Technical College of the Lowcountry issued the following announcement on November 19.
A crowd that included roughly several hundred people from the community turned out for a grand opening and ribbon cutting celebration held for the Culinary Institute of the South at Technical College of the Lowcountry on Thursday, Nov. 18.
The opening of the institute effectively makes the new school TCL’s fourth campus in its network of Lowcountry-based campuses and marked the culmination of several years of planning for the large-scale project.
“There was a concept, then there was a vision and then there was a lot of hard work,” said TCL Area Commission Chair Randy Dolyniuk as he congratulated the team behind the project.
Dolyniuk, who also chairs TCL’s Foundation Board of Directors, pointed to the many local and state entities that played a role in helping to bring the project to fruition as well.
The $15.3 million project was funded with $11.2 million from Beaufort County, Beaufort County School District and the Town of Bluffton; $3.5 million from the state of South Carolina and $625,000 raised from private sources and donors.
The school and its programs received widespread praise by those who attended the event – many enjoyed getting their first look inside the 30,000+ square foot facility and sampling small bites provided by sponsors and industry partners.
Those included Montage Palmetto Bluff, Sea Pines Resort, SERG Restaurant Group, U.S. Foods, Corner Perk, Omni Hilton Head Ocean Front Resort, The Sonesta Resort Hilton Head, Southern Barrel Brewing Company and Bluffton Tea Company.
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