Great Taste Magazine

Empress Pavilion Restaurant
988 N. Hill Street,
CA-90012
213-763-2520
www.fibr.info/

CuisineType : Chinese

The Food Industry Business Roundtable
In Cooperation With The Roundtable for Food Professionals Presents

Chinese New Year Networking Dinner

Join Us As We Celebrate the Year of the Dragon!

Network with Food Industry Professionals from FIBR & RFP!

Thursday, February 2, 2012
5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Empress Pavilion Restaurant
988 N. Hill Street, (located in the Chinatown Bamboo Plaza)
Los Angeles, California 90012

90 minute validated parking
Directions & Map at www.fibr.info
FIBR & RFP Members: $35
Non-Members: $45
Cash or Check

RSVP To Yvette Nunez @ 213/763-2520 x227 or Ynunez@fibr.info

As This is a Food-included event, Reservations by Phone or email are Considered Guaranteed

Four Seasons Hotel LA
300 S. Doheny Drive,
CA-90048
310.282.9417
www.silverfreedman.com/Events/2012/Breakfast-Seminar-Update-on-Employment-Laws-2-3.aspx

CuisineType : Other

2012 Update on Employment Laws

Friday, February 3, 2012

Registration & Breakfast: 8:00 am – 8:30 am
Program: 8:30 am – 10:30 am

Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills
300 S. Doheny Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90048
310.273.2222

As the law continues to change year after year, so must the workplace. These changes are often complicated and confusing. To help employers keep up, Silver & Freedman's 2012 Update on Employment Laws summarizes new Federal and State employment laws, regulations and court decisions, and recommends strategies for compliance while preserving company culture, efficiency and profit.

Covered tops will include: Background checks; Required health insurance continuation during Pregnancy Disability Leaves; Suitable seating; Service animals; The new Wage Theft Act; Changes in arbitration policies law; and More!

Speakers:
Andrew B. Kaplan, Esq.
Beth A. Schroeder, Esq.

Cost: $100 per attendee

www.CafeMeetingPlace.com

CuisineType : Cheese

Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board to Host Foodservice Teachers at Cheese-Education Symposium in May

The Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board (WMMB) seeks 10 post secondary foodservice instructors to participate in an expenses-paid, three-day tour of cheese making in Wisconsin as well as participate in a developmental symposium for cheese educational resources, May 20-23, 2012.

Deadline for application is March 16, 2012.

Requirements:

• The instructor should be involved with teaching garde manger, product identification or other course(s) that involve educating culinary students in cheese applications, pairings or cheese making.
• During the three-day symposium (which will consist of two half days of ideation sessions in addition to touring dairy farms, cheese plants and a special dinner at Potosi Brewery), instructors should be prepared to discuss and share their own educational best practices in the area of cheese education.
• Instructors must be from post secondary institutions.

Application:

• Name/title/contact information
• School name/description of program
• Résumé or curriculum vitae
• Courses taught
• Brief description of how the applicant incorporates cheese into his/her current curriculum

All materials should be sent electronically to marygpetersen@comcast.net. Notification to successful candidates will be no later than April 13, 2012.

Qualified applicants must be able to commit to the three-day tour. Basic expenses will be paid by the WMMB ($500 maximum air-travel allowance). No additional guests are allowed. This event is by invitation only. Information is available at www.CafeMeetingPlace.com under “Contests.”

Las Vegas Convention Center
3150 Paradise Road,
NV-89109
866-692-2066
www.ncbshow.com

CuisineType : Other

Like a bartender tapping a fresh keg of a beloved brew, registration has begun for all features (education, workshops, tours, expo hall, and parties) of the 27th annual Nightclub & Bar Convention and Trade Show (www.ncbshow.com), America's biggest and most important bar, nightclub and beverage event of the year.

Each year the event brings more than 31,000 industry professionals together to meet with suppliers, network, learn and have fun. The 2012 event will run March 12-14 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

The Nightclub & Bar Show will feature its signature events including the Welcome Kick-Off Party at Caesars Palace, three Platinum Parties this year planned at XS, Marquee (venue for the NCB Top 100 Party exclusively sponsored by Malibu Rum) and 1OAK, the Shake It Up bartender competition, the club pass offer, celebrity appearances and so much more. New in 2012 are happy hour club specials each night of the show, tasting sessions in the classrooms and new conference tracks including sports marketing.

Attendees will have the opportunity to network with more than 600 companies representing the hottest new products, spirits, beers, wines, POS and inventory control systems, games and other innovations. Companies and brands including Heineken, MillerCoors, Pernod Ricard, Malibu, Coca-Cola, TurboTap USA, AMI Entertainment Network, Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Modern Line Furniture and many more are participating.

Those interested in attending the Nightclub & Bar Show can register at www.ncbshow.com.

