The 2024 Leadership Conference has a day devoted to industry trends AND a day devoted to peer presentations in the arena of Educational Best Practices. Attendees get to sign up for 3 different presentations. Some highlights include:

• Connecting Culinary Arts with Sustainable Agriculture Systems
• The Art of Teaching and Learning Food for Health
• Reinventing your Purchasing class
• Community Engagement through Regional Cuisines
• Integrating Metrics into your program
• Preparing your students for competitions
• Teach your students their super power and they can fly!
• AND MORE!

INDUSTRY TRENDS

CAFÉ’s mission is to link the foodservice industry with the foodservice classroom. The day we have planned will include hearing from one of the top chefs in the country, an InfoFair, presentations on a variety of products which will also include tastings, and a lunchtime panel of chef’s and their prize dishes.

MASTER CLASSES 

Once again CAFÉ is pleased to be working with Guittard Chocolate and Chef Josh Johnson offering the following hands-on chocolate master class: Creative Dessert Spreads

A new hands-on Pizza Making master class is being offered by Real California Milk and Chef Spencer Glenn, Executive Chef, Pizza My Heart, to our 2024 line-up.

For more information or to register for the conference go to cafemeetingplace.com/cafe-events.

Mary Petersen
Executive Editor, Gold Medal Classroom
President, Center for the Advancement of Foodservice Education

AWARD DEADLINE EXTENDED!

AWARDS!!! DEADLINE APRIL 8 (extra time given in light of the Easter Holiday being early)!

• Postsecondary Educator of the Year
• Secondary Educator of the Year
• Entrepreneurship
• Green Award
• Community Outreach
• Technology
• Student of the Year

WINNERS RECEIVE $1,000 CASH AS WELL AS A COMPLIMENTARY REGISTRATION TO THE 2024 LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE, JUNE 19-21, IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.

These Awards are for individuals/programs who demonstrate efforts which are outstanding, have proven to be effective and which are able to be duplicated. CAFÉ will produce press releases to your local/home publications. Winners will also receive a plaque indicating their winner status.

If you previously applied and / or previously won an award you can still apply again this year. You can apply for multiple award catagories. You can't win if your don't apply!!!

Award information can be found at cafemeetingplace.com/scholarship-awards

Do you have an exceptional student? If so, encourage them to apply for the Student of the Year award. The prize for the Student of the Year will be $1,000 cash to the winner as well as all expenses paid on the September 2024 Idaho Potato Harvest Tour.

DEADLINE EXTENDED FOR AWARD APPLICATIONS: APRIL 8, 2024!

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION

HOTEL REGISTRATION ~ NOW OPEN!

The hotel is the 130 Drury Plaza Hotel San Antonio Riverwalk, 105 South St. Mary’s Street, San Antonio, Texas. Which sits on the beautiful Riverwalk.

Registration is now open. Click here for hotel information.