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Article: Bon Appetit Management Co. (contract foodservice company; includes Bon Appetit's menu selection) (Restaurants and Institutions Ivy Winners)
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- Restaurants & Institutions
- Article date:
- May 20, 1992
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Bon Appetit: How apt a name for an operation that - like any topnotch restaurant - is driven by the proprietor's passion for food. Bon Appetit, however, is not a restaurant but a contract foodservice company, the first to win an Ivy in the award's 22-year history.
Its proprietor, by his own admission, has always been a food nut. "I grew up in an Italian culture where food was central to our lives," says Fedele Bauccio, CEO and co-founder. "I've always felt that companies on the contract side of the food business don't spend enough time with food. These companies have a done a great job with accounting, standardization, national contracts, systems - but how often ...