Arizona Food Service Network

Phoenix Pizza Festival 2019

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Join us for the 5th Annual Phoenix Pizza Festival on Nov. 16th at Margaret T. Hance park in Downtown Phoenix from 11am-5pm!
About this Event

On November 16th, the 5th Annual Phoenix Pizza Festival will take over Margaret T. Hance Park in Phoenix. From 11am-5pm, festival goers can purchase and devour slices of pizza from about 20 of the best local pizza makers. Every vendor will offer a $2-$4 slice option on their menu.

Other festival highlights include: bars with craft beer and wine, live music, lawn games, a kid’s zone with pizza-making crafts, and free Arizona sunshine. Also, don’t miss dessert vendors offering everything from beignets to gelato.

Food vendors will accept cash and sometimes credit – so please bring cash! Drinks are cash only. ATMs will be on-site.

Phoenix Pizza Festival is proud to support Downtown Phoenix Inc., a community organization that promotes the continued revitalization of downtown Phoenix. Through collaboration between businesses, City of Phoenix leadership, and community groups, DPI coordinates activities that help make Phoenix a vibrant urban destination and one of the nation’s great cities.

Tickets are $10.

Mac and Cheese Fest AZ

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The Mac & Cheese Fest brings together the Valley’s top local Chefs showcasing their signature Mac & Cheese recipes, along with a generous sampling of craft beer and wine.  The festival will attract 20,000+ Foodies over the two day event.

The Mac & Cheese Fest pays tribute to the culinary excellence of our local Chefs and Caterers, and is geared toward people who enjoy the food experience.

(From the Mac and Cheese Fest AZ website.)

Date:  Nov 16 & 18, 2109

Get tickets via this link.

ACFAZ November Meeting: Capistrano’s Bakery at the Phoenix Zoo

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The next ACFAZ meeting will be held at the Phoenix Zoo and Capistrano’s Bakery will be the host of the evening. This unique event will feature the history of Capistrano’s Bakery in Phoenix and Arizona, with a replica of the first Phoenix bakery at the exhibit.

Capistrano’s Bakery is partnering with Boar’s Head meats and cheeses for this event so without a doubt, plenty of great food will be available.

Open to all to attend and network. More details to follow about how to find this event within the zoo.

Watch the video below to hear more of about this evening from the last ACFAZ meeting.

Blog Categories

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Part of defining the newsletter is defining the categories in both the blog and newsletter. Many of the categories are the same, yet different, and some things still might change. Like in remodeling, you might put a piece of furniture one place only to change it again a week later to somewhere that better fits the space and functionality.

The core blog categories will feed into the newsletter. Those categories are: Arizona Operators, Community, Competitions, Culinary Education, Events, Featured Information, Food & Beverage News, and Network News.

Below is a print screen of this blog post in development. Seriously, working on making this marketing process as easy as possible. If you don’t want to do this, we can do this for you, of course, for a fee.

The key part of this will be in the tags, keywords to tag your article to reflect what information a reader will discover in your blog post. Those keywords will help connect you with those looking for your product or information. I call it the unyielding beast. My recommendation is to tag your articles with the most relevant first, but then also the most popular for visibility.

Hard to manage and no right answer for how many tags to use per blog post yet will add, just make sure they’re relevant to your content and to our community. These are the most popular TAGS in the site and will be clicked on first. Using the most popular TAGS pays off with this feature.

For the newsletter, The Connection, the categories featured in the blog will be featured in the newsletter. That I need to fix the newsletter template for I won’t be able to provide a print screen right now but here are the categories. These will change as this future develops yet these are the core categories for now.

Network News, Culinary Education, Community, Food & Beverage News, Events, Business Directory Activity, Arizona Operators.

These will be monitored and maintained by the Arizona Food Service Network.

Blue Watermelon Project Open House, June 10

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Join the Blue Watermelon Project for an open house event on Monday, June 10 from 2-4 p.m.

This will be an opportunity for chefs, food service workers, and school administrators to learn more about our initiative to help schools rethink relationships with food. We will provide information about our work and opportunities for Blue Watermelon Project to get involved in your community.

Learn more and RSVP here.

Information provided on:

  • Participation in the Feeding the Future contest
  • Assistance with school gardens
  • Taste education
  • Cafeteria taste tests
  • Farm to School network in Arizona
  • Culinary skill education for food service workers

Food Safety Summit

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For the past 20 years, the Food Safety Summit has been the one event developed by the industry for the industry where professionals learn from their peers about cutting edge solutions to address emerging issues, become certified in the newest courses available and see the latest technological advances offered by leading vendors.

 

Learn more at event website.

Native foods at Scottsdale Culinary Festival

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Marvel at the Arizona native foods bounty available for those who know where and when and how to harvest them all in a 5-minute musical slide show highlighting just 250 of them at Mark Lewis’ culinary demonstration at the Scottsdale Culinary Festival, 3:30 PM, Sun 14 April.  Our 2500 desert ingredients stand the equals of any in the world!

Stick around for the edible science — the chem and the dem — of “Cactus Branches in the Kitchen” a practical 15-cacti cooking demo showing off what makes working with the different cacti different.

