Bon Appétit Management Company

For Native American Heritage Month, Bon Appétit is partnering with Golden Eagle Farm, owned and operated by the Mesa Grande Band of Mission Indians. Golden Eagle is an ambitious endeavor balancing traditional Indigenous farming methods and new revenue generators such as agri-tourism.

The Eat Local Challenge (ELC), now in its 19th year, is a little like Christmas at Bon Appétit. Of course, Bon Appétiters celebrate the bounty of local foods year-round, but every September, accounts across the country participate in this one big day that shines a national spotlight on our commitment to supporting local food systems.  

We’re looking back at the impact of the Healthy Kids in the Bon Appétit Kitchen series of food education classes we held over the past few months for kids all over the country. The Food Education team hosted over 20 classes and reached 400 children this summer.  Hooray for watermelon pizza!

On a recent visit to Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon, West Coast Fellow Hillary Swimmer helped lead a food waste focused cooking demo with Executive Chef Michael Palmer and the college’s Office of Sustainability.

This summer, Bon Appetit leaders at Emory University’s Atlanta campus decided to launch a new training program, which provided employees with an opportunity to increase their cross-functional knowledge across the entire dining operation.

How a love of food blossomed into a pursuit of justice and community.

Our newly formed Food Education Team is poised to take food literacy to the next level in our cafés and in the communities we serve.

This Black History Month, as we celebrate and amplify the voices of Black people in the United States, we also want to call attention to critically important programs like the CASFS apprenticeship, which do so much to offer onramps to farming, cultural foodways, and land justice for BIPOC folks.  

The Bon Appétit at Adobe San Jose team recently held a hands-on safety training to complement their existing safety curriculum.

Bon Appétit at Lafayette College Campus Executive Chef John Soder introduces international students to traditional Pennsylvania Dutch fare.