A hot-ticket homecoming
Wednesday, April 26, 2023
Photos by Jennifer A. Cline, writer/magazine editor (unless otherwise noted)
Alumni chefs Kristina Wisneski, ’13, culinary arts & systems, and Alisha (Howell) Summa, ’12, baking & pastry arts, returned to their roots for the reemergence of the Visiting Chef Dinner – last held in 2019. During their three-day stay on campus, the pros worked alongside students to produce the elegant affair that benefits student scholarships.
The sold-out April 14 event entailed hors d’oeuvres in the Keystone Dining Room, tours of the culinary and baking labs (complete with more pre-dinner small plates being prepared within), three courses served in Le Jeune Chef Restaurant, and a return to Keystone Dining Room for a buffet of fine desserts produced by Summa and baking & pastry arts students.
Wisneski is a Food Network “Chopped” champion and a sous chef for Pure Roots Provisions in King of Prussia (where she works under fellow Penn College grad and former Visiting Chef Andrew Masciangelo, '97). Summa is the owner and executive pastry chef of the award-winning Lynn Sandy’s Bakery in Scranton.