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Community Events

Join us for a variety of educational and recreational events at the Tony & Libba Rane Culinary Science Center! Wine tastings, cooking classes and other special events will be offered to the public throughout the year. Learn how to pair wines with your meal. Experiment with flavor. Rub elbows with professional chefs. The Horst Schulze School of Hospitality Management is eager to provide incredible opportunities for the community to enjoy its resources. Sign up for one or more of our upcoming events below. More events to come!


Buttercream & Bubbly

Come enjoy an evening of Buttercream & Bubbly – a cake decorating class! You will learn techniques for cake decorating that utilize border tips, a rose tip, writing tips and leaf tips to create a trendy vintage-style cake while you sip on sparkling wine and taste mini treats. You will go home with a cake that you have decorated and your very own set of decorating tips to continue the fun at home. Sounds like a great occasion for a Girls Night Out! Guests must be 21 or older.

Menu: Sparkling wine, Small Gigi’s cupcakes for snacking

About the Guest Speakers:
Jennifer Cooper

Baker & Owner at Gigi’s Cupcakes in Opelika, AL & Columbus, GA

Guests will be provided courtesy aprons to be used during the class.

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Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024
6:00 pm
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Wine Tastings with Master Sommelier Thomas Price

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The Horst Schulze School of Hospitality Management invites the community to a variety of wine tasting classes with Master Sommelier Thomas Price in the fall 2024 semester. Guests will learn about the wines and tasting techniques in a fun, casual class environment. Tickets are $60-$75 per person, depending on content, and may be purchased online. Guests must be 21 or older and show proof of ID. Guests will taste various wines accompanied by light snacks.

Master Sommelier Thomas Price has spent the last 35 years working in some of Seattle’s most prominent restaurants, including his own. Shortly after obtaining his Master Sommelier certificate in 2012, Price joined Jackson Family Fine Wines as National Director of Wine Education, in addition to working with Auburn University’s Hospitality Management program as a visiting sommelier over the last eight years. Read more about Mr. Price’s journey in this feature from Wine Spectator.

These classes are basic wine appreciation classes that feature a different country or theme each month. Guests will taste various wines accompanied by light snacks.

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Wines of Burgundy
Saturday, December 7, 2024
3:00 - 4:00 pm
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For questions, contact Caitlin Myers via email or 334-844-4267.