Scottsdale Culinary Festival, Scottsdale Civic Center Mall, 7380 E 2nd St, Old Town Scottsdale https://scottsdalefest.org/



Feb. 1-3, ART Of Chocolate A’Fair “IT’S ALL ABOUT

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Artisan Chocolates, Confections, Gift Market, Live Entertainment & Food Truck Alley

FRIDAY- SUNDAY

February 1-3, 2019

10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Daily

This year’s featured chocolatier is The San Francisco Chocolate Factory, known for its fresh-dipped fruits in a variety of decadent toppings.

Darius Lux, a soulful singer-songwriter, will perform pop and rock favorites on Saturday and Sunday from 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.

 

Event website

5th Annual Harvest Moon Feast

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C-CAP Arizona Harvest Moon

When: October 24, 2018 | 6:00pm
Where: Omni Scottsdale at Montelucia, 4949 E Lincoln Drive, Scottdale

VIP Access: 5pm-8:30pm

General Admission: 6pm-8:30pm

Masters of Ceremony

Food Stations with Sweet & Savory Small Plates . C-CAP High School Students & Teachers paired with 30 top local Chefs

Dress Attire: Casual Elegance

Harvest Moon Tickets: $125 per person

Super Harvest Tickets:  $175 per person

$75 per ticket is tax-deductible

Tickets and Sponsorships range from $125 to $10,000. Please contact Jill Smith at 623.606.6213 or jsmith@ccapinc.org if you are interested in becoming a Harvest Moon Sponsor. All proceeds are used to support Careers through Culinary Arts Program (C-CAP Arizona).

The 5th annual NovemBEER Festival

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The 5th annual NovemBEER Festival returns on November 10 from 1-5pm in a brand new location!

Attendees are invited to celebrate their love for beer by enjoying over 120 beer options while kicking back in the heart of Downtown Phoenix on Washington Street between 1st and 3rd Avenues.

Guests will enjoy ice-cold brews from Boulevard Brewing Company, Breckenridge Brewery, Deschutes Brewery, Duvel Imported Beer, Firestone Walker Brewing Company, Golden Road Brewing, Lumberyard Brewing Company, Mother Bunch Brewing, Mother Road Brewing Company, Mudshark Brewery, North Mountain Brewing Company, Pizza Port Brewing Company, State 48 Brewery, Stone Brewing, SunUp Brewing Company, and many more to be announced!

We’re excited to offer you this exclusive presale opportunity to purchase tickets before they go on sale to the general public.

Starts: August 8 @ 10am
Ends: August 12 @ 10pm
Promo Code: CRAFT
BUY TICKETS

Public Onsale: 8/13 @ 10am

16 Growth Hacks for Your eCommerce Website

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From the Greater Phoenix SCORE email blast.

Here is some advice that can be implemented right away to help grow your e-commerce website. Most business growth tactics require a marketing budget, but many can be accomplished with organizational teamwork….

Read more
greaterphoenix.score.org

 

Future SCORE Workshops…
Thursday, August 16, 2018 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM MST
Most merchants don’t understand the card processing system. This is no surprise and it can be confusing and many misrepresentations. Without knowing what questions to ask, it increases the chance of losing a lot of money. This seminar covers the system, pricing systems, and the lies, scams, and myths that cost merchants a lot of money.
$25
Scottsdale Public Library
Thursday, August 16, 2018 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM MST
This workshop will explain how to incorporate project management principles such as planning, scheduling, budgeting, resource allocation and communication into your current or future projects. Project Management helps business owners and startups manage multiple, sizable and complex projects to a successful completion.
FREE
Arizona Women’s Education and Entrepreneur Center
Thursday, August 16, 2018 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM MST
We focus on record keeping and current tax issues that will affect your business in 2018. It provides an overview of the different types of legal structures to use for businesses, how the tax information is reported to businesses or the IRS, and what types of records you should maintain to properly support deductions on business tax returns.
FREE
Mesa Launch Point
Tuesday, August 21, 2018 from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM MST
This workshop offers a guide for educating small businesses on what numbers, ratios, metrics and reports are vital to the business and potential lenders. It also explains how asking “How can I get more revenue in my business?” is the wrong question.
FREE
Workuity
Wednesday, August 22, 2018 from 6:00 PM to 7:50 PM MST
By the time a franchise concept is a household name, it’s too late to get in on the ground floor. Ever wondered how you can find the hot new franchise concepts and get in before others have even heard of it? There are specific macroeconomic and industry structures that create environments ripe for franchise concepts to explore. Learn them here!
FREE
Tempe Public Library (BRiC)
Wednesday, August 29, 2018 from 6:00 PM to 7:50 PM MST
One of the main reasons businesses fail is poor cash management. You might be profitable, have lots receivables and still be broke if you can’t manage cash and understand how cash moves in and out of your business. This class starts at ground zero and goes through the steps to understanding cash management and projections with basic models.
FREE
Tempe Public Library
Tuesday, September 4, 2018 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM MST
What’s the secret to getting on the FIRST PAGE of GOOGLE when someone is searching for what you have to offer? It’s BLOGGING! But you have to do it right! Learn how to get Google to notice your business, the basics on Search Engine Optimization (SEO) & writing blogs that your target market will want to read which will ultimately INCREASE SALES!
$25
Workuity
Wednesday, September 5, 2018 from 6:00 PM to 7:50 PM MST
Is your marketing bringing you the sales you desire? Discover the techniques of writing to acquire more customers. You wouldn’t believe how much difference just one word, one phrase, or one picture can make. Attend or keep on doing what you’re doing and getting the same poor results. It’s what you say not what you spend that brings in the money.
FREE
Tempe Public Library