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K-12 by Elior sponsors Junior Chef Competitions…The Farmington High School dining hall was filled with the smell of comfort food on April 12 as 29 students from elementary grades to high school competed in the third annual FHS Junior Chef Competition. The event encourages culinary skills and innovation with students plating a variety of dishes […]

IN NATIONAL NEWS! K-12 by Elior in FoodService Equipment and Supplies Magazine for improving breakfast participation with a new breakfast cart at the 1,800-student Oak Lawn Community High School in Chicago’s south suburbs. Utilized during breakfast hours that can move around the school, students enjoy hot and cold breakfast foods – even in their classrooms!

Oak Lawn Community High School in Oak Lawn, Illinois is seeing green thanks to a branding redesign by K-12 by Elior, the school’s foodservice provider. K-12 by Elior first launched its environmental high school brand just before the pandemic. Now at a couple years old, the team felt it needed a refresh. 

Making News Headlines…Congrats to Chef Adam Gentles at Benson Unified School District in Arizona – his “So Good” cucumber promotion was selected for FoodService Director Magazine’s “Heart of FoodService” – Way to go Adam in creating healthy, exciting menu items for BACK to SCHOOL!  

More meaningful than your usual “Iron Chef, but with kids” cook-off and opens up the door to the community in the form of local farms and producers, inspiring us on this Earth Day! K-12 by Elior sponsored the Junior Chef Competition where students from 3rd to 8th grade at Benson (AZ) Unified School District were

 Farmington High Schools in New Mexico unveil their NEW “Make-Your-Own” where students have the opportunity to customize their meals!  The idea for Make-Your-Own came from K-12 by Elior Resident District Manager Paula Szczepanek, who was looking for a way to not only keep costs low, but also increase participation.

Farmington Municipal Schools was recently awarded Elior North America’s Doing Good Award.  Since 2019, the K-12 by Elior Student Nutrition Team together with FMS, diverted over 50 tons of the schools’ food waste from landfills through Elior’s Zero Waste program. “They were awarded the award at the end late of 2023 due to being an

Read more about FRESH PICKS, a longstanding value-added engagement program from K-12 by Elior that spotlights a different healthy ingredient each month – featured at Benson Unified School District! “Fresh Picks is a value-added engagement program for all schools, and so it’s going to highlight seasonal produce each month and it encourages having more fruits

Back to School never tasted this good! A full and healthy breakfast for this adorable student at the Renaissance Charter School at Crown Point in Ocoee, Florida! She chose a house-made blueberry yogurt parfait with banana, orange juice, and milk topped with granola.  Parfaits are great fuel for the body and brain. Nutrients such as protein, natural sugars, and healthy

Proud of Regional Chef Camilo Garavito, featured in the national media for his unique take on tacos – just in time for back to school! Born in Colombia, Chef Camilo travels to K-12 Elior-managed schools where he offers students interesting tasting experiences. “I cook and offer students different foods to sample in order to expand