Sunday, July 13
10:30 am—11:30 am | Land O’Lakes & Huhtamaki
"Savvy Schools - Speed Scratch Recipes for Busy K12 Operations," which focuses on teaching attendees how to efficiently use speed scratch techniques in school kitchens. By leveraging cheese sauce as a versatile and reliable base, participants will discover innovative ways to create delicious and nutritious meals quickly. This session is designed to help school food service professionals streamline their operations, reduce prep time, and enhance menu flavor & variety, ultimately benefiting both staff and students.
Recipes: Dill Cheese Sauce, Alfredo Cheese Sauce and Sweet Sriracha Cheese Sauce.
Demonstrations
Christie McLean: CLMcLean@landolakes.com
Chef Susie Berglund: smberglund@landolakes.com
Chef Fernando Mojica
Time: 10:30 am—11:30 am
Room: Hemisfair Ballroom 1
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Monday, July 14
8:00 am—9:00 am | CJ Schwan’s Food Service
Taste the World – A Global Flavor Journey:
Highlighting Global restaurant-style meals using CJ Schwan’s products that can easily be served in the cafeteria, with endless combinations that will make your students keep coming back.
Objectives:
- Kids' favorites like egg rolls, dumplings, orange chicken, fried rice, and more. You can create nearly endless combinations of Asian Style meals that bring the experience of your students going to an Asian restaurant into the cafeteria.
- Restaurant-style meals meet students’ demands. With QSR-style favorites like egg rolls, dumplings, orange chicken, and fried rice, Schwan’s foodservice is helping operators feed the cravings of the 80% of high schoolers who want to see Asian Style meals in the cafeteria menu.
- Our products are easy and simple for anyone to execute.
- New Egg Rolls help the school’s menu become kids’ favorites. Crafted to emulate restaurant-style favorites, New MINH Chicken Egg Rolls give cafeteria operators another way to meet nutritional standards. Each smart snack compliant roll is filled with ground chicken, shredded carrots, cabbage, and more.
Recipes: Cupbop: Asian Rice Inspired Bowls, Noodle Up: Asian Noodle Inspired Bowl, and Vegetable Egg Roll with Sweet and Sour Sauce.
Demonstrations
Savannah Boeser: Savannah.Boeser@schwans.com
Sarah Deetjen: Sarah.Deetjen@schwans.com
Chef Jet Tia:
info@chefjet.com
Time: 8:00 am—9::00 am
Room: Hemisfair Ballroom 1
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Tuesday, July 15
3:30 pm—4:30 pm | ITW/FEG - Vulcan
The Vulcan and School Food Rocks® culinary teams will lead a dynamic one-hour flatbread demo showcasing globally inspired and regionally loved flavor combinations tailored for K-12 programs. Attendees will see how versatile flatbreads can be transformed into engaging, student-approved meals using real-world school kitchen equipment and minimal labor. This session will highlight operational ease, flavor-forward menu concepts, and ideas designed to boost participation.
Recipes: Globally Inspired, Regional Flavor & Traditional-Inspired Flatbread
Demonstrations
Natalie Kansler: Natalie.Kansler@vulcanequipment.com
Melissa Henry: Melissa.Henry@itwfeg.com
Chef Louella Villa + Eli Edwards
Time: 3:30 pm—4:30 pm
Room: 210 ABC
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