This LGBTQ+ Pride Month, we are delighted for the opportunity to partner with Von Diaz, an Emmy Award-winning documentarian, food historian, and cookbook author.
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Kristela Nazario-Mendoza and Team at Chase Center Snag an Emmy Nomination
Congratulations to Chase Center Culinary Director Kristela Nazario-Mendoza and her team!
Meet Chef Cliff Rome, our Partner and the Chef for the Obama Presidential Center
We’re thrilled to partner with Cliff Rome, chef and owner of Peach’s, a restaurant in the Bronzeville neighborhood of Chicago. We’re teaming up with Chef Rome to operate the dining services at the Obama Presidential Library, which will open on Chicago’s South Side next year. Watch the video to get to know Cliff a little more!
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Bon Appétit Management Company is an on-site restaurant company offering full food-service management to corporations, universities, museums, and other specialty venues. Based in Palo Alto, CA, we operate more than 1,000 cafés in 33 states. Our chefs cook from scratch, including sauces, stocks, and soups. Widely recognized as a pioneer in environmentally sound sourcing policies, we are proud to be the first food service company to:
Directly support small, local farms- Strive to serve only sustainable seafood
- Address antibiotics overuse in our meat supply
- Switch to cage-free eggs, both shell and precracked/liquid
- Tackle food’s role in climate change
- Advocate for farmworkers’ rights
- Commit to pork raised without gestation crates
- Switch to third-party verified humanely raised ground beef
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These seven early- and mid-career professionals are truly living The Dream! Meet the final four Bon ...
These seven early- and mid-career professionals are truly living The Dream! Meet the final four Bon Appétiters making their mark 👇
4️⃣ Asha Harrison-Bastidas is one of our brand activation managers. Now based out of Oregon, Asha actually started at Bon Appétit as an introverted nightshift supervisor. In a short time, she’s grown into her current position that’s all about interacting with guests, clients, and support teams every day. “I love it! It’s all thanks to the guidance of some pretty amazing people who have made BA their home and are helping guide me to do the same.”
5️⃣ Director of Culinary at @PennDining Shazad Khan came to Bon Appétit at Penn in 2023 after stints with other Compass sectors. “I love to keep learning.” On his first foray into higher ed, he says, “It’s really satisfying to work alongside the students to team them and guide them through their college experience while also having some fun together.”
6️⃣ Alfonso Lopez is a cook at @lckitchenplano. For his part, Alfonso loves that no day is the dame other than the regular opportunity to demonstrate his passion for cooking to his guests. “Seeing people enjoy what I create every day helps give me a sense of purpose.”
7️⃣ Sam Ng is a director of business optimization at a tech company in Mountain View. He describes landing at Bon Appétit as “opportunity with a dash of kismet. I’ve built amazing relationships with colleagues, feel appreciated by senior leadership, and grown overall as an operator, manager, and person.”
Check out the whole article on page 46 of Bravo winter 2025 at the link in our bio!
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What happens when you let chefs make the decisions? You get a lot of pasta made from scratch ...
What happens when you let chefs make the decisions? You get a lot of pasta made from scratch because, well, it just tastes better!
📸: The always-from-scratch pasta at @riposossf
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For LGBTQ+ Pride Month, Bon Appétit is proudly partnering with Von Diaz, an Emmy Award-winning ...
For LGBTQ+ Pride Month, Bon Appétit is proudly partnering with Von Diaz, an Emmy Award-winning documentarian, food historian, and cookbook author! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Von Diaz has always focused on the unifying power of food from an early age. Her cookbooks showcase this understanding:
➡️ In Coconuts & Collards: Recipes and Stories from Puerto Rico to the Deep South, Von mixes traditional recipes inspired by her grandmother's Puerto Rican kitchen with her upbringing in the American South.
➡️ In Islas: A Celebration of Tropical Cooking, Von explores cooking techniques shared in common by island cuisines across the world.
Throughout the month of June, we're sharing a selection of recipes contributed by Von and are featuring an in-depth interview with Von about her cookbooks, what led to her career in food, and more! #LGBTQPride #LGBTQPrideMonth #PrideMonth #CulinaryDiversity
Most Recent News
Obama Visits Chicago to Get a Taste of Future Presidential Center Cuisine
Former President Barack Obama was recently in Chicago to work on plans for the in-progress Obama Presidential Center, including a stop at Peach’s in Bronzeville. Peach’s owner Cliff Rome is partnering with Bon Appétit Management Company to run the Obama Presidential Center’s restaurant and café, as well as catering on the campus.
Introducing Savor on Broadway
A preview of Mulva Cultural Center’s Savor on Broadway restaurant on WFRV in Green Bay, WI.
Rapper P-Lo tries Filipino cuisine at Golden State Warriors Arena
Bay Area rapper P-Lo joined our Culinary Director, Kristela Nazario-Mendoza for a Chase Center food tour where they explored their Filipino heritage by tasting dishes around the arena and creating their own custom menu items — Chicken Inasal Skewers and Manila Mule cocktail & mocktail!
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We’re always looking for great people to join our teams! If you:
- Get excited when fresh, local produce arrives on your loading dock
- Enjoy creating all-new dishes from scratch
- Love interacting with people through delicious and nutritious food
- Thrive when part of a close-knit team that takes your and others’ safety seriously
- Enjoy helping people reach their full potential, nourishing them through at-work learning opportunities
Then you may be a fit for us!