The University’s chapter of Spoon University serves up the hottest dish about college food culture, but it needs help to keep the light on.

Spoon University’s central hub publishes food and lifestyle content geared specifically for college students across the globe. To make their publications more localized — and to give students an opportunity for on-campus involvement — Spoon offers the opportunity for individual universities to form their own local chapters. Naturally, the University stepped up to the plate with a chapter of its own.

Fashion merchandising senior Vickie Nguyen runs the current Spoon group on campus. She said Spoon was the perfect opportunity to focus her writing about one of her passions.

“The only things I really cared about were fashion and food,” Nguyen said. “But, I only found clubs geared toward food sciences and nutrition.”

Nguyen said when Facebook showed her the opportunity to join Spoon, she was overjoyed. She is the marketing editor of Spoon, but the organization also offers positions in writing, editing, photography and videography.

Spoon offers everything from easy-make-recipes for people who live in dorms to Disney-inspired recipes and Buzzfeed-esque quizzes.

“It’s all fun stuff,” Nguyen said. “It’s nothing too serious.”

Spoon is currently searching for students to fill the club’s positions, especially since most of its founding members will be graduating in spring 2018. Now that the University’s Spoon chapter is being recognized by many local food publications and restaurants, Nguyen said she hopes more applicants will join the organization.

“We’re always looking for new members,” Nguyen said. “I just feel like it should be a bigger thing.”

Nguyen said there are both social and professional benefits to joining Spoon. She said the job is a great résumé, but her favorite part about working with Spoon is the friends she’s made.

“My favorite thing is the community, and just celebrating food together,” Nguyen said.

She said her closest colleagues participate in what she calls “Spoon bonding” at least once every month, where they go out to bowling alley or have a simple potluck.

Nguyen said Spoon offers students career opportunities, social connections and the joy of sharing a passion for all things culinary. With a myriad of things to offer, Spoon has only one question for its student audience: “Are ya hungry, Tigers?”