Congrats to all the Hospitality staff members who celebrated a milestone anniversary in the months of January through March, 2021.
A very special congratulations to Christine Turecek , First Cook, who celebrated her 35th anniversary in January!...
The Menu
Schwarzman Center: Moving along!
February 19, 2021
Did you know many members of the Schwarzman Center team have moved into the building? Take a look as finishing touches are being made inside and out!
Winter Recipe Roundup –Yale Hospitality judges pick their favs
January 13, 2021
The Yale Community loves to cook! Over 80 Yale staff, faculty, and graduate students shared their favorite recipes as part of the first Annual Winter Recipe Roundup. Family favorite submissions ranged from Nonna Cecilia’s Manicotti, Gram’s Easy One Pan Meal, to MeeMaw’s...
Menu R&D and Design
December 11, 2020
Our menus are crafted to reflect our transformative values, diverse cultural community, and culinary advancements. Our team has been experimenting and innovating at the CSC – including items such as cavatelli with braised broccoli rabe and sausage, pork and salsa verde piadinas, savory corn...
Hospitality Spotlight on the Thanksgiving team
December 11, 2020
Although most of our students left campus prior to Thanksgiving, our team continued to prepare meals for the approximately 150 students who remained – as well as produce full Thanksgiving meals for DESK to distribute to 600 individuals. What a feat!
Immense gratitude to our amazing...
Hospitality staff recognized with Linda K Lorimer Award
December 11, 2020
Aniello DeMartino, Cyon E. Jones, Danielle Lucci, Craig Staffey, Christina C. Wethington, and Nicole White were recently honored with the Linda K. Lorimer Award for...
Behind the Scenes at Schwarzman - Virtual Photo Tour
December 11, 2020
Take a peek behind the scaffolding for an inside look at the renovations happening inside. No hard hat required!
Share your favorite recipe in the Winter Recipe Roundup!
December 4, 2020
Special thanks to the almost 90 Yale staff, faculty and graduate students who submitted recipes. The winners will be announced in January 2021 on the It’s Your Yale homepage. At that time, a link will be published for the Yale Community to access or download the...
Spotlight on the Ground Café Team
November 13, 2020
We’d like to recognize the new team at Becton! Led by Lynn Torello, all three employees - Kortney Jenkins, Edna Echevarria, Ellen King - have volunteered to come from other retail units to support this location. The Becton platform went from a la carte options, which were primarily coffee and...
Spotlight on Yale Hospitality - Catering Team
October 16, 2020
With our catering operation currently suspended, we are proud that our Catering team has continued to step up and support the broader Yale Hospitality organization. With our students back on campus, there have been plenty of shoes to fill! Our Catering staff has been supporting student needs and...
Hospitality Spotlight on COVID-19 Testing Staff
September 18, 2020
Since March, our staff has continued to show just how dedicated and nimble they truly are! We’ve shifted operations and roles, and reassigned members to areas previously unfamiliar to them – each carrying their weight with grace and positivity. When our team was tapped to take on COVID-19...
Sushi, Steep & more
September 18, 2020
This week, our retail operations at Ground Café, Steep Café and Café Med reopened to serve their unique communities – providing a lunch meal plan and specialty meal deals.
We’ve been able to bring sushi to our students...
Davenport Staging & Facilities Support Teams
July 17, 2020
For the past few months, our entire team has been dedicated to planning and preparing changes to our dining experience in anticipation of the return of students this fall. This month, we’re proud to highlight the teams who have been unwavering and collaborative to prepare for students’ arrival...
A message from Rafi Taherian
June 11, 2020
I want to take a moment to recognize that these have been some of the toughest weeks we’ve experienced recently. President Salovey couldn’t have said it better in his May 31 message : “At a time when the...
A message from Rafi Taherian
May 13, 2020
I hope you and your loved ones are safe and healthy.
I cannot thank enough our frontline team members who are providing support and food service to our students, first responders, and our campus community.
I trust that you had an opportunity to join President Salovey and the...