Del Mar Fairgrounds
2260 Jimmy Durante Boulevard,
CA-92014
415-705-0646
www.familywinemakers.org

CuisineType : Winery

"Tasting 2012" Returns to San Diego!Over 200 wineries, all members of Family Winemakers of California, will be at the Del Mar Fairgrounds on Sunday, March 11, for the association's 4th annual appearance in San Diego. This highly anticipated trade and consumer tasting showcases California’s small, family-owned wineries. Wine enthusiasts have the unique opportunity to meet winemakers and winery-owners, taste from over 800 different wines and explore the ever-increasing range of wine varietals and blends that today’s California wineries are producing.

Pricing:
$45 – Early Bird Special through February 20
$55 – February 21 – March 10
$65 – At the door
$75 – Early Entry Tickets, only 75 available allowing you entrance during trade tasting hours

Tickets go on sale January 20 and can be purchased online:www.familywinemakers.org

TimeTrade Hours:1 pm – 3 pm
Public & Trade Hours:3 pm – 6 pm

Anaheim Convention Center
800 West Katella Avenue,
CA-92802
866.458.4935
engredea.com

Encompassing the world of ingredients, Engredea brings together the community of leading suppliers and manufacturers to source new ingredients, packaging, technologies, equipment, and services.

Engredea cultivates innovation for tomorrow’s best-selling products across food/ beverage, dietary supplement and nutricosmetic categories by offering hundreds of exhibits, formulation demos, networking events and education opportunities for the industry.

Co-located with Nutracon & Natural Products Expo West, March 9-11, 2012.

Southern California Edison's Energy Education Center
6090 N. Irwindale Ave,
CA-91702
(626) 812-7537
www.sce.com/b-sb/energy-centers/ctac/ctac.htm?from=ctac-redirect

CuisineType : Other

Southern California Edison's Energy Education Center is offering a free seminar. Reservations are required to attend "Foodservice Forecast 2012" , taking place at SCE's Energy Education Center – Irwindale on Monday, January 23.

The Foodservice world is changing: affected by an economy in recovery, technological advances, sustainability initiatives, and an ever more sophisticated public. Join us for an update on current trends and a forecast into 2012 and beyond. Special guest speaker Robin Ashton, publisher of Food Service Equipment Reports magazine, will provide a detailed overview of the growth and unit trends of the Foodservice equipment and supplies markets, as well as structural issues affecting both markets. Richard Young, Director of Education at the Foodservice Technology Center, will share the latest developments in equipment technology and restaurant sustainability and offer a glimpse into emerging technologies that could save the industry millions in energy and water bills.

EVENT DETAILS

Event Name: Foodservice Forecast 2012

Event Number: 30090

Event Date: Monday, January 23, 2012

Event Time: 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m lunch

Registration & Continental Breakfast: 8:00 a.m.

Event Location: SCE's Energy Education Center – Irwindale
6090 N. Irwindale Ave
Irwindale, CA 91702

Reservations can be made by calling (626) 812-7537 or (800) 336- 2822- ext 42537

Sliver & Freedman
2029 Century Park East, 19th Fl,
CA-90067
310.282.9417
www.calcpa.org

CuisineType : Other

CalCPA Society Management of an Accounting Practice (MAP) Committee Meeting

"Update of Employment Law Rules Affecting Accounting and Business Management Firms and Their Clients"

As the law continues to change year after year, so must the workplace. These changes are often complicated and confusing. To help employers keep up, Allison M. Holtzman will summarize new Federal and State employment laws, regulations and court decisions and recommend strategies for compliance while preserving company efficiency, culture and profit.

Date: Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Registration: 7:30-8:00 a.m.

Meeting: 8:00-10:00 a.m.

Location: Silver & Freedman
2029 Century Park East, 19th Fl
Los Angeles, CA 90067

Continuing EducationCPE – 2.0 Hours

Fee: $40 CalCPA Members, $45 Nonmembers

How to Register: To register for the meeting, please visit CalCPA Education Foundation's web site at www.calcpa.org.Please contact Jessica Pantukh, Marketing & Business Development Manager, at 310.282.9417 if you have any questions or concerns.

Zen Buffet
7503 Carson Blvd,
CA-90808
562-496-3888
www.zenbuffetlb.com/

CuisineType : Chinese

Chinese New Year – Year of the Dragon

IFSEA Celebration of the ChineseNew Year.

January 21 (Saturday)11:30 AM

ZEN Buffet (Just off the 605 freeway)
7503 Carson Blvd
Long Beach, CA 90808
562-496-3888
www.zenbuffetlb.com

Guest Speaker – Professor: Pao-king Li (known as P.K.). Retired professor of 20 years at Yale University and State University of New York.

