HELPED ADD ALITTLE WARMTH TO THE SHOW:' //////USA RITCHIE, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES CHEF OFTHEYEAR COOKS UP SHOW IN On Monday, Oct. 25, the Benson Auditorium was not filled with the sounds of singing, a guest chapel speaker or the music and choreography of Spring Sing, but the smell of finely prepared food. Students in the family and consumer sciences department assisted in the production of a Searcy Daily Citizen- and Searcy Living magazine-sponsored holiday cooking show titled "Celebrate with Cooking." The show featured Chef Don Bingham, who served as the chef toCov. Mike Huckabee and was the 1995 Arkansas Chef of the Year. While the department did not officially sponsor the eventFCSmajorsprovided the man power to keep the show running. The students assisted mostly behind the scenes, preparing the food i terns Bingham needed on stage and stuffing goodie bags for the audience. Dr. Lisa Ritchie, assistant professor of FCS, helped organize the students' involvement with the show. "We didn't put the show together, we just helped add a little warmth to the show," Ritchie said. Although she volunteered to work SHAREN CROCKETI, professor offamily and consumerSCiences, explainsacon cept tosenior Katrina Bran nanin the Guida nce and EarlyChildhood class Nov. 17. Bran nan, achild and family sciences major, took the class to fu lfill a major requirement. ·A.INGRAM backstage, senior Sarah Jane Shields said she was also able to work with Binllharn on stage. ' In one part [of the show,] Dr. Ritchie ... and I assisted [Bingham] on stage by making sugar plums while he told a Christmas story," Shields said. "It was really fun and Christmas-spirited." Shields said Bingham not only shared his passion for cooking, but his insights on life. "He had a lot of positive things to say, not just about food butaboutfamily and Christmas," Shields said. Junior Courtney Gryszko said she enjoyed working with the famous chef. "He was really fun, nice and down-to-earth," Gryszko said. "He treated us like we were real employees. I thought it was really great and a good experience for all the [FCS] majors." Ritchie said the club members got a rare inside view of a possible career choice. "He is so experienced, and this offered the students a nice opportunity to be involved in this type of event," Ritchie said. "This is a possible career choice for many of the students in the [major], and it is good for them to see and experience itfirst-hand." -ERIN COOK 183 - BEHAVIORALSCIENCES/FCS
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