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FENI Summit

11th Annual FENI 2009 Educators Summit
February 14 - 17, 2009
Le Cordon Bleu College
& Tuscany Suites and Casino

Host Location: Tuscany Suites and Casino

Host School: Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts

 

2009 Rates

COMPLETE PROGRAM:

  • $595.00 - Conference including general session, all food & social events, your choice of four half-day master classes and a certificate of attendance. ($680.00 value)
  • *Early Bird discount $45 off package, available until November 1st, 2008*

 

CUSTOM PROGRAM:

  • $395.00 - Registration including general session, all food & social events and certificate of attendance.
  • $85.00 - Master Classes half-day, you may take up to four master classes total. (2009 conference will present 1/2 day master classes only)
  • $20.00 - CEU credits are available upon request (no fee for the certificate of attendance)

 

At-A-Glance 2009 Schedule:

SATURDAY, FEB. 14

5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.

  • Welcome Reception & 2nd-Annual Poster Sessions

 

SUNDAY, FEB. 15

8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

  • Continental Breakfast & Welcome
  • Keynote 1: Opportunities Facing Foodservice Education Today
  • Keynote 2: A “Fireside Chat” with Chef David Burke
  • Panel: Trends and Issues in Culinary Education
  • Panel: Dining Trends from Top Vegas Chefs
  • Luncheon
  • Exhibitors Showcase
  • Education Roundtables

 

MONDAY, FEB. 16

8:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Master Classes

  • Curriculum Development & Assessment
  • American Lamb: “Show Me Some Leg”
    *Sponsored by the American Lamb Board
  • Teaching Interpersonal Communications
  • Culture & Cuisine
  • Fundamental of Creole Cuisine
  • Energizing and Engaging Students: Team Learning
  • Emerging Foodservice Careers and Guiding Students
  • Sorbet-Making and Balancing
  • Structuring the Learning Environment: These Tools RULE

 

Taste of Elegance Competition and Luncheon

*Sponsored by the National Pork Board

 

1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Master Classes

  • Rice: Ancient Grain in Today’s Global Cuisine
    *Sponsored by USA Rice Federation
  • Vegetable & Fruit Carving
  • Teaching Math-Skills Development
  • How to Create Powerful PowerPoint & PDF Presentations
  • Charcuterie: the Basics with Fritz Sonnenschmidt (novice)
  • Developing Character across the Curriculum
  • Chocolate Candies
  • Fine-Tuning Taste-Sensory Perception
  • Culinary “Cross-Dressing” with Savory & Sweet

 

5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.

  • FENI Awards Reception at Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts-Las Vegas

 

TUESDAY, FEB. 17

8:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Master Classes

  • Teaching Special-Needs Students
  • Implementing an Ecologically Sustainable Curriculum
  • Schema Development & Community in the Kitchen Lab
  • Strategic Fund-Raising & Community Involvement
  • Teaching Writing-Skills Development
  • The ACF Accreditation Process: from Start to Finish for Secondary and Postsecondary Programs
  • Strengths-Based Approach to Learning and Its Application to the Culinary
  • Classroom

 

Informal Luncheon

 

1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Master Classes

  • Successful Student Competitions
  • Creating Artistic Chocolate Displays
  • Student-Retention Strategies & Techniques
  • Developing Online Lesson Plans & Curricula
  • Vegetarian Classical Garde Manger with Fritz Sonnenschmidt (advanced)
  • Understanding & Communicating Basic Principles of Classic European & Asian Cuisines (novice)
  • An Immersion in Front-of-House Operations
  • Artisan Breadbaking (advanced)
  • Fine-Tuning Taste-Sensory Perception (repeated from Monday)

 

Please note: The FENI Summit offers a wide variety of Master Classes encompassing all levels of experience

 

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