August 2026 Issue
Gold Medal Classroom:
The official ezine for CAFE | August issue
FEATURES:
The 2026 Culinary Education Award Recipients
Secondary Educator of the Year Award: Monica Millburn
Postsecondary Educator of the Year Award: Sara Johannes
Student of the Year Award: Cassandra Coenen
Entrepreneurship Award: Katie Mosher
Green Award: Phil Cropper
Community Outreach Award: Emily Willardson
Technology Award: Christopher Bates
Sustainability Award: John Robinson
Innovation Award: Tracy Carter
CAFÉ Champion Award: Michael Carmel
Start the semester on the right foot: Strategies and tactics create respect, interest and positive attributes throughout the year.
A tribute to culinary education innovator, instructor and GMC writer: Chef Jennifer Denlinger.
FUTURE THINKING IN EDUCATION:
Post-conference thoughts: Breaking mental models.
WHAT IF thinking stimulates thoughts and actions resulting in the next great product, concept or solution.
BREAKING NEWS:
CAFÉ Talks teaches and informs: Have you heard the latest CAFE Talks podcasts? Organizational chart helps listeners discover talks by culinary professionals across the industry.
ADDITIONAL ARTICLES FROM THE GMC ARCHIVES:
Culinary math teaching series revisited: Review helpful culinary math teaching techniques from a talented math culinary arts instructor.
Creating a more accessible cooking and learning environment: Culinarians learn about stress and anxiety-reducing tactics to create a team that gets the job done.
Better teaching skills: engaging in the transfer of knowledge. How teaching skiing taught me to be a better culinary arts instructor.
Cracking open the culinary potential of walnuts: Read this versatile nut’s story of transformation, creativity and sustainability and find an ingredient that can build a flavor framework of new possibilities.