STUDENT CONTESTS

A reminder that there are two student culinary contests with impressive cash prizes from CAFÉ’s industry partners.

Maple Leaf Farms is challenging students to create up to three original recipes for appetizers or small plates that showcase duck in creative ways. There are two top prizes of $2,500 and $1,500 respectively. The contest begins March 1 and runs through June 8, 2012. For more information, go to http://www.cafemeetingplace.com/resource-center/contests/item/641-maple-leaf-farms-launches-2012-discover-duck-recipe-contest.html

Use Emmi Kaltbach Cave-Aged Le Gruyere in a Center-of-the-Plate application and win two prizes, $1,000 and $500 respectively. Referring instructors of the first and second place winners shall receive one FREE Registration to a 2012 CAFÉ Conference or Workshop. Deadline is April 13th. (for postsecondary students only). Go to http://www.cafemeetingplace.com/resource-center/contests/item/642-student-recipe-contest.html for more information as well as download templates for the recipe formats.

Don’t let these opportunities pass you by! Your students can learn a great deal by practicing for competitions as well as contests.

Are You Going to the 2012 NRA Show?

If so, you are invited to a delicious evening sponsored by Emmi Roth USA, Friday, May 4th from 4-6 p.m. They will be unveiling an exciting NEW cheese educational program designed especially for (postsecondary) Culinary Instructors.

Please RSVP to lfunk@flavorfulinsight.com.

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Educational Best Practices at the CAFÉ Leadership Conference

Topics are being developed for presentation at the CAFÉ Leadership Conference on the first-ever day devoted entirely to educational best practices.

There are some outstanding topics (many NEW to us!), great keynoters, breakout sessions, and roundtable discussions during lunch. This day’s activities are included in your registration for the conference.

To find out more about the June 21-23 Conference, hosted at the new Culinary Institute of America’s San Antonio, Texas, campus, go to http://www.cafemeetingplace.com/2012-events/leadership-conference.html

Skagitt Valley Tour

Join culinary educators from around the U.S. at CAFÉ’s second Sustainability Conference, “Learning From the Ground Up,” hosted by Seattle Culinary Academy, July 27-29.

The entire day, Saturday, will be our Field Trip to Skagitt Valley where we will see the Taylor Shellfish Farms on beautiful Samish Bay, then on to La Conner Flats, home of Seattle Culinary Academy’s summer culinary program.

Our next stop will be the Washington State University Mount Vernon Research Center where you will see experimental crop tunnels with biodegradable mulch, display gardens, heirloom variety orchards, and a Bread Lab. WSU has programs in entomology, fruit and vegetable horticulture, vegetable pathology, weed science, and plant breeding. Go to http://mtvernon.wsu.edu for more information.

To register and get hotel information, please go to CAFÉ’s website, http://www.cafemeetingplace.com/2012-events/sustainability.html
This event is limited to 30 attendees.

Dates to Remember

April 1 Deadline for Instructor Awards and Scholarships

May 1 Early registration deadline for the Leadership Conference and Seattle Event

May 21 Deadline for Hotel Contessa’s block room rates in San Antonio