January 2021 Issue

Gold Medal Classroom:
The official ezine for CAFE | January 2021 issue

FEATURES:

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Culinary Educators and Ongoing Education: Culinary instructors continue their education through online courses from top-notch online training programs.

Culinary Educational Resources a Click Away: Boards, councils and associations offer informative resources perfect for supporting all levels of online and in-person culinary curriculums.

McCormick® Flavor Solutions Unveils the Flavor Forecast®: Looking Back to Look Forward in 2021.

Turning Active Learning Loose in the Culinary Classroom: New Gold Medal Classroom stories focus on ideas and activities geared toward active learning instructing.

COLUMNS:

50 Minute Classroom: Basic foodservice economics: Instructors know students understand foodservice economics when the class shakes their heads in disbelief at the profit earned for $100 in sales.

Think Tank: From uncertainty comes opportunity for those willing to learn from the past and cut new trails toward a bright future. 2021 a time for an industry’s rebirth.

Guest Columnist Amanda Miller: Chef Instructor Amanda Miller mentors female students on finding their kitchen voice by standing up and standing out.

BREAKING NEWS:

Goya Foods announces $80,000 Culinary Arts and Food Science Scholarships for four students. Application deadline is February 26, 2021.

DID YOU KNOW?

CAFÉ’s Industry Resource Center lists more than 80 commodity boards, associations and growers with links to their foodservice web sites. Educators can find classroom visual aids, downloadable materials, blogs, videos and research. Featured industries include meat, poultry, seafood, produce and dairy to name a few.

CAFÉ Lesson Plan Feature: U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council’s “Dynamo Digest”
Click here for the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council’s “Dynamo Digest,” a blog that aims to offer an extensive range of information, tips and advice from chefs and foodservice professionals. In association with “Little Blue Dynamos,” the blog's name also reflects the dynamic communications needed to match the ever-changing conditions of the foodservice industry.

CAFE Industry Resource Center Feature:
American Technical Publishers
Instructors are the backbone of quality training. Their experience coupled with quality instructional resources, assessments, and intuitive educational content is the foundation for success. Whether it’s one resource or more, ATP’s printed and digital content has been developed to create learning packages that are ideal for use in any training environment.