CAFÉ Update May 19, 2025
19 May 2025
The 2025 CAFÉ Conference is just 6 weeks away. If you are planning on attending this year's conference and staying at our designated hotel, please reserve your room today!
Our hotel is The Westin in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. For more hotel information, click here. We are approaching the hotel cut-off date of May 25, 2025 or sooner if our room block fills. Once our block is full we cannot guarantee you a room at a reduced rate.
If you are planning on attending this year's conference, please register today and reserve your hotel room. Don't delay!
Go to cafemeetingplace.com/cafe-events/ for the agenda and registration information. You can request to be invoiced or you can pay directly with a credit card.
Your registration means that you still find CAFÉ to be a relevant resource to you and your program.
We are looking forward to seeing you in Pittsburgh!
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 – 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. Reserve you spot today!
CAFÉ Talks Podcast – Season 10
For a video peek of episode 100, click here.
To listen to the full podcast, click here.
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.
Elizabeth DeRose with Frederick Community College is pleased to share that they are now listed on the website of the American College of Culinary Medicine as a partner school. (Note, as we were the first culinary school to offer the CCMP program, we are the only culinary school on their website)
If you or your program are interested in this state-of-the-art culinary program, click on images below for more information about their upcoming class that starts May 28th:
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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