Culinary Ed
Culinary Ed
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Completion: October 2012
With a $23 million grant from the Lilly Endowment, Ivy Tech Community College acquired a Stouffers Hotel in 2010 and renovated the facility for classroom, lab, and conference space.
With a program commitment to zero food waste, the facility uses commercial waste reduction equipment to turn the food waste into nitrogen-rich soil amendment. This allows the program to grow a campus garden and complete their farm-to-fork-to-farm initiative. RDG, with their proactive, creative, multifaceted procurement strategy, saved the Client well over $400,000 for the food service equipment package.
The building re-opened in Fall of 2012, and houses the Central Region’s Corporate College, Hospitality Administration Program, and a conference center. The Culinary Center features six culinary / baking labs, a student operated fine-dining restaurant and bar, and a retail, student operated bakery/café. The conference center (with over 12,000 square feet of flexible meeting space) is served by a complete, independent catering kitchen.
The details make the design. Find out some of the small ways RDG had a big impact through three unique disciplines: active listening, empathetic exploration, and visual discovery.
We are grateful for the opportunities that we have been given to do great work with amazing organizations. Please reach out to us to start a conversation about your food experience challenges, to kick around creative ideas for your space, or just to gather input on how the foodservice design process even works. We would be excited to listen and to share.
