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Top chefs lobby Congress to freeze Child Nutrition Act rules

The group asked lawmakers to keep certain provisions that K-12 foodservice directors would like to change.

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College slates weekly dining session with its own celebrity chef

Students can sample specialties and chat with Jamie Kennedy.

With 2015 coming to a close, Technomic has identified the 10 trends likely to shape menus next year. Here is what the Chicago researcher has identified.

Mario Perez, chef at Comal Independent School District, will be honored at the foodservice vendor’s annual Compass Night of the Stars event Oct. 22.

The New School’s new executive chef has introduced such items as a Korean vegan burger with pickled cabbage, a Yucateco Whitefish taco and a create-your-own ramen bowl.

The number of international students studying at U.S. universities grew to an all-time high of 886,052 students in the 2013-14 school year, said IIE.

Beefsteak, a vegetable-focused concept, will open a second unit in 2016. The start-up fast-casual brand features four predesigned bowls. Guests can also customize their bowls.

The foodservice provider’s new executive chef at Franklin College hopes to improve the cafeteria’s food quality by bringing experience with celebrity chefs and a European education to the job.

To get consistent burger patties, wrap the lid of a five-pound spice jar lid in plastic wrap and use it to press down burger meat that is in a ball.

Monroe, chef at Maryland-based Washington College, won the foodservice provider’s 2015 Mid-Atlantic Region Chef of the Year award, part of its Be-A-Star program.

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