Sheridan Lane, director, culinary program and operations, wrote this week’s Epicuriosity 101 column on “Try the ancient Asian soup congee.”
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Bistro To Go
Bistro To Go, LLCC’s student-led café, is open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday this week, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. It offers a counter service concept with soups, salads, sandwiches, baked goods, coffees and drinks. It will be open Tuesdays-Thursdays through Oct. 6. Place order.
Additional information is available at www.llcc.edu/bistro-verde. Bistro Verde is located inside the east entrance of the Workforce Careers Center on the LLCC Springfield campus.
From Oct. 25-Nov. 17 (closed Nov. 1), the café will transform into Bistro Verde, a casual, dine-in restaurant experience.
In the news
Sheridan Lane, director, culinary program and operations, was interviewed yesterday about Bistro Verde’s fall offerings on 91.9 UIS Community Voices.
Bistro To Go open today
Bistro To Go, LLCC’s student-led café, is open today, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. It offers a counter service concept with soups, salads, sandwiches, baked goods, coffees and drinks. It will be open on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays through Oct. 6. Place order.
Additional information is available at www.llcc.edu/bistro-verde. Bistro Verde is located inside the east entrance of the Workforce Careers Center on the LLCC Springfield campus.
From Oct. 25-Nov. 17 (closed Nov. 1), the café will transform into Bistro Verde, a casual, dine-in restaurant experience.
Bistro To Go opens today
Bistro Verde, LLCC’s student-led café, opens today, Sept. 7, as Bistro To Go, a counter service concept offering soups, salads, sandwiches, baked goods, coffees and drinks. It will be open on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. through Oct. 6. Place order.
Additional information is available at www.llcc.edu/bistro-verde. Bistro Verde is located inside the east entrance of the Workforce Careers Center on the LLCC Springfield campus.
From Oct. 25-Nov. 17 (closed Nov. 1), the café will transform into Bistro Verde, a casual, dine-in restaurant experience.
Bistro To Go opens tomorrow
Bistro Verde, LLCC’s student-led café, opens tomorrow as Bistro To Go, a counter service concept offering soups, salads, sandwiches, baked goods, coffees and drinks. It will be open on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. through Oct. 6. View the menu.
Additional information is available at www.llcc.edu/bistro-verde. Bistro Verde is located inside the east entrance of the Workforce Careers Center on the LLCC Springfield campus.
From Oct. 25-Nov. 17 (closed Nov. 1), the café will transform into Bistro Verde, a casual, dine-in restaurant experience.
Bistro Verde at LLCC expanding days of operations
Bistro Verde, LLCC’s student-led café, is expanding its days of operation from two to three days per week this fall. Bistro Verde reopens Sept. 7 and will serve customers Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The café is open as Bistro To Go, a counter service concept, from Sept. 7-Oct. 6, offering soups, salads, sandwiches, baked goods, coffees and drinks.
From Oct. 25-Nov. 17 (closed Nov. 1), the café transforms into Bistro Verde, a casual, dine-in restaurant experience. The full-service lunch features appetizers, soups, salads, sandwiches, desserts, coffees, drinks and chef inspired dishes that are prepared from scratch using high quality ingredients and finished with creative flair. Reservations are recommended.
The menu, ordering and reservation information is available at www.llcc.edu/bistro-verde. Bistro Verde is located inside the east entrance of the Workforce Careers Center on the LLCC Springfield campus.
In the LLCC Hospitality and Culinary Arts program, part of a student’s learning experience is to run a working café that is open to the public. LLCC offers an associate in applied science degree in culinary arts and also in hospitality management and services. Professional certificates offered include first cook, culinary manager, baking and pastry, hospitality professional and hospitality supervisor. LLCC also offers non-credit cooking and baking classes, as well as dinners at Bistro Verde.
JX Truck Center-Bloomington donates engine to LLCC diesel technologies program
Photo: Jeff Gardner, director, LLCC diesel technologies program; Nick Stafford, talent acquisition lead, JX Enterprises, Inc.; Jarried Knoll, service manager, JX Truck Center-Bloomington; and Josh Collins, assistant vice president, business relations, LLCC with a Cummins ISX15 engine donated to LLCC as a teaching tool by JX Truck Center-Bloomington.
JX Truck Center-Bloomington has donated a Cummins ISX15 engine to LLCC for use in its new diesel technologies program.
The engine will serve as a hands-on teaching tool for students as they prepare for careers in the high-demand, high-wage diesel service industry.
“JX Truck Center-Bloomington appreciates our strong relationship with LLCC in helping aspiring service technicians receive the education and training they need to serve the future needs of the industry,” said Jarried Knoll, service manager at JX Truck Center-Bloomington. “Skilled, well-trained technicians are essential to JX Enterprises’ dealer network and most importantly, its customers.”
LLCC diesel technologies program director Jeff Gardner said students will benefit from this donation. “The Cummins ISX engine donated by JX Truck Center represents the latest in diesel engine technology. Our students will benefit greatly from the hands-on experiences gained working on this engine.”
Nick Stafford, talent acquisition lead for JX Enterprises, Inc. commented, “Jeff Gardner has earned a reputation in the Midwest for producing some of the best entry-level technicians for our industry. He knows how to teach and prepare students for high-paying jobs in this demanding field. With Jeff’s experience and guidance, I’m confident LLCC’s new diesel program will produce a quality employee to support their industry partners for many years to come.”
LLCC’s Workforce Institute continues to make preparations to welcome students to the diesel technologies two-year associate degree program in fall of 2023. More information on the program is available by contacting Gardner at jeffrey.gardner@llcc.edu or 217-786-2239.
In the news
Joshua Dineen, chef specialist, wrote today’s Epicuriosity 101 column in the State Journal-Register, “Healthy afterschool snacks that double as appetizers.”
LLCC Aviation hosts B-25 aircraft
David Pietrzak, program director, aviation, was interviewed Friday by WAND about the local Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) chapter’s visit of the B-25 WWII aircraft hosted by LLCC Aviation on Aug. 20-21.
Thanks to Chris McDonald, Ph.D., professor of political science, for sharing these photos of the B-25 bomber.
