CAFÉ Talks Podcast listeners will discover informative and thought-provoking topics that touch on education, the culinary classroom, the foodservice industry, leadership, innovation, culinary history, and management presented by culinary leaders in either education or the broader foodservice industry.
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Transitioning from Operations to Classroom
Kevin McCarthy, Chef
Transitioning from operations chef to teacher is challenging and rewarding at the same time. Join CAFÉ Talks Podcast for a chat with Chef Kevin McCarthy from Paul Smith’s College as he reflects on his experience in doing just that.
As challenging as it is to execute a large-scale banquet or orchestrate the line in a busy restaurant, it can’t compare to that first time you stand in front of a class filled with students – some of whom who are excited to learn while others are not quite sure. You may know “how” tasks are accomplished in the kitchen, your taste receptors are likely fine-tuned, and your ability to problem-solve is never questioned, but now, it’s all about different learning styles, patience, coaxing with encouragement while never faltering from your high standards, critiquing instead of criticizing, and giving the right amount of attention to each member of the class.
Influencers To Pay Attention To
Chris Koetke and Mark Molinaro, Chefs
Today, there is so much information to sift through, so many changes that impact our careers and lives, and so many unknowns on the horizon. Our success as chefs and educators lies in our ability to know where to access information and how to qualify its relevance. Referred to as your network of influence, this portfolio of contacts, resources, and well researched data is your professional differentiated product; this is what, in many cases, will define your career trajectory and your effectiveness within that career.
Please join CAFÉ Talks Podcast as Chefs Chris Koetke, Mark Molinaro, and Paul Sorgule, share some of their most treasured resources and influencers.
Resources:
- The Center for Systems Awareness (Peter Senge) https://systemsawareness.org
- The American College of Building Arts https://acba.edu
- Menu Matters https://www.menumatters.com
- Extra Serving (podcast) https://www.nrn.com/series/extra-serving
- Whatever it is, I’m Against it! (book) by: Brian Roseberg and Gabriel Vaughn
- Massimo Boturra https://osteriafrancescana.it
- Feed the Planet Program (World Chefs) https://feedtheplanet.worldchefs.org
- Emotional Intelligence Habits (book) by: Travis Bradberry and Tom Parks
- Smith Group (architects) https://www.smithgroup.com
Learn to Work, Work to Learn, Part 1
Alexandra Levit, CEO and Stephanie Reisner, President and CEO
WORK is a four-letter word that is an important part of a person’s meaning and purpose. It is one key to becoming a contributing member of society and in the case of this podcast, a vehicle for building a person’s competence, confidence, and productive future. Throughout history, the skills of the craftsperson and the foundation for the knowledge worker have been closely aligned with tactile work. Education works best when work is part of education.
Join CAFÉ Talks Podcast for a conversation with Alexandra Levit, CEO of Inspiration Work – a futurist consulting firm and author of her newest book: Make School Work, and Stephanie Reisner, President and CEO of GPS Education Partners, about work-based learning. You won’t want to miss this first interview in a two-part series that can change our approach towards the education of this and future generations.
Learn to Work, Work to Learn, Part 2
Alexandra Levit, CEO and Stephanie Reisner, President and CEO
John and Mary are 15-year-old high school students entering their junior year. The pressure is already on to decide about college and what they intend to do with the rest of their lives. As in the past, they sit at their desks and listen to teachers lecture about algebra, geometry, proper sentence structure, and American history. Standing at a whiteboard, their teacher outlines the critical points in today’s lecture while John and Mary take notes pertaining to what they must memorize and work with throughout this phase of their education. In the back of their mind, they are trying to make sense of how this will impact their future jobs and lifestyle. They don’t have a clue about what they want out of life, what they might be good at, what careers are available, or where they could fit. Yet, in two years they will need to dive into something.
Does this sound familiar? How will a student decide when they have little to no exposure to what might be their calling? Is the method of teaching that we have relied on for generations still relevant? Is this how a new generation learns? The world around them is changing at breakneck speed while schools hang on to a formula that worked in the past.
Listen to CAFÉ Talks podcast with Alexandra Levit, author of Make School Work, and Stephanie Reisner of GPS Education Partners as they reveal a new model for the generation that is riding the wave of significant change.