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Group of 39 Penn College Students to Help Cook at Kentucky Derby

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 21:16:43 +0000

Thirty-nine Pennsylvania College of Technology students, accompanied by two instructors, will travel to Louisville, Ky., to help prepare food for the thousands who will attend the 139th running of the storied Kentucky Derby. Students in the college’s School of Hospitality were interviewed on campus in February by Churchill Downs Executive Chef Jo Jo Doyle and [...]

Students Schooled in Palatable Meal-Beverage Combinations

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 19:48:03 +0000

Students of legal age gained some School of Hospitality guidance during a Student Activities “short course” at Penn College’s Le Jeune Chef Restaurant on pairing beers and lagers with food. Chef Paul E. Mach, assistant professor of hospitality management/culinary arts, apprised participants of how to match specific cuisine with the appropriate adult libation. Photos by [...]

Graduate Restaurateur Visits School of Hospitality

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 00:17:23 +0000

Jason Hopple, who received a degree in hospitality management from Penn College in 2000, returned to speak with students in Introduction to Hospitality courses on Monday. Hopple is beverage director for North End Grill, an American bar and grill in Manhattan. He offered insight into the restaurant industry in New York, including the process of [...]

Students’ Eye-Catching Creations Again Showcased at Food Show

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:31:34 +0000

Students in Pennsylvania College of Technology’s School of Hospitality served up another year-end display of fanciful final projects during the 2012 Food Show in the Thompson Professional Development Center’s Mountain Laurel Room – including local landmarks constructed of chocolate, auctioned to benefit Habitat for Humanity. – Photos by Jennifer A. Cline, writer/editor-One College Avenue

Chocolate House Auction to Benefit Habitat for Humanity

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:49:35 +0000

On Dec. 7, Pennsylvania College of Technology will host its annual chocolate house auction to benefit Greater Lycoming Habitat for Humanity. Each year, students taking the course Principles of Chocolate Works spend the final weeks of the fall semester building chocolate structures that will be sold in silent auction at the School of Hospitality’s Food [...]

School of Hospitality to Host an Evening of PA Food, Beverages

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 14:29:07 +0000

Pennsylvania College of Technology’s School of Hospitality will host “An Evening of Pennsylvania Food, Beer and Wine” on Nov. 14, offering opportunities to learn more about the pairing of fine beer and wine with food and to benefit the Peter Hellermann Scholarship Fund. Scheduled at 6:30 p.m. in the college’s Le Jeune Chef Restaurant, the [...]

Chef Paul Prepares Flavorful Fall Antidote to Seasonal Chill

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 17:57:48 +0000

A timely Madigan Library Forum – “Harvest Cooking: Fall Into Soup,” featuring Chef Paul E. Mach, was held at lunchtime Tuesday on the Bookmarks Café patio. Joined by School of Hospitality students and recruiting library personnel as “kitchen” staff, the assistant professor of hospitality management/culinary arts served up an autumn bounty of ingredients (amply seasoned with his [...]

Le Jeune Chef Restaurant Earns Wine Spectator Honors

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 14:44:30 +0000

For the 13th consecutive year, Wine Spectator magazine has granted its “Best of Award of Excellence” to Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Le Jeune Chef Restaurant. The restaurant is one of 876 worldwide to earn the magazine’s second-tier “Best of” award. Only 75 restaurants received the top-tier “Grand Award,” and 2,842 restaurants received the magazine’s “Award [...]

Chef Paul Helps South Side Pupils-Turned-Restaurateurs

Tue, 29 May 2012 17:44:29 +0000

Chef Paul Mach, assistant professor of hospitality management/culinary arts and co-host of the Penn College/WVIA television series “You’re the Chef,” recently helped kick off a thematic unit on restaurants for fifth-grade students at Rommelt Elementary School in South Williamsport. Each year, Chef Paul visits the school at the beginning of the unit to provide a [...]

Hospitality Students Help Prepare Food at Kentucky Derby

Mon, 07 May 2012 18:20:58 +0000

Twenty-one Pennsylvania College of Technology students were hired by Levy Restaurants to help prepare meals for guests attending the 138th running of the Kentucky Derby on May 5. The students left Williamsport on April 30 to head for Churchill Downs, where they spent the week setting up auxiliary kitchens and preparing food for the 400,000 [...]