Vocational
Culinary Craft & Home Catering Micro-Enterprise
Professional food safety, commercial pastry baking, packaging, and catering business mentorship to launch home-based culinary ventures.
- Format
- In person - SMC Training Kitchen, Beirut
- Starts
- 9 November 2026
- Ends
- 18 December 2026
- Apply by
- 4 November 2026
- Places
- 18
Turn cooking and baking skills into a sustainable home-based business. Taught by professional chefs, this practical vocational course teaches commercial production, hygiene standards, and enterprise basics.
Course curriculum
- Commercial baking techniques, mezze prep, and recipe standardization
- Food safety certification, temperature control, and sanitary packaging
- Costing ingredients, calculating margins, and creating fair pricing menus
- Photography for social media and Instagram order management
- Safe logistics, delivery packaging, and building repeat corporate clientele
Launch support
- Graduates receive a seed starter kit of commercial baking utensils
- Opportunity to feature culinary products at SMC community markets
Who can take part
Single mothers passionate about food preparation and motivated to launch a home enterprise.
What you will need
Valid ID document and basic hygiene commitment form.
How to apply
Apply from your free SMC account and follow your application there. New to SMC? Create an account first.
Questions: culinary@singlemomcare.org