Let's Cook

DATE: Thursday, January 18, 2018

Explore the new HCC MGM Culinary Arts Institute.

HCC MGM Culinary Arts Institute main entrance

The kitchens are open, and the ovens are on. It's time to cook.

Classes officially began Monday, Jan. 22, with the start of the spring semester at the new HCC MGM Culinary Arts Institute, a $6.43 million, 20,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art culinary education and training facility in downtown Holyoke.

HCC staff, faculty, and trustees got a sneak preview of the new facility during a "Taste of the Space" event Tuesday evening, where an assorted menu of small plates were prepared by Culinary Arts students and alumni using the new kitchens for the first time.

"We are so excited," said student Behnam Alimirzaei, who prepared mushroom crepes. "Everything's brand new. New building. New equipment. New technology. It's beautiful."

Take a virtual tour below and check out more photos on HCC's Facebook page.

If you would like to enroll in HCC's Culinary Arts certificate or associate degree programs, please start by filling out an online application through Admission, or contact the Admissions office at admissions@hcc.edu or 413.552.2321.

If you are interested in one of our noncredit Gourmet Cooking or Gourmet Baking classes, follow the links and sign up online or call HCC Community Services at 413.552-2500.

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PHOTOS by CHRIS YURKO: HCC MGM Culinary Arts Institute

HCC MGM Culinary Arts Institute

The HCC MGM Culinary Arts Institute is located on the corner of Race and Appleton streets in downtown Holyoke
HCC MGM Culinary Arts Institute

Main lobby
HCC MGM Culinary Arts Institute

First floor production kitchen
HCC MGM Culinary Arts Institute

HCC alumna Zoe Theocles prepares cupcakes in the first-floor bake shop
HCC MGM Culinary Arts Institute

First floor teaching kitchen
HCC MGM Culinary Arts Institute

First floor demonstration kitchen
HCC MGM Culinary Arts Institute

First floor dining room
HCC MGM Culinary Arts Institute

Second floor student lounge
HCC MGM Culinary Arts Institute

Second floor classroom
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Second floor conference room
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Second floor teaching kitchen
HCC MGM Culinary Arts Institute

Second floor lockers
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Staff office/lounge
HCC MGM Culinary Arts Institute

Second floor hospitality classroom / hotel lab