J-1 Culinary program with Canyon Ranch Lenox

General Information

Description of the Host Property:
Featuring a setting that celebrates wellness and vitality, the Canyon Ranch Lenox, is focused on offering guests an environment that leads to personal discovery, energy, and empowerment. Since 1979, Canyon Ranch has set the standard for health resort all over the world, and offers a complete wellness experience with a Program Advising team to help guests plan and make the most of the resort's fitness, cuisine, spa, and wellness offerings.

Description of the Training:
Step into the kitchen of a world-leading luxury hotel/resort and learn from the best chefs in the American hospitality industry at Canyon Ranch Lenox. Through this J-1 Hospitality internship or traineeship program, you will rotate to different stations, acquiring the skills and techniques necessary to take the culinary world by storm. This rotational program is designed to give you exposure to the international hospitality industry and give you the experience needed to excel in your career when you return to your home country. 

ITN & ODYSSEY All-Inclusive Program:
Unlike most J-1 Program providers, a regional ITN representative will guide you through a streamlined registration process, thanks to ITN and ODYSSEY’s all-inclusive approach. ITN and ODYSSEY will be on hand to provide you with the very best personalized service from the time that you arrive in the United States until your departure from the United States upon completion of your program.

Description of the Location:
Lenox is a town in the Berkshires of Massachusetts, about 3 hours from New York City and 2½ hours from Boston. Lenox is an arts-lover's dream, home to Tanglewood. There are also several stately mansions and prestigious boarding schools in the area. Spring, summer, autumn or winter – Lenox has so much to offer, it is no wonder Lenox is a destination that draws hundreds of thousands of visitors a year. Whether it’s your first visit or 5oth, you’ll find many reasons to return again and again.

Accommodation is not provided, ITN will provide the successful candidate with an Arrival Package which includes contact information for housing.



Start Date: December, 2025

Requirements

• Must be a current student of a Hospitality or Culinary post-secondary academic institution. 
  
  
• Or recent graduate (less than 12 months ago) of a Hospitality or Culinary post-secondary academic institution. 
  
  
• Or a graduate of a Hospitality or Culinary post-secondary academic institution (more than 12 months ago,) with 12 months of verifiable related work experience.
  
  
• Or must have 5 years of verifiable related work experience.