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Student-run cafe at Wills Point High School serving staff with drinks, treats, and catering while building real-world culinary and business skills.

07/18/2026

Tiger Café is starting to come together, and we’re counting down to opening day!

📅 Opening Day: Monday, August 17
🕟 Operating Hours: 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Our students will be hard at work preparing the space, creating marketing materials, stocking displays, and getting everything ready to welcome our students! We’re not quite finished yet, but we couldn’t wait to give you a sneak peek!

07/17/2026

CTE Camp starts NEXT WEEK, and we are getting excited!

Our cucumbers are here, and one of our favorite projects will be making homemade refrigerator pickles to take home! We can’t wait to cook, learn, and have fun with everyone.

Just a few reminders before you arrive:
👖 Wear long pants
👟 Wear closed-toe tennis shoes
💇 If you have long hair, please have it pulled back before coming to camp.

These are required for safety in our kitchen.

We can’t wait to see everyone next week and kick off an awesome week of cooking! 💙🐅

07/10/2026

Tiger Café has grown so much that our organization has had to grow right along with it! Building systems behind the scenes means less time searching for supplies and more time cooking, serving customers, and giving our students a real-world restaurant experience.

These before-and-after pictures may just look like condiment packets, but every organized shelf, labeled bin, and improved process helps us operate more efficiently as we continue to grow.

One small improvement at a time. 💙🐅

06/23/2026

Wrapping up Day 2 of the Culinary Educator Enrichment Workshop! Today we proofed and baked the cinnamon rolls we started yesterday, made cream cheese frosting, pâte à choux pastries with pastry cream and chocolate ganache, homemade ice cream, gluten-free orange cake, mole, mac and cheese, breaded fried chicken, rice, asparagus, pickled onions, candied pecans, and honey mustard vinaigrette salad.

Two days full of new techniques, new skills, and plenty of ideas to bring back to Tiger Café this year!

06/22/2026

Today I kicked off the Culinary Educators Enrichment Workshop at Grayson College in Denison, TX and spent the day learning right alongside other culinary instructors.

We reviewed food safety and sanitation, practiced chicken fabrication, prepared a velouté sauce, and discussed industry best practices. The afternoon shifted into baking and pastry, where we started cinnamon rolls, orange cake, pâte à choux, pastry cream, and other products that require multiple stages and techniques.

Every new technique, recipe, and industry best practice learned this week will help strengthen the experiences we provide our students at Wills Point High School and continue growing the Tiger Café program.

Some of today’s projects are still in progress and won’t be completed until tomorrow, which has been a great reminder that quality food production often happens over multiple days and requires planning, patience, and attention to detail.

06/16/2026

🐯 BIG NEWS FROM TIGER CAFÉ! 🐯

For the first time, Tiger Café will be opening after school for Wills Point High School students!

Whether you’re headed to athletics, band, cheer, FFA, UIL, practice, rehearsals, meetings, or just need a snack before heading home, Tiger Café will be open on select dates this fall to serve students right here on campus.

Located in the CTE Hospitality Room, Tiger Café is more than a place to grab food—it’s a student-operated learning lab where Culinary Arts students gain real-world experience in food production, customer service, point-of-sale operations, inventory management, and hospitality.

Students can enjoy affordable snacks, drinks, and specials while supporting their fellow Tigers and helping build the future of our program.

📅 Check out our Fall 2026 operating dates and snack menu below. We will have our full Tiger Cafe' drink menu available as well.

Start planning ahead, bring your appetite, and stop by before your next activity!

🐯 Real Skills. Real Service. Real Experience.

06/06/2026

🌟 Student Spotlight: Michael DeLuca 🌟

When Michael joined Tiger Café and Culinary Arts this year, he brought a strong work ethic, a positive attitude, and a willingness to learn. Those qualities helped him earn an opportunity at La Pradera, where he started in the dish room learning the importance of teamwork, organization, and keeping a kitchen running smoothly.

His dedication and reliability quickly caught the attention of restaurant leadership. After demonstrating his skills and work ethic, Michael was invited to take on a serving role and work directly with guests. More recently, management approached him about moving into the kitchen and training as a cook—an opportunity that speaks volumes about the confidence they have in his potential and future in the industry.

At Tiger Café, our goal is to help students build real-world skills that lead to real opportunities. Michael’s journey this year is a great example of what can happen when students show up, work hard, stay coachable, and take pride in their work.

We are incredibly proud of Michael and excited to see where his culinary journey takes him next. Congratulations, Michael! 🐅👨‍🍳

06/04/2026

🚨 Summer Camp Update! 🚨

The response to our summer camps has been incredible!

Tiger Café Academy is officially full, and all 25 students who registered have been accepted into the camp.

Due to high demand, we increased the number of spots available for Cubs in the Kitchen from 10 to 20, and the camp is now full with a waiting list. Families on the waiting list will be contacted if any spots become available.

Emails have been sent to all families who registered for either camp. If you signed up, please check your email for important information and next steps. If you do not see an email, please reach out to me.

We are excited to welcome our future Tigers into the kitchen this July for a week of cooking, baking, creativity, and hands-on learning.

Thank you for your support of the Wills Point High School Culinary Arts program. We can't wait to get started! 🐯👨‍🍳👩‍🍳

06/02/2026

Today I stopped by Tiger Café to shut down equipment and clean out inventory for the summer. As I worked through the walk-ins and coolers, I found pizza ingredients and lemonade that wouldn’t make it until next school year.

In Tiger Café, we teach students that good operators look for opportunities to reduce waste while building relationships and promoting their products. Instead of throwing away perfectly good inventory, we turned it into an opportunity to share a little hospitality with staff members working across the district this summer.

In the restaurant industry, product sampling is a powerful marketing tool. Sometimes the best way to introduce people to your products is to simply let them experience them.

Today’s lesson wasn’t about cooking. It was about inventory management, hospitality, marketing, and customer relationships—the same real-world business skills our students learn through Tiger Café every day.

It's a great day to be a Tiger!!

05/30/2026

Student Spotlight: Olivia Corrao

One of my Who’s Who choices this year, Olivia has been a vital part of building Tiger Café from the ground up. Throughout the year, she has helped shape what Tiger Café has become through her hard work, leadership, and commitment to excellence.

Olivia is the student behind our famous Cowboy Cookies recipe (yes, that’s her recipe!) and mastered our Texas Sheet Cake recipe that became a favorite with customers and staff alike. Whether working in production, helping with caterings, or serving customers, she has been a key contributor to Tiger Café’s success.

Olivia got a job at Taco Bell in Canton just last month, and in only one month she has already earned Employee of the Month and been promoted to Trainer, where she is now helping train new employees.

This is exactly what Tiger Café is all about—developing real-world skills, building confidence, and preparing students to enter the workforce ready to succeed. I couldn’t be more proud of Olivia and all she has accomplished. The future is bright for this young lady! 💙🐾

Address

1800 W South Commerce Street
Wills Point, TX
75169

Telephone

+19038735100

Website

http://willspointisd.com/

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