Joseph Melanson has over 30 years of experience in high-end to fast casual restaurants, hotels, private clubs, sport event catering and high volume catering. Melanson enjoys staying current during the summer by working for a local restaurant group.

He says, “I love inspiring and sharing my knowledge and network with students.”

Education

MAT
Johnson & Wales University

BS
Johnson & Wales University

Food Safety Manager Certification (FSM)
NRFSP

Food Safety Manager Certification (FSM)

Certified Hospitality Educator (CHE)
American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute

CFIT Student Choice Award
CFIT Students

Innovation Award
CFIT Deans

Keeping food above ground (Newspaper)
Cranston Herald
March 25, 2026
https://www.cranstononline.com/townnews/food/keeping-food-above-ground/article_b92fcf1d-1c52-47f4-b734-fdd6f3e7f822.html

Food Waste Gets a Second Life at Johnson & Wales (Magazine)
Edible Rhody
April 18, 2025
https://ediblerhody.ediblecommunities.com/

Food Waste/Recsue (TV)
NBC 10
February 26, 2025
https://turnto10.com/

How to organize your fridge to minimize food waste (Newspaper)
Boston Globe
September 10, 2024
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/09/10/science/how-organize-your-fridge-minimize-food-waste-save-your-grocery-bill/

8 Lessons Chain Restaurants Can Teach Independents (Magazine)
FSR Magazine
July, 2022
https://www.fsrmagazine.com/

Les Amis d’Escoffier Society

URI Cooperative Extension Program, Food Recovery
Presentation and workshop
Food Recovery Field Session
URI
JWU Hardorside Campus
Providence
RI
United States

Food Rescue: Best Management Practices and Model Programs.
Panel Presentation
Waste Expo
Waste Expo
Las Vegas Convention Center
Las Vegas
NE
United States

Food Waste and Insecurity on College Campus
Poster
University Scholarship & Best Practices Expo
Johnson and Wales University
Johnson and Wales University
Providence
RI
United States

Creation of the Wildcat Food Rescue
Exhibit
The University Scholarship and Best Practices Expo
JWU
Providence
RI