HOW FRESH IDEAS HAVE BEEN GOING SO FAR WITH K12 BY ELIOR
Mike Buzalka
Management company has rolled out some enticing new menu items for its school clients this fall.
Management firm K12 By Elior, a unit of Elior North America, debuted some creative new menus to delight kids returning to classrooms for the 2023-24 school year. Here are a couple…
“With temperatures reaching 110 degrees during the first week of school back in late July, we thought we could do some refreshing items using cucumbers,” says Gentles. “We made some homemade pickles, cucumber salsa, and cucumber orange juice with ginger. The students really loved the pickles and juice with many of them wanting seconds and thirds. The salsa was more of a hit with the older students.”
Site Supervisor Dachayla Guinyard and her team of Felipe Delacruz, Susana Soto, Dayami Gonzalez, and Yunisleydis Sosa show off their cut gloves and thermometers along with the lunch options at Renaissance Charter School at Cypress K-8 in West Palm Beach, Fla.
At Benson (Ariz.) USD, K-12 by Elior Food Service Director Adam Gentles offers Fresh Picks, a value-added NSLP K-12 engagement program developed by the company that highlights a seasonal produce item each month, encourages the intake of more fruits and vegetables and supports Elior’s BeWell wellness approach by offering additional food and nutrition education to students at each grade level.
Parfaits are featured monthly on the menu at the Renaissance Charter School at Crown Point in Ocoee, Fla. and are rotated so students are always treated to something different, such as peaches, strawberries and even spiced apples. This adorable student chose a house-made blueberry yogurt parfait with banana, orange juice and milk topped with granola.
Keys Gate Charter School in Homestead, Fla. started the school year off strong with Cheesy Chicken Loaded Baked Potatoes. Students enjoyed the fun option, and even Principal Baez had one for lunch and absolutely loved it!
TOP: Gentles offers the Fresh Picks program monthly at Benson USD. August featured fresh eggplant and a ratatouille sampling (pictured) while September’s lineup had fresh corn and squash salad along with homemade jalapeno cornbread and Mexican street corn.
K-12 by Elior Site Supervisor Ailema Martinez poses with her food service team—Vivian Ruiz, Tonai Daris, and Yunieska Soto—at Renaissance Charter School at Summit in West Palm Beach, Fla.
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