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The International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) has given CEO and founder Fedele Bauccio its Lifetime Achievement Award, for revolutionizing the food service industry. In 1987 Fedele began hiring real chefs to cook real food from scratch for his new company’s corporate and university diners. In the 25 years since then, Bauccio’s initial focus on flavor has become a quest to use Bon Appétit’s purchasing power to transform the supply chain into a more sustainable model — one that values small, local farmers; humane animal treatment; farmworker welfare; and more.

Bon Appétit Management Company hopes it has grown large enough to demand change from the ranchers and farmers it buys from.

"CEO Fedele Bauccio often doesn't get credit outside the industry for being a trailblazer. But let me tell you: His impact on the local-sustainable movement is big.…"

it’s refreshing to see that Bon Appétit Management Company (BAMCO) has promised to phase out pork produced in gestation crates, do away with all eggs from confined hens, and source at least 25 percent of their meat from farms that are third-party-certified humane by 2015.

Bon Appétit Management Company has announced the rollout of the food service industry’s most comprehensive farm animal welfare policy to date, to applause from The Humane Society of the United States. It is requiring that all pork it serves be produced without using gestation crates and all eggs without battery cages by 2015.

In trying to keep its workforce motivated, efficient, happy and productive -- as well as to recruit and retain talent -- an increasing number of companies are viewing high-quality employee meals as a crucial perk.

There's no shortage of inspiration on the walls of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Now, the same can be said of the plate.

CEO Fedele Bauccio has been named 2011's Sustainability Pathfinder by Chefs Collaborative, the country's top professional organization dedicated to a more sustainable, local, and delicious food system. A panel of 21 culinary leaders selected him for this prestigious award, which honors efforts beyond the kitchen.