CAFÉ is pleased to announce that it will have two foodservice instructor/ leadership events in 2022.

A new one-day format for our annual thought-leaders event.

 

Where? Portland, Maine, hosted by Southern Maine Community College.

 

Topics to be discussed includes keynoters, panels, and small discussion groups on the Future of Culinary Arts Education. 

 

This event has always been a must-attend conference since it gathers postsecondary deans and directors and allows them to discuss and hear ideas on topics that are facing them as they go forward.

 

Cost: $299.00 This includes a continental breakfast, lunch, and invitation to the opening night reception of the Leadership Conference which begins on the evening of June 22.

 

Hotel information click here. 

 

BONUS: if you wish to stay for the Leadership Conference (see outline below), you get a discount on each event. To attend both the Deans and Directors Retreat and Leadership Conference the total registration fee is $499.00.

• An offering of hands-on master classes on Wednesday, June 22, in the afternoon.
• An opening night reception featuring trends in foodservice
• An all-day Industry Outreach with keynote and break out sessions to keep you up to date with the “new” world we are living in.
• An all-day Educational Best Practices Day helping you with ideas for your classroom outreach
• The showing of the movie “A Fine Line” about the challenges facing women in the foodservice arena

Please note: We will follow CDC and local guidelines as they apply to conferences and gatherings. 

Renewals for CAFÉ membership will be sent out as of the first of the new year. Join as an individual, an institution or an industry group. Help keep CAFÉ as it gives you resources and opportunities to continue with your career path as an educator.

 

Consider what you are doing as Life-Long Learning!!

 

New members – join at Resource-Center/Membership to sign up TODAY!!

 

Already a member – please wait until after January 1, 2022 to renew your membership at that time. If you are interested in switching from an individual membership to an institutional membership, please contact Mary Young at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information.

Thanks to Idaho Potato Commission for sponsoring the Educators of the Year Award for 2022! This Award is open to secondary and postsecondary educators as well as culinary educators working within the non-profit training sector. 

 

Click here for more information about the Educators of Year Award.

 

In addition to sponsoring the Educators of the Year Award they are sponsoring a new Student of the Year Award. For more information on this new award, click here.

Thanks to Kendall College/National Louis University for once again sponsoring the Entrepreneurship Award for 2022! This Award identifies culinary programs that either (1) teach or encourage entrepreneurship in their programming or (2) implement revenue-generation and cost savings into their programs.

 

Entrepreneurship can be a part of a program’s design and includes qualities of visionary leadership. Students can learn about innovation and ideation via their college or community. The Entrepreneurship Award will be judged by the quality of the design and applicability of the outreach whether it is project or concept based.

 

Click here for more information about the Entrepreneurship Award.

Thanks to RATIONAL, we are pleased to announce that the 2022 Technology Award will be offered to individuals/culinary programs that successfully introduced technology in their programs.

 

This Award is sponsored by RATIONAL who is proud to reach out to educators and to recognize their efforts instructing students in the complex world of technology and culinary arts.

 

Click here for more information about the Technology Award.