Student Chef Midoven Lormejuste Cooks Up A Family Meal for “Haitian Station Takeover”

Franklin Dining Hall was lively and bustling as freshman nursing major Midoven Lormejuste, aka ML, cooked up a heart-warming meal with his Haitian family recipe of Legum and Diri (rice with bean gravy and legume) for what was dubbed “The Haitian Station Takeover”.

The idea for the takeover came about when Lormejuste teased Aladdin Food Services Director Levi Briggs saying, “We should cook Haitian food.” Briggs told Lormejuste to pick a dish and bring in the recipe.

“I also told him that he would be responsible for cooking the dish. ML stepped up and brought me a recipe. Aladdin bought all the items on the list. We talked about his menu, set a date, and he embraced the challenge,” said Briggs.

“ML did a great job describing the recipe and teaching the diners about its origin and why that dish was special to him,” continued Briggs. “This is one of the wonderful things about America—people come from all over the world and proudly share aspects of their culture.”

Lormejuste agreed. “I was happy with how the meal came out,” he said. “It tasted like home.”