WASHINGTON D.C.: Inmate wins certification in culinary arts - (Sun Gazette)
April 23, 2008 – 9:37 pmhttp://sungazette.net/articles/2008/04/07/arlington/news/nws154.txt
For the past 14 months, Nathaniel Surida has been an inmate at the Arlington County Detention Facility for a parole violation (his original charge was assault and battery). In that time, he has worked in the jail’s kitchen and recently obtained the ServSafe Food Protection Manager Certification.
ServSafe is the country’s food-safety education and training program, recognized and accepted by most federal, state and local health jurisdictions.
Although ServSafe certification is offered in numerous detention facilities in the region, Surida was the first inmate at the Arlington County Detention Facility to go through the program and receive the certification.
Surida, who has been in the food service industry for more than 20 years (he was the assistant chef at the Army Navy Country Club in Arlington), but he said he learned a lot from the program, and feels that it will benefit him greatly in the future, stating, “It opened my eyes. I’m […]
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