CHAPTER 1 - A Restaurant for Change

Vocabulary Comprehension - Words in Context

A. Complete each sentence with the best answer. The words in bold are from the passage.

1. Qualified people are usually _______ to work.
A) trained
B) not trained

2. The cafe near my home serves _______
A) good chefs
B) delicious food

3. Which of these are ingredients?
A) forks and spoons
B) carrots and tomatoes

4. Since this is hands-on training, you'll need to _______
A) travel to the place
B) use your computer

5. Our English teacher encourages us _______
A) to watch movies in English
B) not to do our homework

6. Some examples of healthy foods are _______
A) french fries and potato chips
B) fruits and vegetables

7. You use a recipe to learn how a food _______
A) tastes
B) is made

8. Javier is _______ in the kitchen right now.
A) taking a shower
B) cooking lunch

B. Answer the following questions. Then share your ideas with a partner.

1. How would you encourage someone to speak English?
   Answer

   Go to a conversation class, become friends with native speakers of English, make friends online, and have video chats with them;

2. What things do you find in a kitchen?
   Answer

   Pots, pans, cups, plates, knives, forks, spoons, stove, microwave, food;

3. What do you do to keep healthy?
   Answer

   Exercise and eat healthy foods.

4. What places do you know that serve good food?

A Restaurant for Change

Jamie Oliver wants to change peoples' lives and he is using food to do it. Oliver, a chef, is well-known for sharing his secrets of cooking healthy food through his magazine, cookbooks, and television shows. He is also changing lives through his Italian restaurant, Fifteen.

Fifteen started in London, England, as a place to train young adults to work in a kitchen. Oliver's idea was to create a professional kitchen that can help young people get a fresh start and a chance to become professional chefs.

Every September, a new group of 18- to 24-year-olds start work at Fifteen. When they start, they are usually not qualified for a restaurant job, but tha1 will change quickly. In the 12 months of training, the student chefs study cooking at college and get hands-on training .at the restaurant. Besides learning kitchen skills, they learn the importance of using fresh ingredients and how to create their own recipes. And their education doesn't stop with preparing and serving food. The students also learn how to manage money and deal with difficult customers. overall, the program encourages them to believe in themselves and enables them to look forward to a future in the restaurant business.

The restaurant's name, Fifteen, comes from the number of students the restaurant had when it started in 2002. Today, Oliver has three of these restaurants; and· a few hundred students have finished the program. Around 90 percent of the graduates are still working in the food industry. Some own restaurants or work in some of the best kitchens around the world. Others are now starring in their own TV shows. They're all great examples of what young people can do if they're given the opportunity and support.