People of the Unions
Nebraska Unions
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11/04/2019
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Ryan Lahne interviews Chef Ron White about the new East Campus Dining Center.
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- [00:00:07.200]Welcome to People of the Unions.
- [00:00:08.560]I'm at the Nebraska East Union today
- [00:00:10.040]with Ron White, with dining services.
- [00:00:12.211]Ron, I'm excited for the near completion
- [00:00:14.400]of the dining area in the Nebraska East Union.
- [00:00:16.262]Tell me what you're most excited about
- [00:00:17.940]with this renovation and the new space.
- [00:00:19.439]Oh, many things!
- [00:00:20.810]Number one, number one mainly getting a whole new kitchen.
- [00:00:24.590]Our second floor, it was nice, it was beautiful
- [00:00:28.745]but it was old.
- [00:00:30.620]You know here, I have, we have more options
- [00:00:33.150]to give to our customers.
- [00:00:34.812]Everything from hamburgers to the corner deli
- [00:00:37.660]all integrated in one area.
- [00:00:39.750]We have made-to-order pizza, pizza by the,
- [00:00:42.670]we're selling pizza by the slice.
- [00:00:44.131]Home cooking area, it's kinda similar to what
- [00:00:46.560]we're used to having on the second floor,
- [00:00:48.320]but we're have something new, called world's fair.
- [00:00:51.260]This is going to be literally made-to-order stuff.
- [00:00:53.255]You're gonna have a hodgepodge of different food items,
- [00:00:56.691]you give it to us, we whip it up the way you want it
- [00:00:59.620]serve it on a plate.
- [00:01:00.920]Boom!
- [00:01:01.753]You're ready to go.
- [00:01:02.586]What's the thing you're most excited about,
- [00:01:03.430]equipment wise, that maybe you didn't
- [00:01:04.560]have before that you'll have here?
- [00:01:05.393]Oh!
- [00:01:06.226]Pizza oven!
- [00:01:07.059]Pizza oven for number one.
- [00:01:08.100]This baby right here, I can't wait to start making some
- [00:01:11.450]good killer pizza.
- [00:01:12.580]This is my baby right here.
- [00:01:13.500]This one right here as well as, just a,
- [00:01:16.587]the whole made-to-order stuff, you know?
- [00:01:18.490]'Cause like I said, I like to showcase all of our cooks
- [00:01:21.490]what we have to offer.
- [00:01:22.340]People know, but I want people to see
- [00:01:24.043]what we can actually do, you know?
- [00:01:26.000]I love it.
- [00:01:26.833]Earlier you talked about being excited
- [00:01:27.790]about being back on East Campus
- [00:01:28.897]and I know you love East Campus, just like I do.
- [00:01:30.107]Oh, yeah!
- [00:01:31.430]What's your favorite part about being on East Campus
- [00:01:33.260]and serving the students of East Campus?
- [00:01:34.700]Well, number one, the scenery.
- [00:01:37.500]The scenery number one is beautiful.
- [00:01:38.860]Number two, the people here.
- [00:01:40.020]I mean it's a whole different vibe, just everything man.
- [00:01:42.610]I mean we can on for hours and hours and hours.
- [00:01:45.740]We may be a small campus but we have a
- [00:01:47.166]heck of a lot to offer, so.
- [00:01:49.370]Ron, I agree, 100%.
- [00:01:50.809]I've had the opportunity to try lots of your food.
- [00:01:53.520]And I've had lots of things on East Campus.
- [00:01:55.090]My favorite probably is your Cajun food
- [00:01:57.490]and I love your shrimp po'boy.
- [00:01:58.785]Oh yeah!
- [00:01:59.618]So tell the people what they wanna know.
- [00:02:00.980]What is Chef Ron's favorite food?
- [00:02:02.603]My favorite food, once again I'm being biased
- [00:02:05.130]being from New Orleans, seafood, jambalaya
- [00:02:08.393]and crawfish etouffee.
- [00:02:10.332]You know, every time, you know it's kinda hard
- [00:02:13.150]to get good seafood, here.
- [00:02:15.400]But every now and then I would try to incorporate
- [00:02:18.090]it in a lot of our dishes that we do here,
- [00:02:19.420]especially for Mardi Gras.
- [00:02:20.290]I get the chance to really to showcase,
- [00:02:22.100]people who don't really eat a lot of seafood,
- [00:02:24.300]to see what New Orleans has to offer.
- [00:02:26.010]Not only with only the seafood level
- [00:02:27.492]but everything else.
- [00:02:28.990]I love bringing my Louisiana culture to Nebraska, you know.
- [00:02:32.830]Ron I love the passion you have for East Campus
- [00:02:34.723]and our students and our community here.
- [00:02:36.320]I love your passion for food, I'm so excited
- [00:02:37.744]for this place to open.
- [00:02:39.290]Thanks for joining us for People of the Unions.
- [00:02:40.370]Thank you!
- [00:02:41.203]All right bud, all right.
- [00:02:42.260]Once again, East Campus for life!
- [00:02:44.369](Ryan chuckles)
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