$20 (Donation) Send your checks:Payable to IFSEA (International Food Service Executives Association)

www.silverfreedman.com/Events/2012/AB1825-Sexual-Harassment-Prevention-Training-2-9.aspx

AB1825 Training

AB1825 Sexual Harassment Prevention Training

Date: 2/8/2012

Time: 9:00-11:00 AM

Location: Webinar

Event Type: AB1825 Training

Presenter: Silver Freedman

Cost: $350.00 per attendee

On January 1, 2005, AB 1825 required that all California employers with 50 or more employees or contractors provide at least two (2) hours of interactive sexual harassment training to all supervisory employees. It also mandates that these trainings occur every other year.

If you completed your AB 1825 training last year, the law still requires that all new managers be trained within six months of hire or promotion. Take this opportunity to send any managers and supervisors who have not yet fulfilled their AB 1825 requirement.

Videos, CD-Roms, or pre-recorded Internet programs will not suffice. A "supervisor" is any individual having the authority "to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline other employees…". Managing an assistant, for example, may be enough to be a supervisor.

Silver & Freedman has been conducting supervisory training classes for more than 20 years, and we continue to offer training that will keep your company in compliance with AB 1825. Our classes deliver this crucial information in a practical, straight-forward, interactive, and interesting format taught by one of our Employment & Labor Law attorneys. We offer these classes in either a live, custom-tailored class, or in a very cost-effective, interactive webinar.

Avoid an uncomfortable situation. Call Silver & Freedman's Marketing Department at 310.282.9417 for more information.

Silver & Freedman
2029 Century Park East, 19th Floor,
CA-90067
310.282.9417
www.silverfreedman.com/Events/2012/CalCPA-MAP-Meeting-Employment-Update-1-18.aspx

CalCPA Society Management of an Accounting Practice (MAP) Committee Meeting

Update on Employment Laws

January 18, 2012

As the law continues to change year after year, so must the workplace. These changes are often complicated and confusing. To help employers keep up, Andrew B. Kaplan will summarize new Federal and State employment laws, regulations and court decisions and recommend strategies for compliance while preserving company efficiency, culture and profit.

Date: Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Registration: 7:30-8:00 a.m.

Meeting: 8:00-10:00 a.m.

Location: Silver & Freedman

2029 Century Park East, 19th Fl

Los Angeles, CA 90067

Continuing Education CPE – 2.0 Hours

Fee: $40 CalCPA Members, $45 Nonmembers

Early Bird: ($5)

To register for the meeting, please visit CalCPA Education Foundation's web site at www.calcpa.org. Please contact Jessica Pantukh, Marketing & Business Development Manager, at 310.282.9417 if you have any questions or concerns.

www.silverfreedman.com/Events/2012/AB1825-Sexual-Harassment-Prevention-Training-1-1.aspx

AB1825 Training

AB1825 Sexual Harassment Prevention Training

Date: 1/19/2012

Time: 9:00-11:00 AM

Location: Webinar

Event Type: AB1825 Training

Presenter: Silver Freedman

Cost: $350.00 per attendee

AB 1825 Harassment Prevention TrainingOn January 1, 2005, AB 1825 required that all California employers with 50 or more employees or contractors provide at least two (2) hours of interactive sexual harassment training to all supervisory employees. It also mandates that these trainings occur every other year.

If you completed your AB 1825 training last year, the law still requires that all new managers be trained within six months of hire or promotion. Take this opportunity to send any managers and supervisors who have not yet fulfilled their AB 1825 requirement.

Videos, CD-Roms, or pre-recorded Internet programs will not suffice. A "supervisor" is any individual having the authority "to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline other employees…". Managing an assistant, for example, may be enough to be a supervisor.

Silver & Freedman has been conducting supervisory training classes for more than 20 years, and we continue to offer training that will keep your company in compliance with AB 1825. Our classes deliver this crucial information in a practical, straight-forward, interactive, and interesting format taught by one of our Employment & Labor Law attorneys. We offer these classes in either a live, custom-tailored class, or in a very cost-effective, interactive webinar.

Avoid an uncomfortable situation. Call Silver & Freedman's Marketing Department at 310.282.9417 for more information.

N/A
2600 Michelson Dr Suite 800,
CA-92612
(949) 622-1661
cdflaborlaws.com

CuisineType : American

ROUNDTABLE

Brinker is not the only important court case that California employers need to be concerned with for 2012.

Do you want to learn what other important cases have been decided and are pending? What did the California legislature do in 2011 that will change the way employers do business in 2012? How will the recent elections and NLRB actions change what is likely to occur in 2012? Where will governmental agencies and plaintiffs' counsel be focusing their enforcement efforts in the new year?If these questions interest you or you need to know more about what California employers should expect in 2012, then you will want to attend this program.

This is one of our most popular programs, so please register early to guarantee your seat for this complimentary seminar.

