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Contact: Melony Ritter
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February 7, 2017
HOSPITALITY WINS PEOPLE’S CHOICE AT CHOCOLATE FESTIVAL
Hot Springs, Arkansas – National Park College (NPC) Hospitality and Tourism students won the People’s Choice award at the Cooperative Christian Ministries and Clinic (CCMC) Chocolate Festival Sunday.
Students prepared more than 800 servings of Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake Trifle for the event as part of the Restaurant and Event management course. After deciding on a theme of “Elegance in Chocolate,” the students began to consider décor and dessert choices.
Led by student Tiffany Epperson, multiple recipe-testing efforts resulted in the creation
of their entry, Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake Trifle. Trifle is a traditional English
dessert that combines cake, custard or cream, and fruit. Students made the perfect
portion of chocolate wafer crumbs, cheesecake custard and raspberry mousse in shot
glasses topped with dark chocolate drizzle and a fresh raspberry. Their tablescape
reflected the colors of the dessert, using pink satin on black with silver trays and
silver tasting spoons in glasses on mirror to complete the look. All students wore
black with pink satin bowties or scarves.
Instructor Eve Victory was pleased by all of the guest feedback. “Over and over I
was told how beautiful our setup was and that our dessert was wonderful, but above
all how professional, cordial and welcoming my students were,” Victory stated.
Left to right: Joy Victory, Janice Washington, Paige Baxter, Billy Ray Smith, Garrett
Cook, Greg Ledbetter, Bernis Blake, Marcella Smith, Lyssa Searcy, Felix Hunter, Tiffany
Epperson and Shawn Turner.
