School nutrition operations are transforming. School nutrition standards require schools to offer more fruits, vegetables and whole grains and students demand tastier, fresher and more contemporary menu items. While this brings some challenges it also brings many opportunities to add new, exciting items to your menu. This class will focus on basic culinary skills needed to prepare and serve more fruits, vegetables, whole grains and salads while enhancing flavors and meeting the demands of today’s guests. These basic culinary skills will help schools offer foods and meals that support the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and school nutrition standards.
Topics include:
Culinary basics, mise en place & knife skills Cooking vegetables for greater appeal
Preparing great grains Building a better sandwich
Success with salads and salad bars Behavioral economic techniques
Farm-to-school Utilizing speed scratch
Enhancing flavor in foods Food safety & sanitation with salads & salad bars
Sign up for this 5-day culinary skills workshop designed for school nutrition professionals offered in the summer of 2026 in 6 locations across Indiana. Classes meet 8am - 3pm Monday - Friday each week. Please plan on attending all 5 days of training.
June 1st - 5th --------------------- Zionsville, IN
June 8th - 12th ------------------- Newburgh, IN
June 15th - 19th ----------------- Ellettsville, IN
June 22nd - 26th ---------------- Noblesville, IN
July 13th - 17th ------------------ Valparaiso, IN
July 20th - 24th ------------------ Woodburn, IN