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FTC will continue to "Make History" in Osceola County by supporting the second annual Puerto Rican Parade and Expo on Saturday July 21st and Sunday July 22nd at the Osceola Heritage Park. The event is free, starting at noon and ending at 8 p.m. and will feature all sorts of events and information including great Puerto Rican food, entertainment and fun activities for the whole family!
Our students will march in the Parade at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday! Cosmetology Students will star in a Puerto Rican themed Fashion Show Sunday at 1pm and offer free Barber haircuts! Zazon Café will be serving food prepared by FTC students and chefs! Everyone is welcome, so come out and diviertase!!!
For more information click here or please call 407-545-1300 or 407-201-6465 or stop by the Centro Cultural de Puerto Rico located at 821 N. Main Street Kissimmee, FL 34744. Thank you for all who go out and support!
On Wednesday 6/13/12,we hosted our first Business After Hours Networking Event at the Kissimmee Campus. Our Culinary Students prepared the food and catered to our guest. In addition, each program set up a booth in the Atrium to display their work and promote their field of study. The event was a success!
We would like to congratulate our FTC Kissimmee networking students for winning first place in the Race Car Challenge competition! The competition consisted of designing a race car using Java programming code, which was used to race other colleges and schools including University of Central Florida, as well as professional organizations, in a simulated race track environment.
Our students practiced for four consecutive Fridays to prepare for the competition.
The programming code controlled car design, steering, as well as speed configuration. Our team called the Speed Daemons raced their car in seven separate sprints on the race track and consisted of the following three FTC students:
Joseph Sanders
Israel Rivera
Joshua Walden
IBM Innovate 2012 is a week-long event sponsored by IBM Corporation which showcases IBM products and services, and welcomed approximately 4,000 guests from around the world.
Let us all congratulate the FTC Kissimmee Speed Daemons a job well done!
Winning Best Menu Item in the 2012 BACCHUS BASH on Friday, April 13, 2012.
A special congratulations to the FTC Kissimmee students who were selected as the 2012 CFHLA Hospitality Scholarship Honorees:
Today is the day! Zazon Cafe will have the official opening at 1pm! Come and see what all the hype is about. Our community and students will find a vast menu of delicious meals at a reasonable price.
Join us on Wednesday, January 25, 2012 from 5pm-7pm for "Creating Your Own Website." This FREE seminar at the FTC Kissimmee Campus will help introduce you to the world of websites!
Join us Thursday January 26, 2012 from 5:30-8:00pm at Osceola Square Mall for dishes prepared by our very own Culinary Team!
A Latin American Salsa Legend will visit Central Florida to officially open the new Zazón Café Restaurant at Florida Technical College’s Kissimmee Campus.
Latin music star Andy Montañez, a pioneer in the Salsa genre, will cut the ribbon and mingle with the public at the Restaurant’s official Grand Opening celebration, which will take place on January 26th at 5:30 p.m. During the ceremony, FTC’s President and Chief Executive Officer David Ruggieri will address the public.
Residents of Kissimmee and surrounding communities are invited to participate in this event, which will feature complimentary hors d'oeuvres, live entertainment and door prizes.
This grand opening coincides with FTC’s 30th Anniversary celebration, expressed Mr. Ruggieri. “We are very proud of having been able to fulfill the dreams of numerous Central Florida students for the past thirty years,” he added. Regarding FTC’s plan for official anniversary celebrations, Mr. Ruggieri pointed out that the school is preparing a series of public events to mark the occasion, which will take place at all five FTC’s Campuses throughout the year, and will be forwarding this information to the media and the community as it becomes available.
FTC’s Culinary Arts team will take center stage during Zazón Café’s Grand Opening, as they will be in charge of preparing exquisite hors d'oeuvres and succulent dishes to delight the public. “Hors d'oeuvres will be complimentary, and our signature dishes will be available for purchase at very reasonable prices. This will offer the community the opportunity to sample our dishes at discounted prices,” said President Ruggieri.
“The main purpose of Zazón Café is to provide FTC’s Culinary Arts students with a venue for training and development. They are given the opportunity to practice what they have learned in the classroom, by performing in all the restaurant’s positions, from meal preparation to serving, preparing dinner tables and day to day operations and management,” explained Culinary Arts Department Chair, Juan Méndez. “Our students gain valuable real-world experience, in a real restaurant setting. In addition, by having a restaurant on-site, all of FTC’s students, faculty and staff, as well as the community at large, can enjoy freshly-made, delicious meals at affordable prices,” he added.
Special guest and Latin Grammy recipient Andy Montañez expressed his excitement about his participation in this event. “I am doubly honored, first, for having the privilege of cutting the ribbon for Zazón Café’s grand opening, and second, for having been chosen as a recipient for a Honorary Doctorate of Humanities from FTC,” expressed Mr. Montañez, who will be receiving his Honorary Doctorate at Florida Technical College’s graduation ceremony on January 27th in Orlando for his lifetime achievements and contributions to the Latin American community. “Having a restaurant that can provide FTC’s students with much-needed experience is a great idea. I hope that as young people come in and see what the restaurant is all about, they are also attracted to pursue a career in this important industry,” he stated.
Zazón Café’s concept is all about “zavory” meals in a casual atmosphere, at moderate prices. The Café’s menu includes breakfast, lunch and dinner items, featuring American and Latin American cuisine favorites.
“We strive to have a perfect fusion of flavors in order to cater to our customer’s tastes,” explains Mr. Méndez. Some of the featured items are: Breakfast combos, specialty sandwiches, soups, burgers, salads and fried green plantains, among others. “We also feature a made-to-order live cooking station and house dishes of poultry, fish/shellfish and meat”, Méndez added. Hours of operation are convenient for both students and the public: Monday through Thursday, from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. “We invite the community to Zazón Café’s Grand Opening... visit us and try this new culinary alternative in Kissimmee!,” concluded Mr. Méndez.
Join us for "Two to Tango" at the new Zazón Café in the Osceola Square Mall on Tuesday January 24, 2012 from 5pm - 7pm.
Our Culinary Arts experts will share the secrets of preparing sushi in this informative two-hour seminar. Learn everything you need to know, from how to buy fresh fish, select oriental ingredients, the fundamentals of sushi preparation, to presentation and rolling techniques! To top it all off, there will be a sushi tasting as well!
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