Food Fight Champions

Several university students, lion mascot, chefs, and dining staff members celebrate and pose with dining awards for two top prizes in Battle of the Dining Halls at Columbia University.

April 4, 2025

Columbia Dining's sixth annual Battle of the Dining Halls was an epic food showdown! More than 600 students sampled traditional and vegan dishes inspired by this year's theme, The Breakfast Club. We had cornbread waffle chicken sandwiches. We had quesa-birria tacos. We had fruity pebble cannoli. We had Celebrity Chef Robert Irvine as special guest on our judge panel. It was egg-straordinary! Shout-out to the incredible Columbia Dining staff for yet another delicious event.


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