In celebration of our 17th annual Eat Local Challenge, our chefs sourced a diverse array of ingredients from farmers, fishers, and makers, crafting 100% local (with the exception of salt) meals for guests.
Blog: Sourcing
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Chefs and Techies Team Up to Fight Waste
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Food waste can be incredibly tough to track, especially in dynamic, cook-from-scratch kitchens like Bon Appetit’s that serve thousands every day. Enter Waste Not™: Bon Appétit’s very own kitchen-waste tracking app that makes it easier than ever for chefs to capture the cause, quantity, and destination of their food waste.
Longtime Partnership Blossoms to Preserve Santa Fe Foodways
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We’re creating a new quarterly series that features longtime Farm to Fork and Locally Crafted vendors, starting with Squash Blossom Local Food in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
After a Fallow Year, Students Return to Carleton’s Organic Farm
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We’re introducing a new quarterly series that celebrates the work being done on campus farms and gardens at our accounts across the country, starting with the storied Carleton Student Organic Farm at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota.
It’s Stop Food Waste Day Today … and Every Day at Bon Appétit!
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In honor of Stop Food Waste Day (April 28), we asked our chefs to submit creative food-waste-fighting recipes. Here are the top three.
Stop Food Waste Day Recipe #1: Chickpea Panisse with Wilted Beet Greens, Aquafaba, and Roasted Garlic
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A panisse inspired by surplus hummus forms the basis of this hearty dish.
Stop Food Waste Day Recipe #2: Baked Bagna Cauda with Brassicas
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An Italian dish traditionally served on Christmas Eve, this rich dip with anchovies and garlic is satisfying anytime,
Stop Food Waste Day Recipe #3: Whole Lemon Meringue Bars
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For her Stop Food Waste recipe inspiration, Pastry Chef Jenn Bullard had to look no further than her Northern California back yard — and her childhood sibling memories.
Wheaton College Garden Flourishes with a Little Love from Bon Appétit
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The Wheaton College Garden has become a hub for a wide variety of initiatives after winning a Bon Appétit Student Activist Grant in 2019.
Bon Appétit Marks 10th Anniversary of Inventory of Farmworker Issues and Protections
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During this year’s National Farmworker Awareness Week we mark 10 years since the publication of the Inventory of Farmworker Issues and Protections, and highlight the challenges farmworkers continue to face.