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Seth Bixby Daugherty, Real Food Initiatives founder and instructor at Art Institutes International in Minneapolis.
Daugherty’s initiative: Good nutrition for all

By Mike MitchelsonWho needs accolades from food critics? The former Food & Wine top chef earned a major thumbs-up for his work helping improve school nutrition.

It’s not often a person earns acknowledgement from the First Lady of the United States. But there was Seth Bixby Daugherty, the acclaimed former chef of Cosmos and the Graves 601 Hotel in Minneapolis (and among Food & Wine magazine’s Best New Chefs in 2005), sitting in the front row among a crowd of 1,500 chefs this past June as Michelle Obama kicked off her “Let’s Move” initiative to combat childhood obesity.

Toward the end of her speech, Mrs. Obama spoke about three chefs raising awareness about school nutrition. Her final example: “There’s also Chef Seth Bixby Daugherty from Minnesota who has worked with several schools across the country to design easy, healthy recipes that taste good and can be made with the equipment that schools already have.”

Nice.

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The 2010 directory was included as an 8.5 X 11 insert into the April issue of Foodservice News. The directory is also posted on this Web site for one year, with a company Web site link in your listing. From food and equipment to consultants and services, this directory is designed to help find anything someone in foodservice needs. Check it out!

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