Changing the World Through Food

Fedele Bauccio is cofounder of Bon Appétit Management Company, which provides food service to 1,000-plus 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 farmworker 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.

Part of the 2018-19 Helen LeBaron Hilton Endowed Chair Lecture Series, hosted by the Department of Apparel, Events and Hospitality Management.

Celebrating 10 Years of the Live Green! Initiative