Empower Culinary & Hospitality School
Tea Inspiration for Future Chefs – Students of our Empower Culinary School visit Dilmah
The Dilmah head office was alive with a special kind of energy as students from our Empower Culinary & Hospitality Schools in Moratuwa in Sri Lanka’s west and Kalkudah in the east embarked on a da...
Unpacking Empowerment Through the Small Entrepreneurship Programme
What is empowerment? In 2004, our Founder Merrill J. Fernando reached out to small #entrepreneurs who lost their livelihoods in the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami. This marked the beginning of the S...
When Budding Young Chefs Meet Culinary Experts
At the Empower Culinary & Hospitality School (ECHS) we believe that following the right recipe is just as important as learning through practice and mentorship. We were excited to have culinary ex...
Culinary Dreams – Unlocked!
Since 2016, the Empower Culinary & Hospitality School (ECHS) under the MJF Charitable Foundation has been nurturing the next generation of chefs in Sri Lanka. This January, 33 young men and women ...
The honour of teaching Values & Respect.
It is always an honour for us to welcome aspiring chefs from our Empower Culinary School for a Tea Appreciation. Empower was established as a part of our pledge to make the world a better tea, and we ...
Empower Culinary & Hospitality School
Renowned as Sri Lanka’s only ‘WorldChefs’ certified culinary training facility, the ‘Empower Culinary & Hospitality School’ stays true to its name by empowering and inspiring underprivileged youth...