“I” = Intelligence & Interactive!

RATIONAL, the leading global manufacturer of commercial cooking systems, is introducing the iCombi Pro and iVario product lines, which can revolutionize what your kitchen labs and graduates find within the industry in terms of efficiency and cost-effectiveness. Learn how commercial kitchens incorporate precise intelligent technology to produce food with less space, waste, energy, food costs, and stress with these new cooking systems.

During the virtual event, you will meet Daniel Lessem, Director of Educational Partnerships and Corporate Chef at RATIONAL USA, accompanied by co-moderators, fellow instructor Kathleen Hassett (10:00 am) from Horry-Georgetown Community College and fellow instructor Jim Flader (2:00 pm) from Johnson & Wales University.

You will gain tips and tricks from two leading culinary educators on technology in teaching labs, plus an introduction to the RATIONAL Partner in Education alliance for culinary schools.

To register for this one-hour webinar, please click one of the links below:

• Friday, October 30th, 2020 at 10:00 am CDT (Moderator: Daniel Lessem, Co-Moderator: Fellow Instructor Kathleen Hassett)
• Friday, October 30th, 2020 at 2:00 pm CDT (Moderator: Daniel Lessem, Co-Moderator: Fellow Instructor Jim Flader)

BONUS: the webinar is FREE and offers one hour of continuing education hours towards certification.

UPDATED Culinary Online Teaching Resources

Searching for online teaching support? CAFÉ has what you need. We dedicated a section of our website where educators can find stories compiled from previous Gold Medal Classroom editions and the spring series of four special editions focusing on distance learning strategies. Articles are organized into four categories:

• Culinary instructors offer their online best practice suggestions
• Online instruction guidance from utilizing Zoom’s features to managing online discussion groups
• Lessons, projects and resources
• Online education instructor observations

You can access the page by clicking here or go to CAFÉ's website and click the Online Culinary Strategies link to the right.

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