Root

Root is proud to be a member of Mass Restaurants United and an active partner in their mission to support independent restaurants in the Commonwealth. Many MRU members serve as vital partners for Root’s Culinary Training Program: serving on our Chef Advisory Council, opening their doors to our trainees for externships, or bringing their expertise directly into our training kitchen as guest chefs and speakers.

Join us at their annual Breaking Boundaries event on Monday, June 8th, for a day of real conversationswith industry leaders, community partners, and changemakers interested in creating real solutions and real change in the industry.

See link in our bio for tickets, or visit: https://www.ticketmaster.com/mass-restaurant-united-breaking-boundaries-in-boston-massachusetts-06-08-2026/event/0100646D9A9FCABD?CAMEFROM=CFC_BIGNIGHTLIVE_SOCIAL_MERLINDA_JUNE8

One of our traditions on graduation night is for each Root cohort to add its words of wisdom to the classroom wall — advice for the trainees who come after them. Cohort 28 showed us once again how much they grew during their time with us - “Nothing changes if nothing changes,” “Take time to learn who you are,” and “Don’t get discouraged — keep pushing through.” We couldn’t say it better ourselves! We are so proud of all that they accomplished and can’t see where they go next.