
Free workforce training for people rebuilding after incarceration!
Christ-Centered Ministries, in partnership with Manna Feast Catering Services, offers the Manna Feast Culinary School, a program designed to help individuals with lived experience gain a second chance through culinary workforce training.
We combine hands-on instruction with practical job preparation so students can move confidently into kitchens, catering, food service, and related industries.
Built
for people ready to restart
with purpose and direction.
- Formerly incarcerated / justice-involved individuals
- People rebuilding stability through workforce training
- Anyone committed to showing up, learning, and working as a team
Learn
skills that build confidence and empower you to thrive.
- Culinary foundations: Kitchen orientation, core techniques, and prep workflows
- Food safety & ServSafe prep: Study support, practice testing, and testing window
- Kitchen production & meal prep: Station setup, timing, consistency, and teamwork
- Menu & catering basics: Planning, sourcing, and pricing fundamentals
Gain
credentials and knowledge needed to become a success.
- Hands-on culinary training aligned to real kitchen work
- ServSafe preparation and testing period
- Certificate of completion
- Résumé-building workshops
- Connection to employment pathways (where available)
Unlock your Future with Manna Feast!

Join our FREE 90-day program designed to empower formerly incarcerated individuals with:
• PAID TRAINING
• Serve Safe Certification
• Certificate of Completion
• Résumé Building Workshops
SPACES ARE LIMITED! CONTACT US TODAY!
Harry@Mannafeast.org | 213-280-5781

Our values include providing fair wages for our employees, hiring people with lived experience from the populations we serve, giving back to the communities we work with, and serving great nutritional food.
We envision a world where there’s no such thing as a hungry person; food is both nutritious and affordable, and organizations that serve marginalized populations are able to offer their clients wholesome meals.
Our mission is to ensure that people from all walks of life are able to enjoy healthy food, and inspire service and healthier communities through the spirit-infused meals we create.
How We Got Started
Manna Feast Catering Services is a social enterprise organization created by the founder of Christ-Centered Ministries which is a non-profit organization located in Inglewood, CA that is dedicated to the prevention of homelessness.
Since its establishment in 2017, Manna Feast Catering Services has worked closely with CCM’s programs to provide three nutritious daily meals for homeless and recovering clients at its Restoration Reentry Residence (RRR) program and the many disenfranchised individuals within CCM’s urban service area. Manna Feast also contracts with local non-profit organizations that have homebound and congregate living clients to prepare and deliver regular wholesome meals. To date, Manna Feast has provided more than 800,000 hot meals to individuals in need across Los Angeles County.
Manna Feast operates as a social enterprise which is a cause-driven business whose primary reason for being is to improve social objectives and serve the common good. Sustainable revenue differentiates a social enterprise from a traditional charity that relies solely on outside funding in the form of donations or grants to achieve its social mission. Manna Feast directs its excess revenue to further the mission of resolving hunger among those in need across Los Angeles County.
Manna Feast utilizes a Triple Bottom Line to achieve its mission by:
- focusing to raise profits that are allocated towards programs and services that prevent homelessness;
- ensuring that the enterprise operates in a manner that is sustainable and reduces its environmental impact; and
- striving to create a positive impact in the communities served by providing employment opportunities for disadvantaged individuals — allowing Manna Feast to play an active role in resolving homelessness and social disparities across Los Angeles County.
Manna Feast operates from two locations where its staff and volunteers prepare, package and deliver meals to clients and to contracted parties. Manna Feast is able to prepare, package, and deliver 1,500 meals in one day, and in a manner that does not require the use of refrigerators and/or microwaves. Check out our Menu for a glimpse of the variety of fresh, healthy meals that Manna Feast serves across Los Angeles County.
Interested in Placing a Catering Order?
Harry@Mannafeast.org | 213-280-5781
