Welcome to Featuring The Center For Culinary Arts

 Arnyce is the Founder and Executive Chef of Featuring, The Center for Culinary Arts. After graduating from culinary school in 2007 she performed her externship in Toulouse, France. She has over three decades of working in management for NYC and NYS governments. She has managed multimillion-dollar personnel and expense budgets. Arnyce began her pursuit of entrepreneurship when she created a business model back in 2007 that inspired the non-profit Featuring, The Center for Culinary Arts. Featuring celebrates the culture and history of southern french cuisine inspired by New Orleans. The motivation for Featuring is derived from her life mission to help people who have challenges gaining employment to become independent and successful contributors in their communities by employment and providing high-level culinary and restaurant operations training. 

 Rev. Dr. Odell is the Founder/President of Interruptions Disrupting The Silence, LLC, which is dedicated to disrupting the silence of trauma by providing a pathway of healing through the creative arts, educational platforms, and shared stories. Rev. Dr. Odell advocates for Mental Health, Gun Violence, and Social Justice issues that impact communities of color.  

Rev. Dr. Odell worked with ConnCAT in 2015 which provides job-training programs intended to give under-employed adults the skills needed to secure meaningful, well-paying jobs in the health sciences and culinary professions. 

 Courtney Foster Beauty is owned and operated by Courtney Foster, a Licensed Cosmetologist, Certified Hair Loss Practitioner, and Cosmetology Educator. Courtney is the owner of a full-service salon where the emphasis is on scalp and hair health through educating clients that “The BEAUTY of Hair begins with Health". Courtney’s recent release of her E-Book Cookbook “The Beautiful Hair Diet” consists of recipes that promote healthy hair and hair growth.