Chefs from Bon Appétit serve meals made entirely from ingredients harvested or raised within 150 miles on Tuesday as part of Cornell College’s Eat Local Challenge. Students, staff and community members got the chance to try out the foods and learn about where those different ingredients come from.
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California’s Food Recovery Program is the First of its Kind in the US
- News Modern Farmer
In the first three months of 2024, Bon Appétit Management Company (BAMCO) cafes in California donated 65,596 pounds of food. As a food service provider for more than a thousand universities and corporate campuses across the US, BAMCO first began a food recovery program in 2015.
Chase Center’s first lady of flavors
- News The Manila Times
Kristela Nazario-Mendoza is a proud Filipino-American. Her journey to becoming Chase Center’s culinary director began in the Philippines, in fact, and is both inspiring and aspirational.
New restaurant in Menlo Park pays homage to old Silicon Valley
- News Almanac News
A new restaurant called Sand Hill Sundeck has opened at 3000 Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park. The restaurant, which opened on July 7, is located within the Sand Hill Collection, a 48-acre indoor-outdoor workspace poised at the top of Sand Hill Road.
Fun Recipes for Father’s Day Festivities
- News KRON
If you’ve stopped by Chase Center to enjoy a game or even a concert. It’s likely you’ve tasted some culinary concoctions by Chef Kristela Mendoza. She’s the only female culinary director among all the NBA arenas. KRON4’s Stephanie Lin spoke with Mendoza.
The way Gen Z eats, thinks and feels informs new wellness series at UPenn
- News Foodservice Director
Bon Appetit’s new Dine Well, Eat Smart monthly takeover series at UPenn taps into the college-age generation’s wants and needs, from lowering their carbon footprint, to elevating their mood, all in a chill, low-key manner.
Florida Farmworkers Seek Help on Heat Protection from Food Industry
- News Miami Herald
Seeking relief from South Florida’s soaring heat, outdoor workers in South Florida appealed to politicians in Miami-Dade and Tallahassee for help. They got none. Now, a coalition of farmworkers from South-Dade and Immokalee intend to take their campaign directly to the powerful fast food and grocery industries that buy the produce they harvest.
Don’t Let Congress Overturn California’s Animal Welfare Law
- News Mercury News
Allowing pigs to turn around. It may seem like a modest goal, but it’s taken decades of advocacy for this basic humane standard to become law in California. Yet now, some politicians are doing anything they can to undo this work—including overturning elections—to achieve their goals.
Cafés and Restaurants at the Huntington and Metropolitan Museum of Art Named Among the Nation’s Best
- News American Alliance of Museums
The American Alliance of Museums recently noted the cafés and restaurants at the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens and the Metropolitan Museum of Art as among the nation’s best museum eateries.
Bon Appétit Wins Produce Business Most Innovative Dining Outlet Award
- News Produce Business
Converting Americans’ deficient produce intake and poor dietary habits has proved a formidable feat, but not a fait accompli. This was the impetus propelling the Produce Business industry-nominated award series, which launched this year to honor innovative companies and executives that market and sell produce to drive overall consumption. Bon Appétit Management Company is the inaugural winner in the foodservice category.