With finals coming up and the first semester coming to an end, the culinary department is providing a lunch for the school’s staff.

Culinary students prepared a Italian meal for this event.

“Two appetizers,we have a tomato topped brochette and also an artichoke version, we have a Cesar salad, we have an Italian white bean soup, three pasta with different sauces,chicken Parmesan, sautéed squash two breads, and four desserts tiramisu, biscotti, Italian cream cake and Italian stuffed cream puffs, one chocolate and one lemon filled,” Chef Winemiller said.

Second year students helped create the menu for the lunch.

“You map out what you want to do, so you pick out a theme then you decide what recipes you what to do and what recipes go with what,” senior Ian Good said.” It took probably a couple of weeks.”

Leading up to the lunch, first year, junior Kieran Barrington was expressed how nervous he was.

“Just a little bit, I don’t know how it’s going to go but I’m pretty sure it will go well,” Barrington said.

Students were excited to see current and former teachers.

“My best friend, Mrs. Tennen,” Barrington said.

Senior Lexi Nines hopes that this will make the culinary department stronger.

“I hope everyone likes the food but I want to build the culinary department and get the others to really care about it,” Nines said. “I want to spark their interest a little bit more.”

Nines hopes the event will help create a stronger bond between her and her group.

“As a second year you cannot be focused on your task you have to focus on the first years in you group and helping them learn,” Nines said.

The lunch runs during first lunch and second lunch were teachers and staff were more than happy to go.

“The food was amazing the, service was superb,” English teacher Dede Garrison said.

Culinary student prepped early for this event in order to meet the needs of how much food there needs to be.

“We started prepping on Tuesday,” Good said.

Good hoped to improve personally.

“I hope to improve on my all around skills, coordinating things, planning , and being prepared,” Good said.

Chef Winemiller hopes to see good things from his students.

“I hope they learn the value of hard work focus and determination and being able to apply that in their life,” Winemiller said.

This treat for the bowie staff was paid for by the PTSA.

“The PTSA pays for it then they invite the entire bowie staff to come as like an early Christmas present,” Chef Winemiller said.

Barrington was glad the event went well and was not surprised on the amount of people that showed.

“ I think it went really well,” Barrington said.“I was not surprised on the amount of people that showed up, I mean who doesn’t like love Italian.”