Welcome to MRA Education Foundation
ProStart® is a two-year career technical education program in which high-school students learn from an industry-derived, competency-based curriculum that teaches culinary techniques and restaurant management skills, coupled with real-life restaurant sector experiences. ProStart offers life-changing opportunities for students and teaches industry-specific and transferable employability skills.

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Who Provides ProStart In Missouri

The Missouri ProStart Program, supported by the Missouri Restaurant Association Education Foundation in partnership with Family, Consumer Sciences and Human Services at the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, is working with approximately 100 high schools and career centers across the state to introduce nearly 6,000 students to career opportunities in the restaurant industry through the ProStart program. 

What Is ProStart

When Are ProStart Events

Where is ProStart

How To Get Involved With ProStart

ProStart Educator Resources

Missouri ProStart Invitational

Missouri ProStart Recognitions

Thank You To Our 2018-2019 ProStart Sponsors

A special thanks to the GKCRA for their generosity to Missouri ProStart

We would like to thank our sponsors for supporting the future of our industry.

PRESENTING SPONSORS

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JUDGES' SPONSOR

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PLATINUM PLATTER SPONSORS

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GOLDEN SPOON SPONSORS

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SILVER FORK SPONSORS

MRA Education Foundation
To serve as a philanthropic foundation of the Missouri Restaurant Association to enhance the restaurant and foodservice industry’s service to the public through education, community engagement, and promotion of career opportunities.

Our Sponsors