
AWARDS & ACCOLADES

2022 SF-Oakland Rising Stars Honoree
At StarChef’s San Francisco-Oakland Rising Stars Honorees Dinner, Sprouts was recognized as the official charity partner for StarChef’s 2022 San Francisco-Oakland Rising Stars program.
Awarded by StarChefs | Learn More

2022 “Hall Of Femme” Honoree (Founder Kate)
The Hall Of Femme recognizes, celebrates and uplifts women who are breaking barriers and shattering glass ceilings while supporting and elevating other women along the way.
Awarded by Une Femme Wines | Learn More
Kate Rogers: Founder & Executive Director

Kate Rogers grew up in a big family where home-cooked meals and garden fresh produce were part of her every-day. Kate’s love for food and community drove her to launch a cooking club both in high school and again at UC Berkeley, where she organized culinary classes and events for her peers with local chefs and the mayors of Berkeley and Palo Alto. Upon graduation, she launched Culinary kids, a business that offered Bay Area youth cooking classes and family culinary immersion trips to France. The endeavor was later turned into the nonprofit she runs today, Sprouts.
After a personal family experience, Kate realized that food also had the power to generate financial and emotional stability for youth in need. In 2012, she worked with Alice Waters and Jamie Oliver to develop culinary job training programs for Bay Area youth experiencing hardship. Youth are placed at restaurants and commercial kitchens to learn everything they need to land a culinary job. Today, Kate’s full time focus is growing the culinary training program to additional cities.
She lives between the San Francisco Bay Area and her adopted home in Paris, France.

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Whole Foods
Sponsoring Trainee Chris Hey
Dodge & Cox
Sponsoring Trainee Jaylen James
Miranda Lux Foundation
Sponsoring Trainee Maya Roberts
Keegan’s Caramels
Sponsoring Trainee Maya Roberts
City Youth Now
Sponsoring Trainee Arthur Boireau
PostMates
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