Teachers and School Counselors

Educators—Bring CIA Expertise to Your Students

Support for High School Culinary Arts Teachers and Guidance Counselors

We know you’re as committed as we are to helping students learn and succeed—and we’d like to help you. Here are some education resources from CIA to spark a passion in your students for culinary arts and pursuing careers in the food industry.

Whether for use in the classroom or simply for handing out to interested students, these materials are perfect for the aspiring young chef or food professional in your school.

Please share, and let your students know about CIA. The knowledge and skills they’ll gain here—along with the food-focused, full collegiate experience they’ll enjoy—will prepare them for an amazing life of food. And that CIA degree they’ll carry with them into the workforce is the most respected education credential in the business.

CIA Professional Development—Versatile Flat Breads

Join Chef Genvieve Meli ’05 as she covers how to teach flat bread baking with a focaccia dough demonstration! Focaccia is one of the oldest breads in Italy’s history. Watch, learn, then try it in the classroom!

Get the recipe

CIA Professional Development—Olive Oil: How to Build a Tasting in the Classroom

Join Chef Sean Kahlenberg ’04 as he covers how to teach Physiology of Taste with an olive oil tasting. This demonstration will not only help you define and understand taste but also challenge you to find different flavor notes from six common olive oil brands. Watch, learn, and then try it in the classroom!

Lesson Plans

These expertly detailed culinary arts lesson plans for high school students provide a general outline of your teaching goals, learning objectives, and means to accomplish them.

Stewing

Food ID Handouts

These one-page handouts can be reproduced and are ideal for giving students the right ingredients to learn about a variety of foods.

Beef Chuck

Technique of the Quarter

These expertly detailed kitchen techniques for high school students provide helpful methods, practical skills, and include recipes!

Barbecue

Tutorial Videos and Recipes

Watch how CIA’s chef-instructors talk about recipes, tools, and techniques.

Combination Heat Cooking Method