Culinary Students Showcase Skills in Washington, D.C.

Culinary students from Delaware Technical Community College showed off their skills at the 11th annual Taste of Delaware in Washington, D.C., hosted by the Delaware State Chamber of Commerce and honorary host U.S. Senator Chris Coons.

This annual event is held the first week of December in honor of Delaware’s ratification of the Constitution on Dec. 7, 1787. What started as a small office party with Grotto Pizza and Dogfish Head in its first year has since grown to attract more than 600 attendees and over 20 vendors each year. This year’s Taste of Delaware showcased food and drinks from more than two dozen establishments in the First State, including culinary arts students from Delaware Tech and Delcastle Technical High School. Also in attendance were some Delaware Tech alumni, such as Dan Tagle (’99) from Drip Café and Kaila Brench (’19) from Pizza by Elizabeths.

Among the other restaurants and vendors represented were BBC Tavern in Greenville, Home Grown Café in Newark, Kee’s Cookies & Cupcakes in Clayton, The Starboard in Dewey Beach, UDairy Creamery, and Waggies in Wilmington.

PHOTO: Delaware Tech Chef Tom Howell and the College's culinary students pose with Delaware Tech President Mark T. Brainard and U.S. Sens. Chris Coons and Amy Klobuchar at the Taste of Delaware event in Washington, D.C.