Thursday, March 6, 2025
5:30 p.m. Social | Wildcat Express in the Hektner Student Center
6:00 p.m. Dinner (multi-course meal) | Wildcat Express in the Hektner Student Center
The annual Culinary Scholarship Dinner helps raise funds to support scholarship dollars for Culinary Arts students, increasing accessibility for students to attend this program at NDSCS. This dinner is also an excellent opportunity for students to help create and serve a multi-course fine dining experience for guests, teaching important on-the-job skills and benefiting their overall Culinary education.
This 6-course dinner with wine pairings is prepared and served by culinary students, faculty, and program alumni. Read the bios of the guest Chefs below.
Additional event features include:
NEW for 2025 - Silent Auction
Wine Wall Raffle - Buy a cork for $25 and win a bottle of wine valued between $20 - $150! Thank you to our sponsors who donated wine. Everyone is a winner! Must be present to win.
How To Attend
Tickets are available HERE for $100 per person (through January 31 and increasing to $125 per person starting February 1).
Thanks to our guest chefs and other supportive partners in the Culinary industry, much of the food and supplies are donated for the Scholarship Dinner. That means most of your ticket price goes right back to the program in the Culinary Arts Endowment Fund, and is a tax-deductible donation.
Note: This is a 21+ event. Tickets are required to be purchased in advance of the event - tickets cannot be purchased at the door.
Guest Chefs
Chef Joe Brunner grew up in Fargo and attended Fargo South High School, graduating in 2013. Throughout high school Joe worked at a local Mexican restaurant and discovered his love of cooking. Before attending NDSCS, Joe studied Criminal Justice at NDSU then soon realized he should follow what he loved and started studying Culinary Arts at NDSCS.
While attending NDSCS, Joe worked for Eric Watson at Mezzaluna/Rustica and continued to work for him after graduating in 2017. A year later, the opportunity to purchase the restaurant along with his business partner arose and almost 6 years later, the rest is history!
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