Workshops to Go
Bring professional development right to your school with one of our Workshops to Go.
Increase Knowledge and Reinforce the Basics
3.25 Hour Workshop Bundle (Cost: $699)
Elevate your team’s understanding and support for students with special dietary needs by requesting the Food Allergies Workshop plus a 60-minute Add-On Gluten-Free at School Workshop. See full workshop descriptions below for details.
Time includes a 15-minute break/transition period between workshops.
Minimum of 5 staff required
3 CEUs, Suggested Learning Code: 1160
2 Hour Workshops (Cost: $499 each workshop)
Explore food safety basics, including proper hand washing techniques and effective strategies to prevent crosscontamination. Learn how to check and record food temperatures to avoid the danger zone. Discuss how to create a culture of food safety in your school. Read more in the JSI blog
Minimum of 5 staff required
Suggested Learning Codes: 2600, 2620, 2640
Learn the difference between food allergies and food intolerances, foods that commonly cause allergies, how to read labels for potential allergic ingredients, and other strategies to manage food allergies in your school. This workshop is recognized by DESE and MDPH as acceptable training required in the Allergen Awareness Act, M.G.L.c.140, § 6B. Teachers, nurses and other school staff encouraged to attend. Read more in the JSI blog
Minimum of 5 staff required
Suggested Learning Code: 1160
Improve Communication Skills and Build an Energetic, Dedicated Team
2 Hour Workshops (Cost: $499 each workshop)
Enhance your professional communication skills by recognizing barriers, evaluating your communication style, and discovering the skills and strategies to strengthen communication within your school.
Minimum of 5 staff required
Suggested Learning Code: 4140
Team building is empowering and fun with the FISH! Philosophy! This workshop brings your team together to explore the four FISH! Practices while they develop strategies that promote a culture of teamwork in the workplace.Â
Minimum of 5 staff required
Suggested Learning Codes: 4130, 4140
Fuel a Healthier Team
2 Hour Workshop (Cost: $499 each workshop)
This engaging wellness workshop highlights the benefits of plant-forward, whole-food nutrition for personal well-being, while fostering support for healthier, minimally processed, student-centered school meals.
Minimum of 5 staff required
Suggested Learning Code: 3450
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Culinary Workshops to Go
Create Internationally Inspired Menus with CRISP
3 Hour Workshops (Cost: $749 each workshop)
Discover Asian-inspired cuisine and add a Build-Your-Own Stir-Fry Bowl to your school menu! In this hands-on culinary workshop you will increase your culinary skills and confidence while preparing popular options such as chicken teriyaki, crispy tofu, confetti fried rice, stir-fry vegetables, and more! Read more in the JSI blog.
Minimum of 7 participants / maximum of 14 participants
Suggested Learning Code: 2130
Spice up your menu with a taste of India and entice your students with a customizable Build-Your-Own Indian dish! In this handson culinary workshop, you will advance your culinary skills while making delicious recipes, such as tandoori chicken, chana masala, aloo gobi, and much more! Read more in the JSI blog.
Minimum of 7 participants / maximum of 14 participants
Suggested Learning Code: 2130
Freshen up your Taco Tuesdays with authentic Latin American cuisine! In this hands-on culinary workshop you will enhance your culinary skills while preparing student favorites, such as fish tacos, fresh salsa, Spanish rice, and more! Read more in the JSI blog.
Minimum of 7 participants / maximum of 14 participants
Suggested Learning Code: 2130
Liven up your menu by incorporating Mediterranean flavors into each of your meal components. In this hands-on culinary workshop you will advance your culinary skills while making popular recipes your students will love, such as shawarma pita wraps, hummus, tzatziki sauce, and more! Read more in the JSI blog.
Minimum of 7 participants / maximum of 14 participants
Suggested Learning Code: 2130
Chef Support in Your School (Cost: $749 each)
Request a JSI chef to lead a Taste Test event at your school and show your staff how to engage with students in sampling and collecting feedback to best promote upcoming menu items. This is a full day with the JSI chef during regular production hours – no professional development day needed. Staff will practice following standardized recipes, quantity food production, food safety handling practices, menu promotion, and more! This training is strongly recommended as a pairing with the Live-Setting Culinary Training. Completion of a Back-to-Basics workshop is required.
