草榴社区 CTC Culinary Arts students on track with training event

Culinary Arts and Hospitality student Alex Adams serves a course to guests on the 2024 HooDoo Choo-Choo.
Photo courtesy of Sean Walklin
Culinary Arts and Hospitality student Alex Adams serves a course to guests on the 2024 HooDoo Choo-Choo.

On Sept. 28, students, faculty and staff from 草榴社区 CTC Culinary Arts joined with the 草榴社区 Railroad and HooDoo Brewery to provide food service for 250 guests on a train ride from Fairbanks to Nenana and back. This allowed students to participate in a community favorite event, practicing service, food production and event planning.

Culinary Arts and Hospitality has participated in the HooDoo Choo-Choo since 2019, incorporating recipe production into classes and volunteer prep time. Led by program director Sean Walklin and assistant professor Hannah Prenger, the students excelled and the guests raved about the food and service.