Exceptional Culinary Expertise
Our clients say we have the best capabilities because...
- Of our exceptional culinary expertise and resources
- Our dining venues are fun and inspire discovery for kids of all ages
- Our associates continuously train to build skills
We’re all about creating delicious food kids love to eat. To expand their horizons and drive participation, we entice them with exciting new flavor profiles alongside traditional favorites.
Healthy Ingredients & Preparations
Chartwells will transform your program with healthy and diverse menu selections, building on a menu database with more than 10,000 student-endorsed recipes. Our ingredients are fresh, local, authentic, minimally processed, nutritious and sustainable.
Our chefs use batch cooking, and as much scratch-cooking as possible. By emphasizing training and culinary skill-building, we‘re able to increase the amount of food we can make in-house. And that, in turn, improves quality by helping our dishes retain the most nutrients and flavor.
Fun & Engaging Programs
Today’s students are more interested in the experiential aspects of dining than ever before. That means serving meals simply won’t cut it. We create experiences and inspire students to engage and participate by offering great food in a fun atmosphere.
Core Programs
Mood Boost
To help students make a connection between what they eat and how they feel, Chartwells created Mood Boost. Designed for elementary and middle school students, this program features fun characters that focus on six moods: Strong, Alert, Happy, Calm, Smart and Confident. Concept menus prominently feature ingredients linked to positive impact on students’ moods.
Discovery Kitchen
Our Discovery Kitchen platform allows us to integrate nutrition education and cooking demonstrations with our promotional calendar through dynamic monthly themes, connecting the lessons students learn with delicious dishes in the cafeteria and at home.
Student Choice
Chartwells gives students a voice in deciding what culinary concepts are featured on the menu through fun tasting and voting events. Students are savvy consumers with high expectations for the dining experience, and we stay on trend by letting your students take the lead. Winning concepts are served at a Student Choice station or integrated into the menu as a limited-time offer until the next vote.
School Gardens
It doesn’t get more local than food grown in the school! That’s why we help students and teachers plant and grow their own food, which can even be enjoyed in the cafeteria. We provide traditional and indoor garden guides, safety guidance, assistance with grants and teacher resources.
From the School Garden to the School Café
Associates
Working At Chartwells
People
DeVry Scholarship Recipients 2021
Caring for Your People
Our associates are at the heart of everything we do, and we’re dedicated to caring for them so they can care for your students. We provide a generous medical and benefits plan to associates, considering 30 hours per week the benchmark for full-time eligibility.
- Year-round benefits
- Five paid sick days, and six paid holidays
- Extensive training and performance incentives
- Matching 401(k) plan
- Uniforms and background checks at no cost to associates
Onboarding Playbooks
Our Onboarding Playbook for your director of dining services focuses on their first 90 days of employment. It includes a mix of activities through an Experience Map to help the leader with the foundations of our business – field operations, nutrition and culinary excellence, financial processes, human resources, key contacts, safety, marketing and communications. It also emphasizes unit/account leadership and personnel engagement.