Minimum of 2 participants to work alongside the chef, maximum of 4 participants. Requires 3 hours of prep time with staff prior to the start of lunch service.
Suggested Learning Code: 2130
Request our innovative Live-Setting Culinary Training and bring the JSI Chef back to your school to work alongside school nutrition staff during regular production hours to prepare and serve a Build-Your-Own Pita Pocket, Street Tacos, Stir-Fry-Bowl, or Indian Dish. This full-day Live-Setting Culinary Training builds the confidence and skills of your staff to offer customizable, student-approved, internationally-inspired menu options in your high school café. Completion of a Back-to-Basics workshop is required.
3-4 staff members must be designated to the production and service of the featured menu, with one staff member assigned as the lead. Requires 3 hours of prep time with staff prior to the start of lunch service.
Suggested Learning Code: 2130
Enhance Culinary and Equipment Skills
3 Hour Workshop (Cost: $749)
Bring the best of the local harvest to your program with flavorful dishes that celebrate Harvest of the Month crops. In this interactive workshop, you’ll create student approved scratch and speed-scratch recipes while sharpening flavor-building techniques and boosting skills and confidence with fresh, local ingredients.
Minimum of 8 participants / maximum of 16 participants
Suggested Learning Codes: 2110, 2130
Chef Support for Harvest of the Month in Your School (Cost: $749)
Request a JSI chef to lead a Taste Test event at your school and show your staff how to engage with students in sampling and collecting feedback to best promote upcoming menu items featuring local and seasonal Massachusetts produce. This is a full day with the JSI chef during regular production hours – no professional development day needed. Staff will practice following standardized recipes, quantity food production, food safety handling practices, menu promotion, and more! This training is strongly recommended as a pairing with the Rooted in Flavor: Harvest of the Month Recipes Made Easy workshop. Completion of the workshop is required prior to the Taste Test.
Minimum of 2 participants to work alongside the chef, maximum of 4 participants. Requires 3 hours of prep time with staff prior to the start of lunch service.
Suggested Learning Code: 2130
2 Hour Workshops (Cost: $499)
Boost your staffs’ culinary skills in this hands-on workshop focused on plant-forward meals that will inspire creativity and excitement. Our chef instructors will guide your staff through simple, flavorful recipes using legumes, tofu, whole grains, and vegetables as the center of the plate. Leave with fresh ideas to create vibrant, plant-powered options that students will love, while promoting sustainable, nutritious menu ideas for your program!
Minimum of 10 participants / maximum of 15 participants
Suggested Learning Codes: 2110, 2130
Create delicious and nutritious dressings, sauces, and spice mixes from scratch in this hands-on culinary workshop. Designed for schools at all levels of scratch cooking with a passion for enhancing the flavor of school meals while limiting added sodium and sugar. Expand your repertoire of healthy, and flavorful menu ideas with a collection of delicious recipes that will transform your school meals and delight students’ taste buds!
Minimum of 9 participants / maximum of 12 participants
Suggested Learning Codes: 2110, 2130
Sharpen your knife skills in this hands-on workshop. Learn proper knife handling while practicing several basic cuts to build confidence and efficiency in preparing school meals from scratch.
Maximum of 20 Participants
Suggested Learning Code: 2130
1 Hour Add-On Equipment Trainings (Cost:$239)
Add an additional training hour to any of our 2 or 3 hour culinary workshops to teach your staff how to properly and safely use sectionizers, slicers, robot coupes, or food processors to increase efficiency and production speed! Chef Instructors will demonstrate how to operate, allow for staff to practice with food, and show breakdown and clean-up (*specific model numbers are required at time of confirmation).
Suggested Learning Code: 2130
Add an additional training hour to any of our 2 or 3 hour culinary workshops to teach your staff how to properly and safely use tilt skillets or flat top griddles to increase efficiency and production speed! Chef Instructors will demonstrate how to operate, allow for staff to practice with food, and show breakdown and clean-up (*specific model numbers are required at time of confirmation).
Suggested Learning Code: 2130
Add an additional training hour to any of our 2 or 3 hour culinary workshops to teach your staff how to properly and safely use combi ovens or steamers to increase efficiency and production speed! Chef Instructors will demonstrate how to operate, allow for staff to practice with food, and show breakdown and clean-up (*specific model numbers are required at time of confirmation).
Suggested Learning Code: 2130