CAFÉ seeks to design a conference program each year that will help culinary/baking/pastry/hospitality instructors and deans and directors with their challenges and possible solutions.

Some of the highlights of this year’s conference include:

• Artificial Intelligence and its impact on our unique course offerings
• A panel talking about Ideas and Innovations
• A lunch time speaker who will challenge your assumptions and help foster significant roundtable discussions
• A lunchtime panel of local chefs describing their best-selling dishes and how they came to produce these “winners”!
• A keynoter will talk about how his huge country club operation deals with ideas and change
• An expert in education describing how AI can be used productively in our classes
• Educational Best Practices sessions highlighting hands on innovations in your delivery
• Industry trends presentations helping to keep you up to date so that your students can also learn the value of new ideas

Click here to download your copy of the 2024 Deans & Directors Retreat and Leadership Conference agenda. For conference information and registration, click here.

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

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION

May 27, 2024 – Hotel room reservation cut-off date or when our room block fills – whichever is the earliest. Don't delay, reserve your room today! For hotel information, click here.

MASTER CLASSES – LIMITED SPACES AVAILABLE

As part of the Leadership Conference we are offering two master classes on June 19, 2024 from 1:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m. Fee is $25 per class. 

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. 

Master Classes are almost full! Only a few seats left!
Don't miss out – sign up today!
For more information or to register for the conference go to 
cafemeetingplace.com/cafe-events.