The John Paul Kline Culinary Arts Scholarship Fund

We’re developing a creative, capable & confident culinary workforce. The John Paul Kline Culinary Arts Scholarship Fund continues to carry on his dream of celebrating food, art and people, always all at once.

A little backstory from Ali Kaufman, Founding Director of Community Classroom Project:

John Paul Kline and I met years ago long before the 3rd & 3rd era. I was sitting at a Starbucks outside when just after asking the person I was with for a catering referral, the windy air blew a handful of catering flyers onto our table. Just after, the really cute caterer from the cover was at our table apologizing for opening his backpack at just the wrong time. It was anything but.

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A week later, we were downtown on a bench near the beach. He turned down the catering job, but we turned up the friendship. A year later, a few picklebacks in, he confessed to hearing my request and tossing the flyers overhead and behind him, right at us. He won me over even more. Our entrepreneurship connection was strong, but our heart connection even stronger.

In August 2010, Space of Mind held its first family dinner in JP’s backyard. He was there as I launched my company’s flagship program, and I was there for him as he launched his dream of opening Delray’s favorite local spot at 3rd & 3rd. As we grow the Community Classroom Kitchen, we will continue to carry on his dream of celebrating food, art and people, always all at once. In his honor, and with the collective talents of South Florida’s top chefs and restaurants, we will inspire an equally talented, committed and intoxicating culinary workforce and future for a creative restaurant culture.

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