Celebrating Native American Cuisine with Chef Freddie Bitsoie

Award-winning Chef, Freddie Bitsoie, will be visiting UC Davis from November 14 through November 16 to help us celebrate Native American Heritage Month. Freddie Bitsoie is a proud Navajo and an award-winning chef. He is the former executive chef of Mitsitam Native Foods Café, located inside Washington, D.C.’s Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. Bitsoie was previously the executive chef of Fire Rock Casino and is the winner of the Smithsonian’s Native Chef Competition. He has contributed to a number of Native American cookbooks, including America: The Cookbook (Phaidon, 2017) and James Beard Award–winner Sioux Chef's Indigenous Kitchen (University of Minnesota Press, 2017). He currently is the Chef In Resident for North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems (NATIFS). He lives in Gallup, NM  

The UC Davis community is invited to join us at the dining commons as we welcome Chef Freddie and enjoy some delicious Native American inspired meals.  Each night will feature chef demos from 6:00-7:00 p.m. and a rotation of delicious dishes from 5:00-9:00 p.m. 

• Tuesday, November 14 in Cuarto DC 

• Wednesday, November 15 in Segundo DC 

• Thursday, November 16 in Tercero DC 

Menus will vary per location. Follow @‌ucdavisdiningservices for updates.