The seminar will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. at Pricci restaurant in Atlanta. For more information about the seminar or registration, visit www.garestaurants.org.
The seminar will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. at Pricci restaurant in Atlanta. For more information about the seminar or registration, visit www.garestaurants.org.
Dr. Janey Thornton, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) deputy under secretary for food, nutrition and consumer services, will be a guest speaker at the 2010 American Culinary Federation National Convention taking place Aug. 2 to 5 in Anaheim, Calif.Thornton (pictured) was appointed to her current position by President Barack Obama on April 1, 2009, and is responsible for developing and promoting science-based dietary guidance and administering the USDA's 15 nutrition-assistance programs.
At the ACF National Convention, Thornton will discuss the partnership between ACF and the USDA as it relates to educating the public on childhood nutrition and healthy eating as well as the Chefs Move to Schools program. The program, launched on the South Lawn of the White House June 4 by First Lady Michelle Obama and White House assistant chef and food initiative coordinator Sam Kass, will be run through the USDA.
The ACF National Convention, hosted by ACF Orange Empire Chefs & Professional Cooks Association, is expected to bring together more than 2,000 chefs, cooks, culinary students and foodservice professionals from across the country. For more information, visit www.acfchefs.org.
Photo courtesy of the USDA
The conference, aimed primarily at foodservice professionals, will feature more than 50 accomplished chefs and food professionals from Japan to lead sessions covering such topics as Japanese ingredients, beverages, techniques for flavor development and aesthetics of presentation. For more information, visit www.worldsofflavor.com.
"Retailers and their customers are winners today," said Leslie G. Sarasin, FMI president and CEO, in the statement. "Consumers have been paying more than $50 billion a year in hidden swipe fees to credit card companies and banks every time they swipe their credit or debit card. We applaud the President for signing this law to bring fairness and transparency to these fees."
FIA is a founding member of the Merchants Payments Coalition, a group of nearly 100 associations representing retailers, supermarkets, drug stores, convenience stores, fuel stations, online merchants and other businesses that accept debit and credit cards. For more information about FMI, visit www.fmi.org.
The World Association of Chefs Societies (WACS) will assume administration and implementation of the WACS Certified Chef (WCC) certification program, currently managed by the American Culinary Federation (ACF), starting Sept 1.The WCC certification, administered by ACF since its institution in September 2006, is based on international standards of education and training, with qualifications determined by individual member countries. As the current administration agreement with ACF ends, WACS has sufficient resources to preside over the certification program from now on. John Clancy, WACS certification chair, will assume responsibility for administration.
For more information, visit www.worldchefs.org.
The guide is designed to support restaurant, hotel, casino and tourist attraction owners as well as shrimpers and fishermen in the Gulf region. It answers questions in a Q&A format about future losses and insurance claims and lists the documents helpful in calculating losses.
This online resource for business is the second in a series of guides issued by Baron & Budd to help those affected by the Gulf oil spill. The first guide outlined helpful tips for residents in Louisiana. Click here to see the guide.
In order to help promote the value of farmers' markets in U.S. communities, American Farmland Trust has launched the America's Favorite Farmers Market contest.Farmers' markets in 49 states and Washington, D.C., are competing for the title in four size categories. At the end of the contest, one small, medium, large and boutique farmers' market will be named America's Favorite Farmers Market for 2010. Online voting is open until Aug. 31 at www.farmland.org/vote. People can only cast one vote per market.
Montague fires the imagination with an intriguing new design challenge
Designers ... imagine the chance to partner with a chef/operator to design the most intriguing, most versatile Island Cooking Suite ever created. Now see your design selected by a team of foodservice experts and from a wide variety of entries, as the most creative, most efficient cooking suite design submitted. And if you can see this, imagine your design, your partners' dream cooking suite, with a value of up to $200,000.00, built and awarded to their operation! Thanks to The Montague Company, this fantasy is about to become reality.
The premier manufacturer of the world's finest cooking equipment since 1857, Montague is setting the foodservice industry a-sizzle with the Montague Suite Dreams Design Challenge, an exciting competition that pairs a designer with a chef/operator and pits them against other pairs of like teams to create the ultimate kitchen suite design.Montague will then award the winning suite to the venue for which it was designed. Plus, the winning design team and operation will be featured in print and electronic ads in trade publications, and will enjoy an expenses-paid trip to The NAFEM Show 2011. In addition, four first-place winning teams will be chosen from entry designs. Courtesy of Montague, they'll win travel and accommodations to The NAFEM Show as well.
Sure to stir the creative juices of a crowd known for its competitive spirit, the Montague Suite Dreams Design Challenge is an incredible opportunity for designers and chef/operators to show off their talents and set themselves apart, and bring famous Montague quality, versatility and innovation to their kitchens.
The Montague Suite Dreams Design Challenge is open to professional foodservice equipment designers working in collaboration with a professional foodservice operator/chef as client on a foodservice concept in one of the five qualifying market segments. All interested teams must visit www.montaguecompany.com/suitedreams by Oct. 8, 2010, to register and review contest rules. The deadline for submissions is 5 p.m. Pacific Standard Time, Oct. 15, 2010. For more information, please contact The Montague Company at suitedreams@montaguecompany.com, or visit the Web site.
Talent Revolution's Amanda HiteThe Great American Dine Out is a week-long, nationwide event in which participating restaurants donate a portion of proceeds to help end childhood hunger in America. It is a flexible program, meaning operators can decide how they want to implement and promote it.
Corner Bakery's Diana Hovey