CAFÉ Update March 03, 2025
03 March 2025We will be offering three Educational Best Practices sessions on Thursday, June 26th. Each time slot will have three speakers to choose from.
Topics will include:
- Food insecurities and academic success
- What does a universal design for learning look like?
- Advancing culinary education through digital accessibility
- Beekeeping; a useful part of a culinary curriculum
- Discuss the correlation between literacy skills and success in postsecondary courses
- Adapting curricula to prioritize career focused outcomes
- Learn tools and techniques to create inclusive and effective learning environments
- Incorporating plant-based cuisine into culinary education
- Adding workforce credentialing to your program
We thank all the culinary educators who volunteered to share their knowledge and help educate their peers!
Mary Petersen
Executive Editor, Gold Medal Classroom
President, Center for the Advancement of Foodservice Education
Click here to Register Today!
If you are a CAFE member remember to log into your account before registering to receive your member's discount.
2025 Pizza Master Class
CAFÉ has partnered again this year with Real California Milk to offer a Pizza Master Class on Tuesday, June 24th as part of the 2025 CAFÉ Leadership Conference in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. This class will have an extended time from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm. We are excited to have Edward Stalewski, Pizzaiolo, Mercurio’s Pittsburgh, a Pittsburgh local to teach this master class for us this year.
This will be the only Master Class we will be offering this year. The Master Class has a separate fee and has limited seating. For more information, click here. To register, click here.
2025 Hotel Information
Our hotel is The Westin in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Reserve your room today – cut-off date is May 25, 2025 or when room block fills up. For more information, click here.
2025 CAFÉ AWARD INFORMATION
The information on the 2025 CAFÉ Awards is now available on our website.
Application Deadline is April 1, 2025.
To view all awards go to cafemeetingplace.com/scholarship-awards.
2025 Educator of the Year (Secondary & Postsecondary)
2025 Student of the Year Award
If you know a fellow teacher that would be great for an award you can nominate them or it is ok to nominate yourself. Just remember you have to apply to win.
Previous applicants and winners are encourage to apply.
Also, if you have a culinary/hospitality student that would like a wonderful opportunity, the Idaho Potato Commission will be offering their 3rd annual Student of the Year Award.
ARE YOU A CAFÉ MEMBER!
CAFÉ Mission: “To link the foodservice industry with the foodservice classroom.
Now offering Individual, Institutional and Industry memberships.
For more information on memberships, click here.
Already a CAFE member and you need to renew for 2025? Click here for renewing instructions.
Have you checked out CAFÉ Talks Podcast?
Our host, Paul Sorgule has spearheaded this podcast and has done a wonderful job. He has interviewed some of the most influential people in education, culinary classrooms, the foodservice industry, leadership, innovation, culinary history, and management – there is something for everyone to relish and use.
Have you thought about integrating the CAFÉ Talks Podcast into your student curriculum for an assignment? Have you thought "I really wish I could remember which podcast pertained to a certain subject?"
Paul Sorgule, has created an organized chart that demonstrates where each interview might apply in your classrooms as assignments or a point of reference for faculty.
Click here to download your copy of the chart.
We could not have produced this podcast series if it wasn't for our sponsors who we thank very much for their continued support of CAFÉ.
For our complete lineup of podcast or to subscribe, go to www.CafeMeetingPlace.com/cafe-podcasts.
For video peeks of our launched episodes, go to our Facebook page, CafeMeetingPlace.
CAFÉ CONTACT INFORMATION
Mary Petersen, President, CAFÉ; Executive Editor, The Gold Medal Classroom
(410) 268-5542 (office)
(443) 994-8228 (cell)
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Lisa Parrish, Editor, The Gold Medal Classroom
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Mary Young, Administrative Assistant
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Paul Sorgule, Host, CAFETalks Podcast
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