• Cooking Big, Cooking Smart: Expert Tips for High-Volume Kitchens

    9240 Firestone Blvd., Downey, CA 90241 9240 Firestone Blvd, Downey, CA +1 more

    Provided by Tucs Equipment 2 CEUs available In-person or Remote Designed for commissary and large-batch cooking operations, this session provides insights to streamline production and maintain quality. Learn best practices for food safety, production planning, portion control, and quality assurance to keep operations efficient and compliant. Focus: Large-volume cooking systems, workflow optimization Register

  • Stay Competitive: No-Cost Tools to Meet Energy Codes and Be Carbon Conscious

    9240 Firestone Blvd., Downey, CA 90241 9240 Firestone Blvd, Downey, CA

    Provided by California Energy Wise (CEW), SoCalGas 1.5 CEUs available Class: In-person & Webinar Summary: Efficient building kitchen design starts with high-performance equipment, and carbon conscious kitchen cooklines that match the needs of the operator and the menu. This class will teach operators, designers, and industry professionals how to use no-cost, online tools and resources to locate high-performance equipment, write specifications, and perform ROI calculations that achieve maximum kitchen performance while also becoming aware of your carbon impacts. The class will include ENERGY STAR, California Energy Wise, and California Instant Rebates resources that will help operators, designers, and industry professionals stay competitive. To be presented: Use the ENERGY STAR and CA Energy Wise online resources to locate equipment and write performance-based and energy-effective specs Use the ENERGY STAR Product Finder to verify compliance of specified equipment where required Use the California Instant Rebates program to lower capital costs and purchase high-performance equipment Use the SoCalGas Energy Resource Center to help create better designs Speaker: Richard Young, Director of Education at Frontier Energy’s, Food Service Technology Center To register, contact Gina Christian at 562.803.7305 or gchristian@socalgas.com