Taking a stroll through campus, one can’t help but notice the new food vendors available, selling everything from coffee to Italian cuisine. The new vendors currently on campus include L’aroma Coffee; Auntie Anne’s, which sells baked pretzels; and Beirut Express and Saber, which offer Egyptian and Lebanese food as well as Oriental pastries. Others that have been introduced include iCHEF, which offers a variety of salads, soups and sandwiches; SANO, the main dining caterer; The White Berry, a cafe outlet that provides light desserts, snacks and coffee; Crisp, a provider of healthy food items with a calories count, including salads, sandwiches, juices and protein shakes; Bananas, which will sell fresh fruits, juices, fat-free frozen yogurt, hot drinks, shakes and smoothies; Villa Fresh Italian Kitchen and Baskin Robbins ice cream. Read More
News
When Tarek Gineina '98 assumed the role of founding chapter leader of the Food Industry chapter in 2010, he saw it as a chance to start “networking with peers and professionals in the field, taking part in activities and events that will allow promote business.” This initiative of the Office of Alumni and Trustee Affairs is now under the leadership... Read More |
Osama Abdel Fattah ’10 spent five years at AUC studying communication and media arts on a LEAD scholarship. For the past eight years, the Leadership for Education and Development (LEAD) program granted full-tuition scholarships to two top-caliber, public-school students from each of Egypt’s governorates. Abdel Fattah represented the Sharkeya govern... Read More |
Two of the most recent food sensations to hit Cairo are Cairo Kitchen and Mince. Both are alumni-owned and operated and, since their launch this past year, have met with mass appeal amongst the flocks of Cairenes eager to try their twist on the classic burger and traditional Egyptian cuisine. Read More |
March 23, 2013
Helio Restaurant and Cafe, Dubai Marina
April 12, 2013
AUC New Cairo
Alumni Homecoming is around the corner! We're looking forward to having you and your family back on campus on April 12, 2013. You'll be receiving your invitation to Alumni Homecoming by email soon and the program details will be included in next month's alumni newsletter.
April 14, 2013
Jebbah, Saudi Arabia
Save the date for the upcoming Jeddah Chapter event on April 14. Details will be coming up in the upcoming alumni newsletter.
April 19, 2013
Fayyoum
The Office of Alumni and Trustee Affairs is organizing a trip to mark the fifth reunion of the Class of 2008 on April 19, 2013.
March 5, 2013
The British Council
Alumna Samira Kirollos, a renowned, international, master performance storyteller beguiled, enchanted and entertained her audiences once more through her latest performance of folk tales from the Middle East. All proceeds from the event were donated to the orphanage of Egypt's New Woman's Association.
February 22, 2013
AUC New Cairo
MannersMatterEgypt hosted a table manners workshop for the children of AUC alumni at AUC New Cairo.
February 9, 2013
AUC New Cairo
The Office of Alumni and Trustee Affairs hosted a special reception for all Loyal for Life AUCians to thank them for their support of AUC. The reception was followed by the first Alumni Bazar, which featured the products and services of alumni business owners, on display and discounted for all Loyal AUCians.
Alumni receive a 50% tuition waiver, March 30 - April 4
Application deadline April 1, 2013
Alumni interested in learning a unique, alternative way to making sustainable impact to societal issues are invited to apply for the Fall 2013 class of AUC's MA in Community Psychology.
GAPP in collaboration with
Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich and Cairo University announce Applied Policy Research Seminar scholarships
Read about AUC's new Master of Arts degree in Philosophy
April and May 2013 in Cairo and Istanbul
When you get a call inviting you to support AUC, answer "yes"!
Scholarships are being awarded for the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy program, April 10 - 22, 2013.
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We of AUC: Special Focus on the
Food Industry Alumni
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| Aya Kheireldin '04 embarked on an ambitious endeavor to improve the quality of the food offerings in Egypt. Today, iChef is one of Egypt's leading food suppliers for homes, corporations and schools. Kheireldin counts AUC as her most recent client, with her range of fresh, organically-grown products available to the entire campus community. |
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Dina Sarhan '89 started Egypt’s first recreational cooking school which has grown into a business with wide-spread recognition, generating revenue through luxury cooking classes, restaurant consulting services, and a popular public television show, The Dina Sarhan Show. She pioneered Egypt's first food service supplier to big franchises in the the
very early 2000's, supplying chains like Johnny Carinos, Chili's, Applebees and more. |
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| Nihal Mahmoud '91 manages California Kitchen, a family-run business founded in 2010, that supplies cafes and restaurants with desserts, salads, and sandwiches; all its products are baked in a central kitchen with the aim of ensuring they taste homemade. Most recently, Mahmoud has added corporate catering to California Kitchen's services, a very successful experience. |
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