The Chef Jeff Project

Master chef Jeff Henderson knows something about the power of cooking to transform lives.  It transformed his.  A former felon who spent ten years in jail, Jeff Henderson is setting a precedent in demonstrating that culinary arts can turn around the lives of at-risk youth, empowering them with the knowledge, the skills and, ultimately, the opportunity for a new life with a culinary career. His show for The Food Network, The Chef Jeff Project, follows the path of six at-risk youth whom he mentors and puts to work at his upscale catering company, Posh Urban Cuisine in Los Vegas.  Other at-risk youth engagement programs have used cooking as part of a remediation effort, but never has a former felon turned master chef been at the helm and in the midst of a national televised campaign.