A San Quentin Prison culinary program and its restaurant-ready inmates
Top chefs from Bay Area restaurants donate their time and expertise to help incarcerated men land jobs.
Ron Simmons, left, stirs a sauce while Tim Fielder, right, looks on during a class of the Quentin Cooks program at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif., on Wednesday, May 15, 2019. The all-volunteer program, brings chefs and inmates together to teach inmates how to work in a commercial kitchen. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)
Derry “Brother D” Brown slices an onion during a class of the Quentin Cooks program at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif., on Wednesday, May 15, 2019. The all-volunteer program, brings chefs and inmates together to teach inmates how to work in a commercial kitchen. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)
Barbed wire is seen through a window behind the silhouette of Kerry Rudd during a class of the Quentin Cooks program at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif., on Wednesday, May 15, 2019. The all-volunteer program, brings chefs and inmates together to teach inmates how to work in a commercial kitchen. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)
Derry “Brother D” Brown, left, laughs next to Lisa Dombroski, center, during a class of the Quentin Cooks program at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif., on Wednesday, May 15, 2019. The all-volunteer program, brings chefs and inmates together to teach inmates how to work in a commercial kitchen. Dombroski is a co-founder of the program. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)
Tim Fielder, right, taste a broth, while chef Huw Thornton, left, watches during a class of the Quentin Cooks program at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif., on Wednesday, May 15, 2019. The all-volunteer program, brings chefs and inmates together to teach inmates how to work in a commercial kitchen. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)
A dough is mixed during a class of the Quentin Cooks program at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif., on Wednesday, May 15, 2019. The all-volunteer program, brings chefs and inmates together to teach inmates how to work in a commercial kitchen. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)
Ron Simmons stirs a sauce during a class of the Quentin Cooks program at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif., on Wednesday, May 15, 2019. The all-volunteer program, brings chefs and inmates together to teach inmates how to work in a commercial kitchen. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)
Kerry Rudd, right, and chef Adelaar Rogers, left, makes noodles during a class of the Quentin Cooks program at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif., on Wednesday, May 15, 2019. The all-volunteer program, brings chefs and inmates together to teach inmates how to work in a commercial kitchen. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)
Handmade gnocchi with trumpet mushrooms, top, and pasta with bolognese sauce and grilled asparagus topped with a mixture of roasted pine nuts and pistachios, bottom, are placed on table during a class of the Quentin Cooks program at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif., on Wednesday, May 15, 2019. The all-volunteer program, brings chefs and inmates together to teach inmates how to work in a commercial kitchen. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)
Chef Huw Thornton, walks into San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif., on Wednesday, May 15, 2019. Thornton is one of the volunteer chefs that’s part of the Quentin Cooks program that brings chefs and inmates together to teach inmates how to work in a commercial kitchen. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)
Ron Simmons, right, and Phillip Sims, left, get their chef robes ready for the graduation diner of the Quentin Cooks program at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif., on Wednesday, May 22, 2019. The all-volunteer program, brings chefs and inmates together to teach inmates how to work in a commercial kitchen. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)
Phillip Sims, a student in the Quentin Cooks program, serves food to guest during graduation dinner at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif., on Wednesday, May 22, 2019. The all-volunteer program, brings chefs and inmates together to teach inmates how to work in a commercial kitchen. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)
Chef Huw Thornton gives instructions to some of his students of the Quentin Cooks program at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif., on Wednesday, May 22, 2019. The all-volunteer program, brings chefs and inmates together to teach inmates how to work in a commercial kitchen. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)
Ron Simmons, left, and Phillip Sims, right, eat some of the food they cooked during the graduation dinner of the Quentin Cooks program at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif., on Wednesday, May 22, 2019. The all-volunteer program, brings chefs and inmates together to teach inmates how to work in a commercial kitchen. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)
A menu provided for the graduation dinner of the Quentin Cooks program at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif., on Wednesday, May 22, 2019. The all-volunteer program, brings chefs and inmates together to teach inmates how to work in a commercial kitchen. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)
Kerry Rudd, left, talks to attendees of the graduation dinner of the Quentin Cooks program at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif., on Wednesday, May 22, 2019. The all-volunteer program, brings chefs and inmates together to teach inmates how to work in a commercial kitchen. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)
Alvis Tayor, left, Phillip Sims, center, and Freddie Grigsby, right, get their chef robes ready before graduation dinner of the Quentin Cooks program at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif., on Wednesday, May 22, 2019. The all-volunteer program, brings chefs and inmates together to teach inmates how to work in a commercial kitchen. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)
Beef short rib with vegetables was one of the dishes prepared for the graduation dinner of the Quentin Cooks program at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif., on Wednesday, May 22, 2019. The all-volunteer program, brings chefs and inmates together to teach inmates how to work in a commercial kitchen. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)
Shrimp prepared during graduation dinner of the Quentin Cooks program is placed on a table at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif., on Wednesday, May 22, 2019. The all-volunteer program, brings chefs and inmates together to teach inmates how to work in a commercial kitchen. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)
Derry “Brother D” Brown, smiles as he goes to pick up his completion certificate and Food Handler Certificate from the Marin County Department of Public Health after graduation dinner of the Quentin Cooks program at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif., on Wednesday, May 22, 2019. The all-volunteer program, brings chefs and inmates together to teach inmates how to work in a commercial kitchen. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)
Derry “Brother D” Brown looks down at his completion certificate while chef Huw Thornton, right, talks to attendees of the graduation dinner of the Quentin Cooks program at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif., on Wednesday, May 22, 2019. The all-volunteer program, brings chefs and inmates together to teach inmates how to work in a commercial kitchen. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)
Kerry Rudd shows off his certificate of recognition for completing the Quentin Cooks program at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif., on Wednesday, May 22, 2019. The all-volunteer program, brings chefs and inmates together to teach inmates how to work in a commercial kitchen. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)
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