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Basketball star’s former chef takes position at senior living center

Executive Chef Jason Hosoi, once the personal chef for L.A. Laker Kobe Bryant, will be responsible for overseeing the kitchen at Oakmont of Whittier, where residents receive three meals a day and unlimited snacks.

“Street Eatz” plays on the food truck craze while attempting to get more kids to eat nutritious school lunches.

Sharp Memorial Hospital is working with its foodservice provider, Sodexo, to create restaurant-quality food that still meets healthful food standards.

Hand-picked student diners from UC Santa Barbara judged a four-course tasting menu.

Campus dining services wants to buy local and sustainable products, but say students are often unwilling to pay more for sustainable meals.

Colorado Plains Medical Center unveiled a newly remodeled cafeteria this week. The larger space has additional kitchen equipment, wall decals of trees and mountains, and a dining room that can seat up to 75 people.

Foodservice professionals and educators attended the 2015 Massachusetts Farm to Cafeteria Conference to learn best practices and share ideas on how to improve their farm-to-school programs.

In response to student requests, Brandeis University now offers five meal periods per day: Breakfast, continental breakfast, lunch, limited lunch and dinner.

Union representatives received email from Sodexo stating that two J Street workers would be laid off because of university-mandated cutbacks. But the university, facing a $20 million budget shortfall, says it has not directed the contractor to make any changes to the foodservice program.

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