PCToday Photo Gallery - Chocolate House Auction/Food Show

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Chocolate “buildings” constructed by students in Pennsylvania College of Technology’s School of Hospitality were auctioned Dec. 7 during the annual “House for a Home” event to benefit the Greater Lycoming Habitat for Humanity. Students enrolled in the “Principles of Chocolate Works” course spent weeks designing and building chocolate structures, which this year took the form of a church, a lighthouse, a farm, Victorian homes and stone cottages, complete with candy details. The class is taught by Chef Charles R. Niedermyer, instructor of baking and pastry arts/culinary arts. Silent bids were taken for the homes, then a live auction of student-created holiday goodies added to the Habitat donation. Also displayed during the Food Show were final projects from students in advanced courses, including “Cakes and Decorations,” “Advanced Garde Manger,” “Classical and Specialty Desserts,” “Artistic Buffet Decoration,” and “Classical Cuisines of the World.” The projects were judged by some of the region’s top chefs.

— Photos by Jennifer A. Cline, writer/editor, and Jessica L. Tobias, student photographer

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