Here for our heroes
April 24, 2020
Thank you! To date, we have served over 4,000 meals to students remaining on campus, as well as first responders and other individuals in isolation throughout campus. We are grateful to our entire Yale Hospitality team for your unparalleled efforts – alongside first responders and frontline...
Community food donations
April 24, 2020
Over the years, Yale Hospitality has had a long-term relationship with the city of the New Haven through providing food to soup kitchens, staff volunteering for fundraising, and participation in varied activities in support of the community. Maureen O’Donnell, Residential Dining General Manager...
Hospitality Heroes
April 24, 2020
They say not all heroes wear capes—well, at Yale University, some of them wear chef coats.
Nicole White, First Cook at Trumbull Dining, and Craig Staffey, CSC Garde Manger, are just two of Hospitality’s many staff members who have demonstrated unparalleled commitment, leadership,...
Yale Payroll - Paper Paychecks
March 25, 2020
Until further notice, paper paychecks are no longer going to be distributed or available for pickup. Staff, students, and faculty who currently receive paper paychecks will have two choices for receiving their paycheck:
Direct Deposit -...Hospitality Snapshots- Joanne Ursini
March 12, 2020
Joanne, a Desk Pantry worker at Davenport, has been with Hospitality for over 20 years. She takes special pride in Davenport’s spa water and is truly artful with its presentation, from a seasonal mix of fruit, to crafting swimming sharks out of cucumbers, or a Halloween display of spider webs...
Upcoming Hospitality Training - March 2020
March 12, 2020
Wednesday, March 18: Culinary Innovation Training at Stiles and Morse Colleges 7:30 a.m. - noon with Chef Jonathan Zaragoza of Birrieria 12:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. with North Coast Seafood Friday, March 20: Allertrain at at Yale on York (150 York Street)...
Food Convo Times Two!
March 12, 2020
February was a busy month for Hospitality’s Food Conversations series. Recently, we hosted an exploration of biodiversity in African food and culture with chefs Selassie Atadika and Pierre Thiam, moderated by Eddie Mandhry, Director for Africa and the Middle East at Yale’s Office for International...
Upcoming Staff Training
February 13, 2020
Tuesday, March 10 and Wednesday, March 11 : Employee ServSafe - 8:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. at 246 Church Street, Room 401. Thursday, March 12 : Manager ServeSafe - 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. at 246 Church Street, Room 401. Wednesday, March 18 (morning...
Food for Thought
February 13, 2020
On January 22, Yale Hospitality’s ever-popular series, Food Conversations, continued in the new year with Food for Thought, an event designed to coincide with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. The focus was on our students and the diversity of cultural and culinary experiences they bring to the...
Year of the Rat
February 13, 2020
Yale Dining’s Chinese New Year celebration kicked-off at Berkeley College on January 25, with a 15-day festival, also known as the Lunar New Year or the Spring Festival. Every new year is given the name of an animal, and this one is dedicated to the rat, symbolic of prosperity, vitality, and...
Reminder: Harassment-free workplace requirement
February 5, 2020
REMINDER: All faculty and staff are now required to complete two hours of training on maintaining a harassment-free workplace. Training may take place online or through an instructor-led course. For additional information, refer to the frequently asked questions on the...
Go, Potatoes
January 17, 2020
Throughout the year, Hospitality partners with select vendors for on-site, hands-on staff training. Recently, our Wellness Manager, Allison Arnett, reached out to Potatoes USA to visit campus’s Morse College on January 7, to teach us more about this versatile nightshade. Potatoes USA’s Development...
Hands-On
January 17, 2020
Hospitality’s Winter All-Hands meeting began on a blustery January 9 morning and was an illuminating day to learn what’s been, what’s new, and what the future holds for the department. Agatha Williams, Director of Organization and Workplace Excellence, kicked off with an overview of her team’s role...
The Great Thanksgiving Pie Sale
December 16, 2019
Thanksgiving menu planning often involves the addition of pie for dessert. Since 1981, Hospitality has stepped in to lend a hand with the baking; in fact, quite literally many hands, for the Bake Shop’s annual pie sale. This year, the Culinary Support Center (CSC) crafted, assembled, and baked...