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Nimal Amarasinghe, affectionately known as Chef Nimal, is a familiar face at Cleveland Commons, known for serving up delicious meals with a smile. As Residential Executive Chef for Bon Appétit Management Company at Whitman College, he takes pride in creating menus that reflect the tastes of diverse campus cultures while reinventing comfort foods.
In recognition of its efforts to pioneer a more sustainable local food system, the 2025 Sustainable Campus Index ranked Emory University fifth in Food and Dining. This marks the fifth consecutive year Emory has been named a top performer.
On Tuesday, Sept. 23, chefs at the Dining Center were tasked with crafting the entire lunch menu using only ingredients sourced within a 150-mile radius as a part of the “Eat Local Challenge.”
Penn Dining, the University’s on-campus food service department, and Bon Appétit, the catering company that partners with Penn, are taking steps to adopt sustainable practices and embrace environmentally friendly policies.
From 2020 to 2024, Bon Appétit Management Company impacted more than 138,000 guests with its food education programs, including 3,000 children in Healthy Kids cooking classes, 1,500 student athletes learning about performance nutrition, and 1,000 chefs learning about plant-forward cooking.
Roger Williams University students returned this fall to a refreshed Upper Commons, following a summer-long $2 million renovation project designed to expand dining options, highlight sustainability, and enhance the student experience.
Other notable events of the 1900s include me graduating from Carleton in a cohort of Nirvana-loving, zine-making, irony-drenched classic Gen-X kids, who then found one another in the Burton cafeteria and mocked everything…
There are perennial issues in the college and university worlds of residential and retail dining. Keeping diners interested in the same dining location three meals a day, seven days a week, adapting to changing technology, and more. And then there are today’s new issues …
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.
A preview of Mulva Cultural Center’s Savor on Broadway restaurant on WFRV in Green Bay, WI.