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The community service program to improve the tourism economy at Tirang Beach, Semarang aims to increase community income through developing tourism potential on the beach. This program will be implemented through tourism product development activities, improving the quality of tourism services, and skills training for the surrounding community. The method to be used in this program is data collection through a survey to find out the tourism potential in Tirang Beach, and the needs and expectations of tourists. Furthermore, tourism products will be developed in accordance with existing potential, such as developing culinary specialties from the beach, developing handicrafts, and developing natural tourism activities such as snorkeling and diving. In addition, there will be improvements to the quality of tourism services, such as developing tourism infrastructure, making information boards, and training the local community in good and friendly tourism services to tourists. In addition, skills training will be conducted for the surrounding community to improve the quality of tourism products and services provided. The expected results of this program are increasing people's income through developing tourism potential in Tirang Beach, as well as improving the quality of tourism products and services provided. This program is also expected to attract tourists to visit Tirang Beach, so as to increase tourism potential in the area. With this program, it is hoped that the surrounding community will become more independent and be able to improve the economy through existing tourism potential. Thus, a healthier and more sustainable environment can be created through sustainable economic development.

Community service by conducting counseling carried out by the lecturer team from STIEPARI Semarang in terms of increasing local culinary innovations for Semarang City Tourism Village has succeeded in having an impact on the community in the Semarang City Tourism Village environment. Tourism village is a big potential for regional development, especially Semarang City. The tourist village in the city of Semarang has a different potential which becomes an advantage and strength. The diversity of themes and concepts of a tourist village will become a diversity that can show its existence, especially for the city of Semarang which incidentally is an urban area. The diversity of tourism villages can be drawn from one thing in common, that each tourist village has similarities in terms of culinary delights. The culinary in the tourist village has its own characteristics which are influenced by the geographical and cultural location in the tourist village as well as local products which are the advantages of each tourist village. It is felt that the culinary development in the tourist village has not changed because it has not been touched much in terms of innovations that can be done.

Jembrak Village has very diverse potentials that can be used as capital in developing as a Tourism Village. The following are the problems encountered in Jembrak Village, such as: (1) the need to form a Community-Based Local Management Agency to manage the tourism village potential in Jembrak Village; (2) it is necessary to train and increase the ability of community human resources to become the main actors in the management of Tourism Villages in Jembrak Village; (3) it is necessary to explore the unique tourism potentials of Jembrak Village to be presented to tourists as a local tourist attraction; (4) the participation of the Jembrak Village community in the framework of environmental management for the realization of sustainable tourism. The author succeeded in realizing programs to support the development of Jembrak Village as a Tourism Village. These programs are the Establishment of Jembrak Village Tourism Village Managers, Making Tista Village Tourism Village Brochures, Making Tista Village Tourism Village Brochures, Making Trekking Routes, Producing and Packaging Local Culinary for Jembrak Village, Making Jembrak Village Tourism Profile Books, Making Local Souvenirs.

This community service activity helps managers of tourist villages in the city of Semarang aim to help increase local culinary innovation in the city of Semarang and create new menu creativity and be able to provide significant changes for the better. This activity was carried out on March 1, 2019 at the smart home of the Kandri Tourism Village, Semarang, which was attended by 30 people consisting of tourism village managers in the city of Semarang. The conclusion of this community service activity is that participants' knowledge of local culinary innovations increases, participants are able to repair and upgrade packaging to attract consumer interest, and participants are able to apply what was given during the training.

The comparation of brownies using cacao powder and cocoa powder are expected to be the standart to determine the best brownies. Purpose of the riset 1). To know the making of brownies using cacao powder and cocoa powder 2). To know the characteristic brownies using cacao powder and cocoa powder 3).To know the acceptability Panelist toward brownies using cacao and cocoa powder. Method of the riset is using literature method, documentation, experiment and hedonic test. The making of brownies cacao and cocoa experiment based on Program Study Culinary Art Academy Kesejahteraan Sosial Ibu Kartini Laboratory. Sultan Agung Street No.77 sub-distric Gajah Mungkur, Semarang. The percentage addition of cacao and cocoa powder in the making of brownies are 33% from weight of the flour. Result of the riset shown brownies with addition cacao and cocoa powder has sensory characteristics as sweet, bitter, a little bit savory, the colour is dark brown, the texture is solid and soft, the smell is like the characteristics of brownies. The acceptability of the Panelist with addition of cacao and cocoa powder in the brownies shown that the Panelist likes the brownies with cacao powder addition. Then we can conclude addition of the right choco powder for brownies is cacao powder.

