International Food Festival at PVCC

Elizabeth Phan, staff writer

On Wednesday, April 3, the International Food Festival was held in the North Mall Meeting room from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. to fundraise for Clowns Without Borders. The entire event supported the low waste and zero plastic movement by supplying eco-friendly utensils. The festival featured food from restaurants such as Bavarian Chef, Maru served by K-Club (Korean Club), Cactus, and Himalayan Fusion, all of which supported authentic local restaurants.

Various PVCC clubs also came to support the cause and provided dishes such as Japanese Club with sushi, homemade crepes from the French club, favorite home dishes from the International Club, Black Student Alliance with their popular classic American favorites, and the Pulsera Project where the Spanish club sold hand woven bracelets from Central American artisans.

The organizer for the International Food Festival, Kit Decker, hopes that students and faculty at PVCC can enjoy a vibrant campus full of diversity and appreciation of different cultures and cuisine. “I love that half a dozen different student clubs will be represented and put a lot of energy and effort into the event,” he said. He wants students to learn to try something new and learn to love what other cultures have to share.

Decker explains that the student and faculty at PVCC use this opportunity to understand the rich, cosmopolitan community that flourishes in Charlottesville.

“See how different traditions, cultures, and tastes can fuse into a greater whole. To remember that the world is vast and needs to be explored by willing, curious, adaptable, compassionate minds,” said Decker.