For their first-place recognition, the duo received a cash award of $1,500 from the Idaho Potato Commission and full registrations to CAFÉ’s 2013 Leadership Conference.
Two runners-up each received a complimentary registration to the Leadership Conference and up to $500 in reimbursed travel expenses.
Annmarie Chelius, CCE, CWPC, CHE, a chef-instructor at Atlantic Cape Community College, Mays Landing, N.J., sought an effective teaching vehicle to reach two disparate generations—Baby Boomers and Millennials—that exhibit highly different learning styles. Realizing that both groups rely on smartphones, Chelius stars in her own Web-based videos as a rapper, “The Queen of Lean” and other characters, entertaining both audiences while meeting course objectives for training in pastry techniques and ingredients usage. Additionally, students are instructed to make their own videos for the course focusing on fundamental baking/pastry techniques. Students’ videos are graded highest on effective information delivery, with points awarded for production creativity and attention to such communication skills as voice clarity and eye contact.
Dr. Bill Franz, PHR, assistant professor in the Hospitality Management program at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, received a runner-up award based on several innovations including the student-staffed and operated Aspen Grille restaurant, where students who complete a training module train incoming students about to embark on that module. Franz also sends students in his purchasing classes to perform on-the-ground case studies with various food producers in the state, following the process from production to table and reporting back to the rest of the class about what they learned.
Additionally, the Idaho Potato Commission awarded scholarships to foodservice educators to attend the 2013 CAFÉ Leadership Conference based on their use of technology to enhance the curriculum. Two recipients, each receiving a complimentary conference registration and up to $300 in reimbursed travel expenses, were Melanie Stamper of Jessamine Career & Tech, Nicholasville, Ky., and Cary York, East Jessamine High School, Nicholasville.
About the Idaho Potato Commission
The Idaho Potato Commission is a state agency that is primarily responsible for expanding the markets for Idaho-grown potatoes through advertising, promotion and research. The Commission also protects the use of the “Idaho® potato” and “Grown in Idaho®” seals, which are federally registered Certification Marks that belong to the IPC. These Marks ensure that consumers are purchasing potatoes that have been grown in the state of Idaho. For more information, visit www.idahopotato.com.