We’ve had some extraordinary articles published in our inaugural year of sharing culinary education best practices.

CAFE members get a subscription to the “Journal” included in their $50/year membership fee (which also gives them a $25 discount on registration of a CAFE event!).

Here is a listing of the research articles from 2018 and (so far) 2019:

• Converting Unconvertible Classes; Moving Foods-based classes Into the On-Line Environment
• Proposing a Baking and Pastry Concentration
• Carcass Pedagogy; Enhanced Learning in a Culinary School Butchery Course
• SPECA Conference Informs Culinary Program
• The Secret Recipe for an Engaged Classroom
• Pre-Post Testing to Measure Student Knowledge Gain
• Teaching Excellence Update: Cracking the DNA Code of ‘The Good Teacher’
• The Culinary Workshop: A Culinary Education Best Practices Part 1
• The Culinary Workshop in Action: Developing Cross Country Skills Part 2
• Improving Your Teaching by Using Reflective Journaling

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You’ll be able to read these articles and will be notified of ones in the future.
Interested in publishing an article? Contact Jean Hertzman This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., editor of the “Journal.”

The Crystal Conference

2019 marks the 15th annual CAFE Leadership Conference—which is the “Crystal Anniversary” Conference!

According to Wikipedia:
A crystal or crystalline solid is a solid material whose constituents (such as atoms, molecules, or ions) are arranged in a highly ordered microscopic structure, forming a crystal lattice that extends in all directions.

So let’s consider the significance of CAFE’s Crystal Conference:

• The Conference is a “solid” event which has never been known to disappoint its attendees. Why solid? It focuses on culinary education and culinary educators, particularly as they seek to keep up to date with trends in their industry AND keep up to date with their instructional skills. Each a big task: That’s why the conference can’t be wishy-washy!
• Presentations are organized in a structure that gives attendees their biggest bang for the buck! You can choose which master class, which industry trends session and which educational best practices peer presentations to attend. That is structure. That promises choice.
• And finally, together we form a crystal lattice that extends in all directions. As educators, you influence tens of thousands of future foodservice employees every day, year, and decade you are involved with learning and improving. And yes, that is in all directions: restaurant chefs, on-site foodservice chefs, research chefs, personal chefs, educators, and many more.

To register for the “Crystal” Conference and view the agenda and hotel information, click here.

IMPORTANT DATES FOR 2019

May 29, 2019
Hotel Deadline, Leadership Conference

June 20-22, 2019
15th Annual CAFE Leadership Conference, Charlotte, NC