Industry-Sponsored Wedding Cake Competition Invites Viewers
Feb. 10, 2012 - 11:24 a.m.
On March 2, the public is invited to view intricately decorated, multitiered cakes created by Penn College’s baking and pastry arts students. “Butterflies” is the theme for the cakes, which will be displayed as part of a contest developed for the students by an industry leader in the world of wedding cakes. Students have spent about eight weeks of class time on their cakes. The students’ cakes will be displayed for the public from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. in the Mountain Laurel Room of the Thompson Professional Development Center at Penn College. A ceremony to announce the winners is scheduled at 1 p.m.
Valentine's Bake Sale to Be Held Friday
Feb. 8, 2012 - 4:54 p.m.
Students in the Advanced Patisserie Operations class will present a Valentine's bake sale from 10 a.m.-noon Friday at Le Jeune Patissier (BTC, just past the Information Desk). Student managers, pictured from left, are Alisha M. Howell, Megan R. Larkin, Sabrina R. Strassner and Nina M. Liguori. More information, including a product list, follows:
Penn College Announces Winners of Annual Food Show
Jan. 23, 2012 - 2:40 p.m.
Penn College announced the winners for its annual Food Show, held in December as a showcase for final projects in advanced culinary arts and baking and pastry arts courses at the college. Taking the Chef Eugene Mattucci Best of Show Award was a chocolate house made by Alisha M. Howell, a baking and pastry arts student from Waymart. Her creation depicted an old-time theater decked out for the holidays. Mattucci was chef/owner of Mattucci’s Italian Restaurant in Mount Carmel and was a longtime Penn College advisory committee member and Food Show judge.
Grand Pastry Buffet Provides 'Fabulous' Finale for Imminent Grads
Dec. 5, 2011 - 2:25 p.m.
Performing one of their last duties before graduating from the baking and pastry arts major, students in Chef Monica J. Lanczak’s Pastry Food Show and Buffet Presentation Concepts course prepared and served a Grand Pastry Buffet attended by members of Penn College’s 1914 Society on Sunday. Decking out the Mountain Laurel Room for a “Fabulous ’50s” diner theme, the students showcased the skills they have gained throughout their associate-degree pursuit.
Annual Food Show Offers Sweet Season's Greetings
Dec. 2, 2011 - 7:10 p.m.
Limited only by their imaginations (and the end of the fall semester), students in Penn College's School of Hospitality once again put on a dazzling display of playfulness and prowess for the latest edition of the annual Food Show in the Thompson Professional Development Center's Mountain Laurel Room on Friday. For more, visit the PCToday photo gallery.
Dec. 2 Food Show Features Chocolate House Auction
Nov. 18, 2011 - 12:06 p.m.
Culinary arts and baking and pastry arts students at Penn College will show their final projects – from hors d’oeuvres and ice sculptures to plated desserts and wedding cakes, all artistically presented – during the School of Hospitality’s annual Food Show on Dec. 2. Among the highlights is a display of chocolate houses made by students in the Principles of Chocolate Works course. The houses will be sold in silent auction, funds from which will be donated to Greater Lycoming Habitat for Humanity. A subsequent live auction of student-created holiday treats will add funds to the donation.
Students to Present Pastry Products in Simulated Trade Show
Nov. 8, 2011 - 8:55 a.m.
The fruition of a full semester's project by 11 students in Chef Monica J. Lanczak's Advanced Patisserie Operations class – a baking and pastry "trade show" – will be held Friday morning in Room B129 of the Hager Lifelong Education Center. The students created a fictitious business, complete with job descriptions for their employees, performance evaluations, orientation and job-training plans, motivational and problem-solving techniques, costing and pricing, and marketing and merchandising materials to promote their pastry product. From 8:15-9:15 a.m., they will display their products and materials (fliers, business cards, etc.), as well as serve samples.
Hospitality RA, Residents Prepare Meal in Living-Learning Community
Nov. 1, 2011 - 10:14 a.m.
Several members of the Hospitality Living-Learning Community worked with their Resident Assistant, Lewis D. Robinson, on Friday to prepare a meal for one another (as well as any residents from the floor who wished to attend). Hospitality students worked with Robinson, a culinary arts and systems major from Bellefonte, on learning proper preparation of ingredients, including how to make noodles from scratch. Hospitality majors and nonculinary students alike enjoyed an evening of learning and tasting.
Photos by Matthew C. Helf, coordinator of residence life
Students Share Taste of Autumn at Growers Market
Oct. 24, 2011 - 6:54 p.m.
Students from Penn College's School of Hospitality celebrated the Williamsport Growers Market "Customer Appreciation Day" in typical hands-on fashion Saturday, carving pumpkins in a pre-Halloween competition and plating a variety of treats for hungry patrons at the downtown venue.
'International Delights' Kick Off Semester's Promise of Bake-Sale Temptation
Sept. 24, 2011 - 4:02 p.m.
Students in the Advanced Patisserie Operations class presented their first bake sale of the Fall 2011 semester Friday morning, a menu of "International Delights" that appropriately satisfied the senses. Student managers for the sale, held in Le Jeune Patissier (in the market area of the Carl Building Technologies Center) were Ana-Maria Grigore, Oksana M. Punako and Lauren G. Hammer.
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