Ivy Tech to host annual Hospitality Showcase

BLOOMINGTON— Ivy Tech Community College Bloomington is celebrating its graduating hospitality administration students on May 9 with a Hospitality Showcase from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

The event will serve as the final project and will be held on campus at The Yellowwood restaurant and on the patio. Tickets are $40 per person. 

Students have cooked for The Yellowwood for the past eight weeks, focusing on American Regional cuisine. For their final project, each student will cook and serve a menu item to create both The Yellowwood and Hospitality Showcase menus.

Itinerary

  • 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Passed hors d’oeuvres, buffet, food stations, chef demos, dessert stations, cash beer/wine bar, mocktail bar
  • 6:30 – 7:00 p.m. Graduate and student recognition ceremony on the patio
  • 7:00 – 7:30 p.m. Buffet and self-serve food, beverages

Visitors can tour Ivy Tech’s baking and culinary labs, along with chef demonstrations.

To purchase tickets, visit https://link.ivytech.edu/showcase24. All proceeds go toward the Hospitality Foundation Fund to give students first-hand experiences in the hospitality industry.

The Yellowwood at Ivy Tech Bloomington is a student-run café in the hospitality administration program. Café operations are a collaboration between culinary, baking, and pastry classes and customer service classes. The culinary and baking and pastry concentrations at Ivy Tech Bloomington are accredited by the American Culinary Federation (ACF). 

The Yellowwood is located on Ivy Tech’s campus at 200 Daniels Way, entrance seven.