If you are unable to attend this HR Roundtable at a participating CDF office, we will be conducting a webinar on the same topic on December 6, 2011 (9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. PST). Registration for this webinar will be sent out soon.

ORANGE COUNTY

7:30 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. – Networking

8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. – Program

Breakfast and Networking at 7:30 a.m.

2600 Michelson Dr., Suite 800Irvine, CA 92612

949.622.1661

To register visit: http://www.cdflaborlaw.com/events/oc-roundtable/changes-in-california-labor-and-employment-laws-get-ready-for-2012

Hospitality and Restaurant Roundtable
11461 Sunset Blvd,
Ca-90049
310.476.6571

The Event theme is “Now Serving Success” for more information on the event speakers and for information how to register visit the website. www.silverfreedman.com/documents/SF_Roundtable_Invitation.pdf

Victoria Club
2521 Arroyo Drive,
Ca-92506
(951) 683-5323
www.victoriaclub.com

CuisineType : American

ACF Inland Empire Chef Association wants to invite you to our July General meeting.Chef Miguel and staff always do such a wonderful job on the dinner Come on out and join us for an evening with networking, educational session, and a fabulous dinner. $15-Student $25-Other Guests

Can you imagine yourself in one of these new careers in the wine industry?

• Founder and CEO of a wine accessories design company

• Wine writer for a major wine publication

• Wine bar and restaurant owner

• Winery account director at a major advertising agency

• Assistant general manager for a large wine merchant

The Culinary Institute of America can help you take that next step and realize your dream career. Join them for their summer Wine Immersion program, offered in the heart of the Napa Valley, and learn skills that will give you an advantage in the industry. Designed to provide practical and comprehensive wine education in four-weeks, the Wine Immersion program showcases an extraordinary curriculum, real-world faculty, daily tastings of top-tier wines, and the Napa Valley as a living classroom.

Once you complete the program, you will be eligible to register for the Certified Wine Professional exam which immediately follows the Wine Immersion. With a short investment of time, your level of knowledge in the wine industry will only add to your list of credentials.

Join us in Napa this summer – call us now at 888-399-5382 to enroll!

Special On-Campus Housing Rate!

As a Wine Immersion participant, you can receive a special rate of $50 per night (plus tax). For housing information, contact Crystal McAuley at 707-967-2568.

Participating Chambers: Huntington Beach, Seal Beach, Westminster, Stanton, Fountain Valley, Costa Mesa. Great networking opporunity, $50 for table top, food vendors recieve free table top. Full Cocktail Bar available.

For more info call 714-240-7083 or email pam@oldworld.ws

Old World Restaurant
7561 Center Ave #49,
Ca-92647
www.oldworld.ws

The Women Chefs and Restauranteur’s will be hosting their National Conference in Cambridge.  This years theme is “An Educated Palate: Teaching, Tasting, and Trading Stories. All culinary and hospitality professionals are encouraged to join and share there experience and knowledge.

For more information visit www.womenchefs.org

September 8-10, 2011 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida — marking it’s 40^th Anniversary.

The event will offer focused product areas, information-packed seminars, and many renowned special events. Thousands of industry professionals come to discover nearly 10,000 new products at the shows; which have established themselves as the place to gather for trends, education, and solutions. The educational opportunities presented offer access to the sizzling food trends to tantalize guests, as well as up-to-the minute business practices and strategies to optimize operations and stay profitable.

August 28-30, 2011 at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California – celebrating it’s 75th year serving the restaurant and hospitality industry.

The Western Foodservice & Hospitality Expo will offer focused product areas, information-packed seminars, and many renowned special events. Thousands of industry professionals come to discover nearly 10,000 new products at the shows; which have established themselves as the place to gather for trends, education, and solutions. The educational opportunities presented offer access to the sizzling food trends to tantalize guests, as well as up-to-the minute business practices and strategies to optimize operations and stay profitable.

The Ferdinand Metz Foodservice Forum offers content for all concepts, with presentations spanning “The NEW Fine Dining!!!” to “Calorie Posting Success Stories”, along with those of interest to all, such as “Maximizing Social Media for Restaurants” and “Healthy Trends – Accommodating the Loyal Gluten-Free Community”. This is an ideal opportunity for foodservice professionals to rethink their businesses with ideas, tips and case studies from industry leaders.

Registration is open at www.westernfoodexpo.com, and early bird registrations discounts are in effect until July 22, 2011.

August 3rd

Luxe Hotel

11461 Sunset Blvd.

Los Angeles, Ca 90049

Registration 2:o0-2:30

Seminar 2:30-4:30

Cocktails 4:30 +

July 22-26

The event includes:

Chef Outreach to the Community Day

USDA Recipes for Healthy Kids competition

Guest Presenter: Alton Brown

Cooking for Life National Championship

Annual Competition and Awards

Two Day Trade Show

Cooking Demos and Seminar