• Dinner rolls can be pre-ordered by the dozen in either white or whole wheat; cost is $6 per dozen.

  • Orders are being accepted online now through 12 p.m. on Mon., Nov. 20.

  • Order pick-up will be available from 10 a.m. to Noon on Wed., Nov. 22, at both the DMACC Newton Campus and the DMACC Urban/Des Moines Campus.

  • Last year’s fundraiser set a record for total orders, with students preparing 263 dozen – or 3,156 individual – dinner rolls for customers.

Don’t forget the dinner rolls! The Iowa Culinary Institute® (ici®) at DMACC’s Baking and Pastry Arts program is now accepting orders for its Fourth Annual Thanksgiving Dinner Roll Fundraiser, with students in the program ready to prepare delicious, freshly-baked rolls for your Thanksgiving table. The deadline to place an order is 12 p.m. on Mon., Nov. 20.

Last year’s fundraiser set a record for total orders, with students preparing 263 dozen – or 3,156 individual – dinner rolls for customers.

“Students in the Iowa Culinary Institute at DMACC’s Baking and Pastry Arts program are excited to work together on the Thanksgiving Dinner Roll fundraiser again this year,” said Chef Ryan Binney, who leads the Baking and Pastry Arts Program at the DMACC Newton Campus. “It’s a great group project for our students, and proceeds will help fund student travel to the 2024 American Culinary Federation (ACF) National Convention next summer in Phoenix.”


Place your order today

Rolls can be pre-ordered by the dozen in either white or whole wheat and will be packaged in a foil pan to make them easy to heat up. The cost is $6 per dozen, and order pick-up will be available from 10 a.m. to Noon on Wed., Nov. 22, at both the DMACC Newton Campus in Newton and the DMACC Urban/Des Moines Campus in downtown Des Moines. You will be asked to specify your preferred pick-up location when placing an order.

To place an order, go to https://bit.ly/ICIFundraiser23 and submit your order no later than 12 p.m. on Mon., Nov. 20. You can also find the order link at baking.dmacc.edu.

Students who complete the one-year Iowa Culinary Institute® (ici®) Baking and Pastry Arts diploma program, which launched in 2020 and is offered exclusively at the DMACC Newton Campus, will graduate as skilled baking artisans who are prepared to begin working or to continue on to earn a two-year culinary degree. To learn more about the program, visit baking.dmacc.edu.

For more information, contact: 

Chef Ryan Binney, Iowa Culinary Institute at DMACC, Baking and Pastry Arts Program, (641) 791-1706, rebinney@dmacc.edu

Lisa Schmitz, DMACC Marketing and Public Relations, (515) 964-6813, lmschmitz@dmacc.edu