Culinary programs prepare future chefs the business

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Tabitha Hardel
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From left, Joe Makowski, Sidney Perkins, Ashlyn Romersberger, Sheila Gingrich, Donielle Watson and Andy Williams, students in Ivy Tech’s Culinary Arts program, present their dishes at the end of the semester last December. Family and friends were invited to enjoy the food they presented for their practical final.
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Ancilla College in Donaldson, IN, added a Culinary Arts program in 2017. From left to right are chef Donna Wenzel, program director, and students Matthew Markovitz, Ryan Robbins, Ricky Leffert and Tabitha Hardel.
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Jada Graham, a Culinary Arts student at Ivy Tech Community College in South Bend, IN, plates one of the offerings for a group dinner at the end of the fall semester.
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Daniel Berghoff and Kyla Evens prepare a plate and frame filter press during a Wine and Viticulture class at Lake Michigan College in Benton Harbor, MI.