News: Education Foundation
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Apr 2
2020
The Fund is Designed to Support Independent Restaurateurs and Their Employees Today, the Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas (WBDT) and its members donated $60,000 to the Texas Restaurant Association’s TX Restaurant Relief Fund, an initiative of...
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Mar 23
2020
Non-Profit Fundraising Initiative to Support Independent Restaurateurs and Their Employees Amidst one of the most unparalleled times in our history, while the shutdowns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic catastrophically impact restaurants across the...
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Mar 12
2020
The Texas ProStart State Invitational, scheduled for March 27-28, is the culmination of months of hard work and practice by our talented ProStart student competitors and their teacher mentors and coaches. This scheduled event follows our two...
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Mar 2
2020
(ROUND ROCK, TX) – This weekend, teams from 20 Texas high schools will compete in ProStart, an elite culinary and management competition. Multiple local elected officials plan to attend, including US Representative John Carter, Mayor Craig Morgan of...
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Feb 27
2020
AUSTIN, TX – Dalhart High School and Rio Vista High School are two of eight schools across the country selected to receive special funding to upgrade and expand their ProStart programs thanks to $425,000 in grants from The Rachael Ray Foundation (...
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Feb 25
2020
(AUSTIN, TX) – TRAEF is pleased to announce its partnership with the Medical City Children’s Hospital Kids Fit Menu!® program. The collaboration combines the TRAEF’s restaurant industry workforce focus and award-winning ProStart program with Medical...
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Feb 10
2020
It was a fiery competition at the 2020 Texas ProStart Invitational Competition over the weekend at Collin College - Preston Ridge Campus in Frisco, Texas. The first of the two regional Texas ProStart competitions, twelve teams came out on top and...
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Feb 6
2020
(FRISCO, TX) – This weekend, 20 schools from the north Texas region will compete in ProStart, an elite culinary and management competition, including the reigning national champions from 2019. (Pictured is the 2020 culinary team from Dr. Gene Burton...
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Jul 1
2019
John Marshall High School Culinary Arts Instructor Chef Becky J. Salter is the latest recipient of the Texas Restaurant Association Education Foundation’s (TRAEF) Educator Excellence Award. Salter has 14 years of experience in family consumer...
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Apr 10
2019
On March 27, 2019, the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation celebrated restaurant industry stars at the annual Restaurant Industry Awards, in Washington, DC. The Texas Restaurant Association was proud to have one of its members,...
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Mar 13
2019
*/ Over the weekend, 12 high school culinary arts and 12 restaurant management team finalists gathered in San Antonio at St. Philip’s College for the final competition of the Texas ProStart Invitational. The Texas teams who came out on top were...
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Oct 10
2018
Austin-area Chili’s restaurants unite to support workforce, training, and future of hospitality industry Austin-area Chili's to donate proceeds on 3rd Monday of every month through 2019 In a united front to grow and support the...