Darren McGrady, a personal chef to Princess Diana and the British Royal Family for fifteen years, will make a guest appearance at the inaugural Tennessee Food and Wine Festival on October 21 and October 22. McGrady will host cooking classes and demonstrations and prepare the fare for a sit-down dinner as part of the two-day
More than forty years ago, Boudleaux and Felice Bryant composed “Rocky Top,” which quickly became the theme song at University of Tennessee sporting events. The couple’s heirs, Dane and Del Bryant, have entered into a contractual partnership with UT and have donated money for the creation of the Rocky Top Institute, which will allow students
Saks Fifth Avenue chairman and chief executive officer Stephen I. Sadove will be on campus October 4 to give University of Tennessee students a glimpse of what their future could be in the retail industry. Sadove kicks off the October speaker series hosted by the Retail and Consumer Science program of UT’s Department of Retail,
UT Knoxville retail students starting Tuesday, September 20, will promote a variety of shirt styles they’ve designed for Walgreens as part of a competition that gives them real-world experience in developing and marketing new products. Five teams of students, through the Walgreens Volprentice Challenge, will set up their merchandise displays at partner Knoxville-area stores.
The Center for Sustainable Business and Tourism (CSBT) at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has received a second year of financial support from Ruby Falls to continue and expand its sustainability efforts.
John Antun, associate professor in the Department of Retail, Hospitality, and Tourism Management in the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences and director of UT’s Culinary Institute, died Monday after a six-month battle with pancreatic cancer. Visitation will be held Thursday and Friday, followed by a service and mass Friday afternoon.
Retail students at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, will be among the best-prepared in the nation to enter the work world, thanks to the creation of a minor in retail technology and UT’s unique access to one of the major software systems used in the industry.
The Ready for the World Café at UT Knoxville will celebrate Central and South America the week of April 11–14. Heroes Day, a Costa Rican holiday, is April 11, and the Day of the Americas, a Honduran holiday, is April 14.
UT Knoxville’s Center for Sustainable Business and Tourism and Center for Business and Economic Research will host two events that showcase sustainable business, environment, and communities. On Tuesday, March 29, commissioners from state government will participate in a panel discussion on sustainable transportation and tourism and attracting green businesses to Tennessee. On Thursday, March 31,
Longtime restaurateur William (Bill) F. Regas will be honored as a “Legend of the Industry” on March 26 at the ninth annual Appalachian Spring gourmet dinner and auction being hosted by the Department of Retail, Hospitality and Tourism Management at UT Knoxville. Tickets are now available for the event which begins at 6 p.m. and
What is it that makes you want to return to a restaurant again and again? The food? The service? Atmosphere? Sure. But according to research spearheaded by John Antun, director of the Culinary Institute at UT Knoxville, and Robert E. Frash Jr., chair of the HRT department at the College of Charleston, there are two
A program honoring longtime restaurateur William (Bill) F. Regas as a “Legend of the Industry” is being planned for the spring of 2011 by the UT Knoxville Department of Retail, Hospitality and Tourism Management. The event will be held on March 26, 2011, in the ballroom of the Crowne Plaza Hotel.