Division of Administration and Finance
Auxiliary Services
News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Amber Arguijo
Marketing Manager
UH Dining Services
832-842-5990
arguijo-amber@aramark.com
MICHAEL BARGAS NAMED NEW UH DINING DISTRICT EXECUTIVE CHEF
Houston, July 12, 2013 – UH Dining Services is proud to announce
the addition of Chef Michael Bargas to the team at the University
of Houston in the newly created position of district executive chef.
Bargas is a graduate of Princeton University where he not only
attained a bachelor’s degree in philosophy, but also developed a
passion for food while working in various jobs to support himself.
After graduation, that passion led him to the Culinary Institute of
America in New York where he earned an associate of
occupational studies degree in culinary arts and later to Argosy
University in Pennsylvania where he earned an MBA.
Bargas most recently worked at the Art Institute of Houston serving as the academic director,
responsible for overseeing the culinary education of 750 students, and the direction of six staff
and 20 faculty members. Additionally, in that position he managed the department schedule, food
purchases, the classroom restaurant and the college deli.
Prior to his work at the Art Institute, he worked at one of Houston’s most venerable fine dining
restaurants, Masraff’s, as well as contracted food service locations at Memorial Hermann Hospital
and Marathon Oil. He has also been featured in print and on the TV shows Great Day Houston,
Fox 26 Morning News, and ABC Deals.
About the University of Houston
The University of Houston is a comprehensive national research institution serving the globally
competitive Houston and Gulf Coast Region by providing world-class faculty, experiential learning
and strategic industry partnerships. UH serves more than 40,700 students in the nation’s fourthlargest city, located in the most ethnically and culturally diverse region of the country.