Come join your fellow culinary educators in June for CAFÉ’s Deans and Directors Retreat and Leadership Conference. Change is inevitable and we all need to move forward with it. Together, educators and directors look toward the future of culinary arts, baking and pastry arts, and hospitality programs and learn how to adapt to new ideas and ways of teaching.

The Deans and Directors Retreat will be held on June 23-24, 2025 with the Leadership Conference slated for June 24-26, 2025. Both events will be hosted by the Community College, Alleghany Campus in Pittsburgh and the theme for this year’s gathering is, “The Need for Change.”

Deadline Extended: Call for Best Practices Presenters
You have until the first week of November to submit an outline of a topic you have introduced in your classes that would benefit culinary/baking/pastry/hospitality instructors. What have you accomplished that you could pass on to other instructors? The presentations on Best Practices Day are among the most anticipated as instructors learn new methodologies and hear new ideas. You can be a part of the day by submitting a title, brief outline, contact details and a short bio to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with "Educational Best Practices" in the subject line.

Also, presenters receive a $100 discount on their conference registration.

Click here for more information about the conferences or discounted early bird registration. This year’s conference hotel is the Westin in downtown Pittsburgh. Hotel information can be found here.