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Guest chef provides new meal to students
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.One of the cafeteria workers serves the noodle soup to students walking through the line as they tell her what they would like in their soup.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.The first students get in line to try the new lunch. They start with chicken and pasta and then choose their vegetables and broth.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Pierre Wolfe, Corporate Chef from Supreme Great Lakes, works with Natalie Winkle, Food Service .Director, to introduce a new noodle option to Boardman High School on Dec. 11.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Rebecca Ferrell explains to Boardman students their different lunch options as they walk through the lunch line.
By ALEXIS BARTOLOMUCCI
A new lunch item was provided for students as an opportunity to switch up from the normal lunch on Dec. 11 at Boardman High School.
Special guest chef, Pierre Wolfe, visited Boardman High School to prepare a noodle bowl option for the students. Wolfe, a broker chef from Supreme Great Lakes, prepared a dish that was different from a regular school lunch.
To start, the students were given a bowl with noodles and chicken. They would then add their choice of edamame or corn, vegetable or chicken broth and then fresh spinach and carrots on top. They are able to customize their own lunch instead of being having the same thing as everyone else.
Natalie Winkle, food service director, said, “Right now we have four lines and they serve all the same things. My hope is that the kids like this. I would like to turn one of those lines into a soup and salad or soup and sandwich line. It would be like a Panera where you can pick two.”
Having this option provides a healthy and interesting alternative for the students to eat at lunch. The noodle bowls are flavorful while still meeting the strict guidelines and regulations when preparing a school meal.
Winkle is thankful that her hard-working staff is trying to make everything fun for the students and that they have the energy to try out new things.
Boardman High School is the first in the area to have a lunch special like this. The event was customized for the students of Boardman and the Spartan logo was on all of the flyers. Other schools are working on having a program similar to this one after seeing how well the results turned out.
“Ultimately the winners are the students because they have the choice of choosing what they want like Chipotle or noodle restaurants, customizing to their taste,” said Chef Wolfe. “The response is fantastic.”
Winkle is hoping to implement this concept into the school lunch soon after winter break is over.