Our chefs on college campuses around the country have the unique responsibility to expand the minds and palates of an emerging generation, and an opportunity to educate students about the importance (and deliciousness) of sustainably sourced seafood options, both wild-caught or farmed, that are served in their campus cafés.
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Savoring our Commitment to Fair Trade Tea
Our partner, Numi, provides us with assorted herbal and caffeinated Fair Trade Certified teas, ensuring fair wages, safe working conditions, and community development premiums to support health, education, and infrastructure projects. They work closely with farm partners around the world, sourcing 130+ organic ingredients from more than 34 countries, guaranteeing traceable ingredients and positive outcomes for tea workers and their communities.
Fished or Farmed: A Q&A Deep Dive with Seafood Watch
Bon Appétit Management Company has long relied on Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch guidelines to inform our sustainable seafood purchasing. The Seafood Watch program scientifically assesses the environmental sustainability of seafood products on the U.S. market and then uses those findings to transform how seafood is fished and farmed. Commitments like ours at Bon Appétit — and our chefs’ efforts to put those promises into action — help push the needle on seafood sustainability so that people and planet can thrive for the long term.
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Leading By Example
Bon Appétit Management Company is an on-site restaurant company offering full food-service management to corporations, universities, museums, and other specialty venues. Based in Palo Alto, CA, we operate more than 1,000 cafés in 33 states. Our chefs cook from scratch, including sauces, stocks, and soups. Widely recognized as a pioneer in environmentally sound sourcing policies, we are proud to be the first food service company to:
- Directly support small, local farms
- Strive to serve only sustainable seafood
- Address antibiotics overuse in our meat supply
- Switch to cage-free eggs, both shell and precracked/liquid
- Tackle food’s role in climate change
- Advocate for farmworkers’ rights
- Commit to pork raised without gestation crates
- Switch to third-party verified humanely raised ground beef
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Chase Center Named No. 1 in Arena Food by ESPN
“The arena’s food — which includes the NBA’s first fully plant-based restaurant, among other Bay Area staples — claimed No. 1 in our concessions rankings along with amenities.” — ESPN
Sand Hill Kitchen’s Bodega 2.0 Breakfast Sandwich One of Best in Bay Area
“Hidden in an office park off the Peninsula’s VC-famous Sand Hill Road, this restaurant offers tasty farm-to-table California fare (and some top-tier Silicon Valley overheads for dine-in eaters) from its hilly Sharon Heights perch. The restaurant’s Bodega 2.0 sandwich ($12) is a winner, with a world of flavors captured between two slices of griddled levain…” – San Jose Mercury News
Chefs Serve Meals Made With Local Ingredients at Cornell College’s Eat Local Challenge
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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We’re always looking for great people to join our teams! If you:
- Get excited when fresh, local produce arrives on your loading dock
- Enjoy creating all-new dishes from scratch
- Love interacting with people through delicious and nutritious food
- Thrive when part of a close-knit team that takes your and others’ safety seriously
- Enjoy helping people reach their full potential, nourishing them through at-work learning opportunities
Then you may be a fit for us!