Bon Appétit Management Company

Siblings Cartier and Cayenne Bengochea were recently awarded Staff Member of the Year during Lafayette College’s Aaron O. Hoff awards.

During this year’s observation of Juneteenth, we’re partnering with CheFarmer Matthew Raiford, who last joined Bon Appétit teams across the country in their celebration of Black History Month. Matthew has graciously shared recipes from his family table with us, for you.

We checked in with CheFarmer Matthew Raiford about what it means to observe Juneteenth.

We’re thrilled to be partnering with renowned Indian chef Raghavan Iyer for this year’s LGBTQ+ Pride Month celebration.  

This April, the Bon Appétit team at Whitman College collaborated with Whitman graduate Roger Amerman (Choctaw) to create menus to complement programming taking place at the college’s long tent, a traditional structure of the tribal peoples of the Inland Northwest/Columbia River Plateau.

While mentorship and helping hourly employees develop new skills to grow their careers has always been a priority for Bon Appétit managers, in 2022 Bon Appétit Management Company launched a companywide leadership certification program designed to give hourly employees a specific blend of hard and soft skill sets that will help them transition into management roles.

In partnership with Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Bon Appétit recently opened The Lighthouse, a café and events space which joins Foundry & Lux and The Anecdote, two other Bon Appétit public restaurants in the Oyster Point area.  

As part of Washington University in St. Louis’ Earth Week celebration, Professor Braude and Bon Appétit Executive Chef Patrick McElroy, who leads WUSTL Dining’s culinary team,teamed up to lead a foraging workshop and edible campus tour.

In February, the New York Times broke the news that Bon Appétit’s Chief Strategy and Brand Officer, Maisie Ganzler, had been nominated to the board at McDonald’s by financier Carl Icahn, who holds shares in the fast-food brand. Icahn has been pushing McDonald’s to stick to its 2012 commitment to transition its pork supply away from inhumane gestation crates. Ganzler, who successfully led the transition of Bon Appétit’s pork supply away from gestation crates (a nationwide rollout of the product is occurring right now), was chosen by Icahn for her deep direct experience in working with suppliers to make this change. In this Q&A, Maisie talks about the journey from asking lots of questions about the welfare of pigs to receiving a highly publicized board nomination for a fast-food giant.

We’re partnering with James Beard-award winning chef, educator, and author Andrea Nguyen during this year’s Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month.