This activity is a community service activity for the people of Purbosari village, Ngadirejo sub-district, Temanggung Regency. as part of the activities of the Central Java Province Bappeda for the 2017 fiscal year. The problem that is being handled is the problem of the loss of livelihoods of the tobacco farming community due to restrictions on tobacco farming and tobacco products. This activity is also an implementation  of  the   Regulation   of  the  Minister  of   Finance of the Republic of Indonesia Number: 28 / PMK.07 / 2016 concerning the Use, Monitoring and Evaluation of Tobacco Excise Production Sharing Funds. The model used is a community-based tourism development model as a form of the tourism sector's creative economy that provides optimal benefits to the community. The service process is carried out by means of efforts to empower the people's economy in the tourism sector with a community-based tourism (CBT) approach or community-based tourism by involving local communities in activities, which include the introduction of tourism potential and training on the utilization of local non-tobacco agricultural potentials to be processed into culinary products and by by tours. The local community is motivated to become the main actor in the management of tourism activities that arise from the utilization of the local potential that exists in the service location. The result of this activity is the achievement of community understanding of tourism as an alternative to activities other than tobacco farming, understanding of local tourism potential, development of tourism activities and tourism support activities in the location.

The food consumption diversification program for the people of Kwadungan Village is the basis for community-based tourism economic empowerment activities that process cassava plants into various selling-worthy snacks to tourists. The problem faced is the lack of knowledge on how to make cassava based snacks. The community service model is to directly involve groups of women tobacco farmers in utilizing the potential of local agricultural plants to become a typical culinary product of Kwadungan Village. The results of the activity were various snack products from the training of cassava processing such as cassava sticks, cassava croquettes, cassava klapertaart and cassava pastels made by women from tobacco farming groups.

This study aims to analyze the dynamics of the rural economy in Sukajaya Village, a newly formed village from expansion. Through a qualitative approach, this study examines strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats in the agricultural, MSME, and social sectors in Sukajaya Village. It was found that Sukajaya Village has advantages in agriculture and culinary MSMEs but faces challenges such as a lack of government support and understanding of the digital economy. This research also reveals social problems, especially in education. Proposed solutions include improving digital infrastructure, entrepreneurship education, and social interventions for schooling. This research provides important insights into rural economic empowerment that can help Sukajaya Village face challenges and seize opportunities.

Subtitution of kelor leaves flour in making Cup Cake hopefully become new innovation in Cup Cake product and can improve economical amount of kelor plant. Purpose of this research are: 1) Knowing the sensory characterictic of Kelor Leaves Cup Cake; 2) Knowing people acceptance to Kelor Leaves Cup Cake. Method used in this research by using library method, documentation, experiment, and hedonic test. Experiment in making Kelor Leaves Cup Cake held in laboratory of culinary art study program at AKS Ibu Kartini, Jl. Sultan Agung No. 77, Gajahmungkur District, Semarang City. Addition percentage of kelor leaves flour in making Kelor Leaves Cup Cake as amount of 5%, 10%, and 15% from flour weight. Result of this research shows that Kelor Leaves Cup Cake product has sensory characteristic included sweet flavour with taste of kelor leaves, colour from greeny yellow until dark green, tekxture hard sponged and specific aroma of Cup Cake (margarine aroma with kelor leaves aroma). Panelists aceptance to Kelor Leaves Cup Cake by hedonic test result shows that panelists choose Kelor Leaves Cup Cake with addition of kelor leaves flour as amount of 15 %. It is concluded that there is innovation opportunity from Cup Cake with addition of kelor leaves flour.

Increasing competition especially in the culinary business , make Pecel Solo Restaurant should strive to meet the expectations of customer with the needs and desires of customer so that what is accepted by consumers as expected earlier. The purpose of this study was to determine if there are any the difference (gap) between the expectation with the customers perception of service quality dimensions on Pecel Solo Restaurant. The sampling technique using non probability sampling technique with the sample size is 68 respondents. Data analysis methods used are Mann Whitney , and the Importance Performance Analysis