Culinary Education
Cooking For Life Program
A three-month intensive, hands-on culinary training program for underprivileged individuals seeking employment in the food and beverage industry, run with CCA Manila.
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Culinary Eco Life Inc.
Teach them to cook.
Feed them for a lifetime
Empowering underserved Filipinos through culinary education, sustainable livelihood, and environmental stewardship.
About us
A future where people and planet can thrive together.
The Culinary Eco-Life, Inc. is a non-stock, non-profit organization founded in September 2001 from the vision of Susana “Annie” Guerrero, a Certified Culinary Professional. CELI was created to provide culinary education to deserving individuals and help them succeed in the food service industry.
Today, its work connects skills development with green food production, sustainable livelihood, and practical environmental technologies.
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- 826
- Total scholars recorded
- 700+
- CLP graduates cited
- 90%
- Working in F&B
- 20K+
- Hot meals during pandemic
Founder’s Story
Susana ‘Annie’ Guerrero
Susana Guerrero advocates for community empowerment through lifelong learning, green practices, and sustainable livelihood which she has built sustainable communities in Bulacan, Leyte, Agusan del Sur, and Butuan City (Mindanao).
Culinary Eco-Life Inc is a company she founded as a Culinary Training Program (CTP) with 700+ graduates, 90% employed in F&B. She has coordinated 20,000+ hot meals for healthcare workers during the pandemic. CELI firmly believes that self-sufficiency paves the way for a future filled with opportunities and life-long achievements.
CELI warmly introduces current and future scholars with CCA Manila Chefs who have been training the students to have the passion and learn the techniques and the ways of a Chef under our Cooking for Life Program.
Our vision
A world where people live in harmony with creation.
The Culinary Eco-Life, Inc. is a non-stock, non-profit organization founded in September 2001 from the vision of Susana “Annie” Guerrero, a Certified Culinary Professional. CELI was created to provide culinary education to deserving individuals and help them succeed in the food service industry.
Today, its work connects skills development with green food production, sustainable livelihood, and practical environmental technologies.
01
Empower
Give people practical skills, pathways to work, and the confidence to build self-sufficient lives.
02
Educate
Make culinary learning accessible to deserving individuals and communities.
03
Steward
Promote responsible food production and practical responses to ecological challenges.
Features
Programs built around people, food, and the planet.
Green Skills
Green Chefmanship Training
A sixteen-hour training program developed to promote environmental management in food production, in collaboration with Earth Day Network Philippines.
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Livelihood
The Super Manang Project
An outreach livelihood program developing basic culinary skills among women in underserved communities, including fish deboning skills linked to employment opportunities.
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Green Technology
The Earth Kitchen
A renewable-energy technology project featuring a caramelizer stove, solar-powered food dehydrator, solar dryer for buko shells, and slow-cooking stove.
Explore →Our story
From one vision to a growing network of communities.
CELI's story connects culinary education with environmental stewardship and sustainable livelihood.
2001
CELI is created
Formerly Culinary Education Foundation, Inc., the organization was created in September 2001 with the support of individuals sharing the same aspiration.
2013
Cooking For Life grows
Project batch records begin with CLP-Katipunan and CLP-Candon scholars.
2016
The Earth Kitchen
Completed April 22, 2016, the project demonstrates renewable-energy technologies with potential to reduce energy consumption.
Today
Education + ecology + opportunity
CELI continues its work through culinary scholarships, green training, livelihood programs, environmental technologies, and partnerships.
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