Sodexo, Liberty University welcome new chef-manager

Sodexo, the foodservice provider at Liberty University, in Lynchburg, Va., has hired Chef Audrey Dobson-Maliangos as its new residential chef manager. Chef Dobson-Maliangos will oversee operations at Reber-Thomas Dining Hall, the campus’s largest dining facility.

A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, Dobson-Maliangos has worked most of her career in the hospitality industry. She has worked with the Ritz Carlton, Hyatt and Marriott hotel chains. She also has been a private caterer. A supporter of local sourcing, she and her husband even have their own 3,000-square-foot garden, where they grow a variety of vegetables and herbs.

Reber-Thomas Dining Hall can seat 2,200 customers and served 12,410 meals on a Saturday during move-in weekend this past fall.