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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.
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.
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.
Bon Appétit’s Healthy Kids in the Kitchen program returned again this year, hosting students from Solon to learn about healthy foods and choices.
Two years after opening up bids, the Obama Foundation has announced the vendors that will handle the food and beverages for the Obama Presidential Center.
Leftover cafeteria food at Emerson College will be donated to local students in need this winter break. The Bon Appetit Management Company, which caters Emerson’s dining hall, is donating leftover prepared foods, produce, pantry, and refrigerated items to Food For Free, a non-profit helping fight food insecurity.
On a recent Friday, the menu at Whitman College’s dining hall looked a little different than normal. There was roasted elk, fry bread with huckleberry jam, and cedar plank smoked rainbow trout. These “first foods” are representative of the region’s Indigenous people. And Whitman College will now have a station highlighting them on the first Friday of every month.
Steven Spielberg is among the thousands flocking daily to feast at the most upscale studio employee cafeteria in recent memory, Universal‘s the Marketplace. Jake Holland, executive sous chef, NBCUniversal-Bon Appétit, says 1,600 to 1,700 meals fly out the door each day and about 20 percent of sales are vegan. “The Marketplace has definitely been great for morale,” says one NBCU staffer.