2010 Food Show
Pennsylvania College of Technology held its annual Food Show – including a chocolate house auction that raised $1,600 for the Greater Lycoming Habitat for Humanity – on Dec. 3. The event included about 80 entries from students in seven advanced culinary arts and baking and pastry arts courses, and all seven courses were judged by culinary arts professionals from across the region. The Chef Eugene Mattucci Best of Show Award was given to Tiana J. Soles-Ahner, of State College, for a church she constructed of white chocolate. Ahner is a sophomore in the baking and pastry arts major. Mattucci owned Mattucci's Italian Restaurant in Mount Carmel and was a longtime Hospitality Majors Advisory Committee member and Food Show judge at Penn College.
— Photos by Jennifer A. Cline, news bureau writer/editor
An hors d’oeuvre platter by Advanced Garde Manger students Angela Snyder and Deserae Burgess took first place.
“Defiant Dragon,” white tallow sculpture by Justin Albert, earned first-place honors in the Artistic Buffet Decoration course.
The top wedding cake was designed by Ashlee McFalls and Marlee Horchen.
A pastillage box crafted by Katelyn Dellinger earned a blue ribbon in the Sugar Arts course.
A caramel-apple flavored dessert by Amy Ellicker earned the blue ribbon in Classical and Specialty Dessert Presentation.
Ashley King’s curried tenderloin of pork with apples and cranberry emulsion earned first place in Classical Cuisines of the World.
Best of Show went to a white-chocolate church fashioned by Tiana J. Soles-Ahner.
Food Show judge Jon Sherwood, sous chef at Elizabeth’s An American Bistro in Lewisburg, looks over entries from the Advanced Garde Manger course.
Trevor Wagner and Lauren Hammer crafted the third-place winning cake.
Second place, made by Lesley Shuman and Courtney Keyser.
A Beatles-themed cake, decorated by Haley Shuman and Ashly Stivers, earned honorable mention.
“Pig Chef,” a tallow sculpture by Kimberly Kohler, received second place.
Frosty, made by Kevin Pysher, took third place in Sugar Arts.
A row of chocolate storefronts, complete with toys and baked goods in the windows, earned third place for Katrina Snelgrove.
A pistachio dessert by Katrina Snelgrove earned second place.
Honorable mention in Classical and Specialty Dessert Presentation went to Amanda Angstadt.
Tiana Soles-Ahner earned third place for her dessert.
An acoustic guitar, sculpted of tallow by Joshua Morgan, received third place.
Terri Smith’s ivy-covered chocolate house received second place.
A woodland cabin by Amy Elicker received honorable mention.
A salmon sculpted by Joshua Morgan received second-place honors.
A third place-winning ice sculpture by Cody Miller.
An hors d’oeuvre tray by Amber Depew and Noah Deibler-Gorman earned second place.
Intricate bites make up the third-place Advanced Garde Manger entry by Travis Bires and Sarah Shoop.
Charlie Brown and his tree, painted in cocoa by Brittany DeLousia, earned honorable mention in Sugar Art.
A functional tallow sculpture, titled “Wine and Fruit,” by Cody Miller, earned honorable mention in Artistic Buffet Decoration.
A wintry pastillage box by Kayla Shultz earned second place in Sugar Art.
