Manny’s Story: From DACA to the American Dream

For Hispanic Heritage Month this year, we are tracing the cultural and culinary impact of chiles across Latin America. As a member of the Capsicum plant family, chiles are an incredibly diverse ingredient used across the world, with varieties ranging in geography, cuisine, uses, spice level, color, and more.

One of the many essential partners that help ensure our culinary teams have access to reliable, high-quality products is local food hubs. The role of food hubs is to aggregate and distribute local food from small to midsize farms, which seamlessly streamlines the delivery of fresh, sustainable food to the communities and institutions we serve.

Just over two decades ago, Bon Appétit Management Company began our annual tradition of challenging our chefs to cook a farm to table meal made exclusively with ingredients grown within 150 miles of their café.