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Meet the NEW NECAT Team Members

June 28, 2021

We welcome four new talented individuals to the NECAT staff!

From left to right:

Chris Faison, Chef Instructor of NECAT’s Re-Entry program. Chris is a New Jersey native who graduated from Johnson & Wales University and currently resides in Dorchester. 

James Swasey, Chef Instructor/Catering Manager. Jim has extensive experience as a culinary arts instructor at both high school and professional culinary school levels, as well as experience as a Sous Chef and Pastry Cook. He also supervised buffet and banquet production for a 700-member private club.

Tiara Andress, Chef Instructor. Tiara relocated from South Carolina to Boston. She is experienced as a Chef de Partie, instructor and academic program director for a technical college.

Brianna Hughes, Life Coach/SEL Facilitator. Bri was a Re-entry Services specialist at a state prison, a family services residential counselor, and is experienced in individual and group counseling.

Bittersweet: we said goodbye to three popular NECAT team members this Spring: Chef Instructors Bob Krajewski and Paige Bloskey; and Life Coach/Case Manager Deryck Reid. All have accepted exciting new job opportunities, and though we’re sad they’ve moved on, we’re very happy that all are moving forward in their careers.  

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NECAT Boston Training Center

NECAT Boston Training Center
23 Bradston Street
Boston, MA 02118

NECAT’s headquarters is our main training facility and home to our administrative offices. The Center includes a classroom auditorium with a demonstration kitchen, our teaching kitchen and the Career Services and Alumni Engagement Center. There are always two cohorts in session – Black Hats (the first seven weeks of training in the classroom) and Orange Hats (second seven weeks of training in the kitchen) and ten cohorts a year will graduate.

The next scheduled cohort start date is August 16, 2023. Click here to find out how you can register.

East Boston YMCA

215 Bremen Street
East Boston, MA 02128
617-569-9622

NECAT offers a 12-week culinary training program taught at the East Boston YMCA. The mission and program elements mirror NECAT’s Boston Program, but the geographic target areas for program participants and employment are focused in East Boston and Chelsea. Additionally, NECAT’s training in East Boston will be conducted in Spanish and English, respectful of the language and cultural diversity of local participants. East Boston has the largest percentage of Spanish speaking adults in Boston.

The next scheduled cohort start date is September 2023. Click here to find out how you can register.

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Suffolk County House of Correction (SCHC)

NECAT’s Behind the Walls program brings our holistic training program directly to the adults incarcerated at SCHC. Working in partnership with the re-entry team at SCHC, and using the prison’s teaching kitchen, a NECAT chef fulfills NECAT’s curriculum to the same standards as its Boston program. NECAT’s career services team provides job counseling and placement services when graduates are released from incarceration.