Boston Education, Skills & Training (BEST) was founded in 2006 as a 501 c(3) non-profit workforce development program focused on the well-paid sector of the hospitality industry. BEST Hospitality Training combines pre-employment and incumbent worker training designed to meet the labor needs of our hotel partners and the personal and professional goals of UNITE HERE Local 26 members. Our classes include English for Hospitality, computers, and citizenship prep, as well as certification skills training in On-Call Banquet Server, Basic Culinary Skills, Food Safety, CPR, and more. Career coaches help under and unemployed participants get quality jobs in partner hotels. These pre-employment students enroll in our Introduction to Hospitality Training Program.