Pennsylvania College of Technology students created and auctioned chocolate houses – along with cakes, candies, cookies and more – to raise funds for Greater Lycoming Habitat for Humanity during its annual House for a Home event Dec. 5. The event is one part of the School of Hospitality’s Food Show, during which final projects from several advanced classes are judged and displayed for the public. More than 200 high school students from around the region visited the Food Show.
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Judges Sam Morgante, executive chef, Food Services, and Paul Burkholder, of Furmano’s Foods, study the chocolate houses.
A final project from Advanced Garde Manger.
Craig Cian, associate professor of hospitality management/culinary arts, places the Best of Show ribbon.
Judges Paul Burkholder, of Furmano’s Foods; Sam Morgante, executive chef, Food Services; Elizabeth Long-Furia, of Elizabeth’s: An American Bistro; and Dennis Eckrote, of Elizabeth’s.
A platter set up by Advanced Garde Manger students.
An entry from the Classical and Specialty Desserts course.
A ribbon-winning dessert from the Classical and Specialty Desserts course.
First-place entry from Classical Cuisines of the World.
A sugar-art ornament.
An Oompa Loompa greets visitors to Willy Wonka’s famous factory.
A chocolate log cabin.
A sleigh full of tasty gifts.
Sweet snow adorns a red-brick house.
A white chocolate church.
Chocolate dog house.
Detailed work earns a third-place ribbon.
A sweet beacon.
Chocolate of all colors makes a playful interpretation.
The Chef Eugene Matucci Best of Show Award winner, created by Allyson Roan.
A festive lighthouse.
Complete with chocolate lights.
A chocolate barn.
A chocolate pagoda.
A seasonal entry from the Cakes and Decorations course.
Cake is pretty in pink.
An ice-carved sleigh earns first place for the Artistic Buffet Decoration course.
"Freeze" a jolly good fellow, right down to his real carrot nose.