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Students get first taste of on-campus international cuisine with Global Café

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The Global Café, the newest addition to Carolina Dining is now partially open on the second floor of the new Darla Moore School of Business.

Food options in the Global Café are currently limited to pre-packaged and "grab-n-go" offerings until the final restaurant inspections allow Sodexo to operate in the kitchen.

“As soon as we are able to operate in the new kitchen, we are looking forward to offering much more variety,” said the district manager of Sodexo, Dave Sauers. “For the short term, I think our expectations are being met. We can’t wait to be able to offer the full Global Café services to our customers.”

Global Café features cuisines highlighting flavor profiles and dining trends from countries throughout the world, such as Brazil, South Africa and Greece.  As the academic year progresses, Global Café's menu is expected to as well to ensure new menu options and provide a true destination dining experience at USC.

“It is an international dining destination that provides the USC community the passport required to taste authentic cuisine created by seasoned culinarians from locations throughout the world,” Sauers said. “When asked to design a dining experience in the new Darla Moore School of Business,  we knew our solution must directly align with their exceptional standard of international presence, while also infusing the location with innovation and multiple platforms of service.”

Sodexo is a global company with an active visiting chef program. The visiting chef experience allows highly qualified chefs to share their global culinary expertise. Several international chefs will rotate through the café on an annual basis for four to six week placements.

“We are excited about this experience and the Moore School is the perfect opportunity to introduce this — bringing authentic culinary talent to Columbia and USC," Sauers said. "It should be a great educational experience for all of us. There should also be some really good food that comes with it."

And so far, Global Café has gotten some good reviews from students.

“I really enjoyed it. I got the prosciutto and Swiss baguette," said Alex Heatherly, first-year business student. "It was very convenient because it’s right above my class."


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