Event on Tues 2/8/11, 12:30-1:30pm. See details below. By Carolina Fojo, East Coast Fellow, Bon Appétit Management Company Foundation A new challenge is coming to Bon Appétit chefs across the country: Create a delicious meal using only sustainable ingredients that are selected by the audience, and do it in just 30 minutes!
Pursue it With Passion: A Chef’s Perspective
~Written by Carolina Fojo, East Coast Fellow for Bon Appétit Mgmt. Co. As the East Coast Fellow for Bon Appétit, I travel to college campuses to discuss food sustainability with students, and with our staff and chefs. I recently had the privilege of sitting down with Chef Justin McArthur, a recent addition to the Bon […]
A Beacon of Local Light
~Written by Carolina Fojo, East Coast Fellow for Bon Appétit Mgmt. Co. As a Fellow for Bon Appétit, I have the pleasure of traveling to local farms from which Bon Appétit purchases, and meeting the very people who provide us with the food we eat. In September, I traveled to St. Libory, IL to visit […]
The New American Gothic
~Written by Carolina Fojo, East Coast Fellow for Bon Appétit Mgmt. Co. As a Fellow for Bon Appétit, I have the pleasure of traveling to local farms from which Bon Appétit purchases, and meeting the very people who provide us with the food we eat. Last month, I traveled to Dover, PA to […]
Eating Local with Bon Appétit Management Company
~By Carolina Fojo, East Coast Fellow for Bon Appétit Mgmt. Co. For more than 10 years now, Bon Appétit has been working closely with local farmers and artisans to supply food in our cafes. Each year we take special care to celebrate our local partners in our Eat Local Challenge. Please join us for our […]
How free-range can you get?
~Written by Carolina Fojo, East Coast Fellow for Bon Appétit Mgmt. Co. This past Friday I drove to visit Katherine and Sam Ecker of Legacy Manor Farm in Boonsboro, MD, which is about an hour north of D.C. After having been warned in an email not to dress up because “we really are free range […]
On-Farm Innovations: Composting Your Way from Beer to a Hot Shower
In February I visited George Jones Farm in Ohio, which works closely with Bon Appétit Management Company at Oberlin College. The farm, constantly looking for new innovations, is doing a lot of cool stuff—including using brew waste (from beer) for compost, and using compost for hot showers! In this video, one of the George Jones […]
A Tribute to Bon Appétit Chefs
As the East Coast Fellow for Bon Appétit Management Company, I spent this past semester traveling to colleges and talking to different people about food sustainability. On the way, I met many of the people who actually imagine and create the food that we eat–our chefs. So here's a little tribute to them. Enjoy! ~Posted […]
What could be more appropriate for Earth Day than a green gorilla costume?
What, indeed? Well, Peter Murrey, a junior at Washington University in St. Louis (featured above), didn’t seem to think there was anything more appropriate. He was one among many students who decided to celebrate Earth Day 2010 in a bang-out fashion. In fact, seventeen different WashU organizations banded together for a day-long celebration that […]
BAMCO employee having fun!
Here's a fun little clip :0) While going through footage of an interview I did with one of our chefs about local food, I noticed something that I hadn't noticed before…pay attention to the background…I couldn't stop laughing! ~Posted by Carolina Fojo, East Coast Fellow for Bon Appétit Mgmt. Co.