As a culinary instructor/head of department, you are expected to:
- Keep up to date with industry trends
- Learn and share important news about not only products but methods in our industry which are constantly changing
- Keep your professional certifications current
- Bring new methods to your educational delivery techniques
- Make contacts with other colleagues throughout the country
- Instill a sense of enthusiasm among your students
- AND MORE!
CAFÉ’s annual conferences are designed with your needs in mind in order to keep your influence both relevant as well as focused on the constant changes.
Join us in Pittsburgh June 24-26, 2025. KEEP your knowledge, contacts, and enthusiasm up to date and relevant.
CAFÉ’s mission is to link the foodservice industry with the foodservice classroom. Help us keep your eye on the prize!!
Mary Petersen
Executive Editor, Gold Medal Classroom
President, Center for the Advancement of Foodservice Education
Click here to Register Today!
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2025 Pizza Master Class – Limited Spaces Available
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.
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. We are approaching our 100th episode!
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.