DURHAM, NC — Imagine being a high school student and walking into a popular Durham restaurant to find a dish you created featured on the menu. For several local students, that experience has become a reality through Kind Kitchen Group (KKG), a Durham nonprofit turning culinary education into real-world career opportunities.
Through student pitch competitions with Monuts, The Parlour, and The Counting House at 21c Museum Hotel Durham, aspiring young chefs developed original recipes, calculated costs, and presented their creations to restaurant professionals…