school
  • Judge at the Ohio ProStart
  • Invitational or tutor competition practices
  • Serve on the Ohio ProStart Committee
  • Be a guest speaker or host a tour at your business
  • Become a financial or in-kind donor, or establish a local scholarship
To learn more about Ohio ProStart or to get involved, please contact:
Patty Halper at phalper@ohiorestaurant.org or 614.246.0118, or visit oraef.org
The Ohio Restaurant Association Education Foundation (ORAEF) manages Ohio ProStart, a two-year high school program that connects students in the classroom with real-world experiences, and develops the next generation of leaders in restaurant management, culinary arts and the foodservice industry. 
Ohio ProStart students learn the culinary basics and gain insight into what it takes to run a restaurant. That’s why this comprehensive life-changing program has a strong track record for inspiring and preparing today’s students as tomorrow’s workforce for Ohio’s third largest industry.
​In addition to industry-related knowledge, Ohio ProStart students graduate from the program with skills in leadership, accountability, teamwork and responsibility –necessary for any industry in the workforce across the country and around the world. Employers should take notice of these students, as they demonstrate their dependability, which is highly sought for an employee, and reducing turnover and training costs.
Industry professionals like you are strongly encouraged to participate in supporting the ProStart program as the next generation of leaders.
 
Here are a few ways to make a difference:
  • Hire ProStart students
  • Serve an advisory board or mentor at a ProStart school
  • Judge at the Ohio ProStart
  • Invitational or tutor competition practices
  • Serve on the Ohio ProStart Committee
  • Be a guest speaker or host a tour at your business
  • Become a financial or in-kind donor, or establish a local scholarship
To learn more about Ohio ProStart or to get involved, please contact:
Patty Halper at phalper@ohiorestaurant.org or 614.246.0118, or visit oraef.org