Case Western Reserve University Chef/Manager Jonathan Barger led an educational cooking demo benefiting families at the Ronald McDonald House in Cleveland.
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The 2019 Holiday Gift Guide from Bon Appétit
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Cool new cookbooks, gadgets, kid-friendly tools, and more gift ideas from Bon Appétit chefs, managers, and support staff
Bon Appétit and Lawrence University Students Team Up to Feed the Hungry
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To help address food insecurity on campus, General Manager Julie Severance and Community Adviser and Lawrence University student Molly Ruffing collaborated to offer more ways to involve students in relief efforts.
Learning More about the White Violet Center for Eco-Justice
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The White Violet Center not only supplies produce to Bon Appétiters at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and local partners, it is also an education center for organic agriculture and social advocacy resources.
Helping Old Skool Café Put on a Night to Remember
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Old Skool Cafe is an unusual restaurant. Located in Bayview–Hunter’s Point in San Francisco, this youth-run jazz-themed supper club is operated through a faith-based violence prevention program that offers marketable employment skills in the restaurant industry to at-risk youth ages 16 to 22. They cook, wait tables, and provide the entertainment. The nonprofit program was started by a former corrections officer and unstoppable force named Teresa Goines, who ran the program out of her house for years. Ninety-two percent of the program’s attendees have earned high school diplomas, and 13 have started college since 2010. Bon Appétit CEO Fedele Bauccio met Teresa through Golden State Warriors President and COO Rick Welts, and instantly wanted to help. Old Skool Cafe was in the middle of a renovation to reconfigure its cramped space to allow it to serve more customers, and Fedele […]
VIDEO: Local Top Chef Junior Finalist Visits the Garden at Oracle Park
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Top Chef Junior finalist Rahanna Bisseret Martinez joined forces with our Healthy Kids team for a special class at the Garden at Oracle Park.
Celebrating 10 Years of the Fellows Program: An Introduction
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The past Bon Appétit Fellows share what they learned — and what advice they’d give current food-activist students.
Celebrating 10 Years of the Fellows Program: Carolina Fojo
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“You’ll burn yourself out if you try to fix everything that’s wrong with our food system.”
Celebrating 10 Years of the Fellows Program: Dayna Burtness
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“Spend at least a month (ideally a season!) working full time on a farm.”
Celebrating 10 Years of the Fellows Program: Vera Chang
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“I became a confident speaker, panel facilitator, writer, and photographer. I’ve used these skills over the course of my career to investigate social and environmental problems.”