Lecture: Changing the World Through Food

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Sun Room, Memorial Union

Fedele Bauccio is cofounder of Bon Appétit Management Company, which provides food service to 1,000+ cafés located at corporations, universities, and museums in 34 states.  Together Bauccio and Bon Appétit have revolutionized the food service industry, both by introducing fresh, made-from-scratch food to the contract market and by pioneering environmentally and socially responsible practices designed to create a more sustainable food system. Bon Appétit has committed to serving only sustainable seafood, switching to humanely raised meat, addressing farmworking rights, and most recently banning plastic straws. Fedele Bauccio’s many professional honors include the EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2014 National Retail and Consumer Products Award and one of the James Beard Foundation’s inaugural Leadership Awards. (2018-19 Helen LeBaron Hilton Endowed Chair Lecture Series)

Cosponsored by:

• College of Human Sciences
• Department of Apparel, Events, and Hospitality Management
• Office of Sustainability
• Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)