What's in store for Culinary Lab?

In between recipe development and presenting what they've learned (and how to replicate it) to fellow culinary students, this year's Culinary Lab students will attend four separate lab sessions.

They'll be finding out about health snacking, with an emphasis on Greek yogurt and Greek cream cheese, on August 27, and on September 24, they'll be working on health breakfast pizzas.  Then on October 29, they'll work on cheese dips and smoothies, making cheese and ricotta. 

On December 3, Culinary Lab will visit Danzeisen's Dairy in Laveen. With a line of flavored milks, high-intensity cream and specialty milk drinks, Danzeisen's is a dairy that's working hard to make milk products a major element of 21st century dining.

Culinary Lab results and scholarship winners will be announced at the CCAP Awards Breakfast on March 27, 2017.

(new) offices feature new culinary computer lab

CCAP Arizona's new offices, Dunlap and 23rd Ave., not only sport new furnishings (in the space shared kindly through Roy Allen and the smallMatters Institute), but also a small-ish but quite swanky new computer lab space.

"We are especially grateful to Tito's Beveridge," says CCAP Arizona Director Jill Smith, "for their thoughtful generosity in funding the new computer stations."

CCAP Arizona's 2016 Industry Scholarship winners assisted in selecting equipment and designed the lab space - which they accomplished in between other obligations, since each is also working this summer.

Selena Rodriguez and De"Jae Roberson are both working with Roy Allen at the smallMatters Intitute (Beyond the Kitchen Apprenticeship), while Damian Rohman is working for M Culinary on catering and similar efforts.  Susana Ortega Navarro is working for Silvana Esparza, Cassandra Loper is working for Tracy Dempsey, and Ivan Baldenegro is working for Christopher Gross.

"Each contributed time and energy - and also did personal research on various systems and programs to assure that what we're putting together can be most useful for CCAP students," says Jill.  

CCAP Arizona students wishing to do culinary research who need computer access may contact Jill, Dr. Carrole Wolin or Nicole Schwartz to arrange time at the CCAP Arizona offices.

C-CAP plans ahead! (get this on your calendar NOW!)

All Culinary Teachers please SAVE THE DATE to attend the C-CAP Teacher Information Meeting & Workshop.

You do not have to join C-CAP to attend, (but we hope you will!):

September 10, 2016

10 am - 2 pm

Southwest Gas Corporate Headquarters, 1600 E Northern Avenue, Phoenix

Certificate for four (4) hours of Professional Development

We will outline the C-CAP 2016-17 Competition Season, events, trainings, internships, jobs...what C-CAP has to offer you and your students and why it can be so important as they plan for their futures in hospitality.

Chef Lori Hashimoto of Hana Japaneese Eatery in Phoenix will be leading a workshop (content being finalized).