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Sapphire at School develops students’ culinary tastes

When it’s lunchtime at St. Anne School in Laguna Niguel, Calif., students can contemplate ordering items such as a New York strip steak sandwich, or barbecued pulled pork sliders with pineapple coleslaw, courtesy of Chef Azmin Ghahreman.

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Healthcare chef takes top honors in Competition Dining Series

Chef Ryan Conklin of Rex Healthcare beat out restaurant chefs to take the Competition Dining Series title, giving a boost to the notion of hospital food.

Here's a look at what MD attendees took away from MenuDirections 2015, from the food to the speakers.

The high school students make the sauce as part of a new culinary program, then sell it to their school’s contracted foodservice manager, Aramark.

MenuDirections 2015 kicked off Sunday in Memphis at The Peabody Hotel with a motivational opening presentation, two culinary workshops and the conference’s annual Dine-Around. Here are five takeaways from the event’s first day.

It was a decision that brought the duo recognition at Monday night’s MenuDirections 2015 awards ceremony in Memphis, Tenn., which is part of FoodService Director magazine’s annual conference geared towards foodservice operators and suppliers.

Many manufacturers are downsizing their equipment to fit smaller foodservice footprints.

Personnel with a ranking of E5 or above may take part in a five-week course teaching them classical French-based cookery to prepare for assignments at the White House or Pentagon.

Maryland retirement community is showing its commitment to high-end cuisine by hiring a classically French-trained, former Ritz-Carlton chef.

Michelle Bernstein is working with the Memorial Cancer Institute in Miami to support oncology patients’ nutrition needs.

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