June/July 2025 Issue
Gold Medal Classroom:
The official ezine for CAFE | June/July 2025 issue
FEATURES:
Change unites instructors, students, foodservice industry: Sara Johannes discusses how St. Paul College navigates change while uplifting students and providing good value.
High schools San Dimas and Chalmette capture national honors in culinary and restaurant management competitions.
Maryland teacher Phillip Cropper named ProStart Teacher of the Year.
FUTURE THINKING IN EDUCATION:
How to spend your summer vacation: Read these books that plant seeds of possibilities in your mind.
CHEF PROFILE:
Milena Jimenez
Chef Manager, Cater to You, a member of Elior North America
Friends Seminary School NY, NY.
MEET THE GROWERS:
Growing avocados with wonder and appreciation. Rob Brokaw’s family began the Hass avocado movement and he continues to watch the future of this global fruit.
ADDITIONAL ARTICLES FROM THE GMC ARCHIVES:
Discovering a willingness to motivate and change: Engaging in different actions to enhance student learning. Are you ready for it?
Good to Great: Creating a 20-Year Vision: “Good is the enemy of great. And that is one of the key reasons why we have so little that becomes great. We don't have many great schools, principally because we have good schools.” James Collins, author of “Good to Great”
Creating a change mindset in culinary education: “Without change, there is no innovation, creativity, or incentive for improvement.” – William Pollard. Then why are people so resistant?
Nothing in life stays the same, so why should you? Adaptation: A call to instructors teaching today’s students.