Lunchtime at Neil Armstrong Academy is a pretty lively event thanks to head custodian Brad Robinson. Some folks from Food Services stopped by the school recently to applaud Brad for his engaging lunch activities, including: Wikipedia Wednesday, sing-alongs, jokes, trivia, and Top Eagle Tuesday. Here's what they captured: ...
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Fourth-graders take over GEC café kitchen for regional culinary competition
A few dozen elementary students wearing white smocks and toques filled the GEC cafe kitchen to prepare their own breakfast recipes for judging in a regional cook-off. The annual Future Chefs National Challenge invites fourth-grade students to develop their own kid-friendly recipes and become actively involved in making good nutritional choices. ...
Recognizing Extraordinary People in Granite’s Food Services Dept.
Tens of thousands of students in Granite School District are fed multiple meals most weekdays in schools throughout the Salt Lake Valley. That’s a HUGE task for one department to undertake. Fortunately, we have hundreds of individuals who provide this service with expertise, diligence, and dedication on a daily basis. Every month, the Food ...
Fourth-grade chefs go head-to-head in regional culinary competition
Dozens of elementary students from schools throughout the District took over the GEC Café last week in the 2015 Future Chefs competition. The annual nationwide challenge invites fourth grade students to develop their own kid-friendly recipes and become actively involved in making good nutritional choices. Last year’s competition featured a ...
West Lake Jr. High keyboarding students send letters to lunch workers
Food Services staff members at West Lake Junior High received an unexpected gift last week from some students who wanted to share their appreciation. Keyboarding students took time to key letters of gratitude for the hard work and devotion of the cafeteria staff in preparing and serving meals to more than 800 students every day. The students, ...
2014 USDA Summer Feeding Program to provide meals for kids
The Granite School District announces its sponsorship of the Summer Feeding Program. Free meals will be made available to attending children, 18 years and under. The U.S Department of Agriculture prohibits discrimination against its customers, employees, and applicants for employment on the bases of race, color, national origin, age, disability, ...
Twelve schools to receive USDA Fresh Fruits & Vegetables grant
The Utah State Office of Education has announced twelve elementary schools in Granite School District that will participate in the USDA Fresh Fruits & Vegetables Program for the 2014-2015 school year. Students at the schools will receive individual servings of varied fresh fruits and vegetables twice a week for as long as funding allows. ...
Career Day with Food Services’ Chef Gratton
GSD Chef Jeff Gratton is always on the lookout to try new foods and develop original recipes. “My favorite food is anything where its creator has invested time, creativity and care,” he said. At a recent Career Day event at Hunter Junior High, Jeff displayed his culinary prowess in front of hundreds of students who learned about the importance of ...
Fourth-graders face off in the kitchen in first stage of national culinary competition
Twenty-four young chefs from across Granite School District came together at the GEC Cafe to create their homemade healthy sandwich recipes for judging and sampling as part of a national contest of edible entries. The 2014 Future Chefs National Challenge sponsored by GSD Food Services provider Sodexo was designed to promote awareness of better ...
Getting a look at how school lunch is prepared
By Amy O'Grady “We wanted our own firsthand look at how students’ lunches are planned and prepared,” notes Mary Beth Schmidt, who organized last week’s breakfast meeting and tour of Granite School District’s 84,000 square foot Bates Central Kitchen. She and fellow assistant principals and directors saw 240-gallon mixers, temperature-controlled ...