Baking & Culinary Articles

Students from Penn College's School of Business & Hospitality were among the judges for Saturday's Grill-Off at the Young Men's Republican Club, which remains strong and active in the community 140 years after its founding. The annual event is just one of several hosted by the club to raise money for charitable organizations, outreach programs and college scholarships.

Wine Spectator magazine recently released its annual Restaurant Wine List Awards program, again naming Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Le Jeune Chef Restaurant among the “Best of Award of Excellence” recipients. The restaurant is one of 850 worldwide to earn the magazine’s second-tier “Best of” award.

The latest addition to Penn College's YouTube channel spotlights encouragement of young women to enter the lucrative STEM career sector with the SMART Girls program (Science & Math Applications in Real-World Technologies). Through diverse, hands-on workshops, the initiative introduces high-school girls to exciting technical careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Susquehanna Health employees prep vegetables for their competition dishes. Penn College students stand watch to help keep the kitchen running smoothly. From left, Susquehanna Health President Steven Johnson, Penn College President Davie Jane Gilmour and Susquehanna Health Facility Director Greg Adams prepare to judge the dishes laid before them.

Two students in the School of Hospitality at Pennsylvania College of Technology were selected by faculty to receive the school’s “Award of Excellence,” which included an educational trip to the National Restaurant Association’s NRA Show 2013. The May graduates, Megan E. Endres, who earned a bachelor’s degree in culinary arts and systems, and Kristina M.

A record crowd of 134 guests attended Sunday's Grand Pastry Buffet, a scrumptious culmination of course work for baking and pastry arts seniors and an acknowledgement by scholarship recipients of the donors who have smoothed their road to a Penn College diploma.

"PA Live!" Three students and a faculty member from Penn College's School of Hospitality, among those leaving for the Kentucky Derby this weekend, appeared on WBRE's "PA live!" broadcast from 4-5 p.m. Friday. Joining Chef Charles R. Niedermyer, instructor of baking and pastry arts and culinary arts, in preparing Bronzed Sea Scallops with Mango Salsa on the air were Brandi L.

The School of Hospitality’s second Culinary and Pastry Experience, held Friday in the Thompson Professional Development Center, featured the work of Pennsylvania College of Technology students in five classes – some offering free samples.

Winners were named in Pennsylvania College of Technology’s annual cake competition, sponsored by CalJava International. First place among the 11 competitors was awarded to Ching Chan, a first-year student in the college’s baking and pastry arts major, for a cake that featured intricate hand piping.

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.