Gwinnett County School Nutrition Program

Café Gwinnett wants to wish every GCPS student, teacher, and staff member an amazing summer break ☀️🍉😎 thank you for making this school year one to remember.

Now it’s finally time for a well-deserved summer break
To all of our graduates — congratulations 🎓
To everyone coming back next year — we’ll see you soon 😎
Have a safe, fun, and unforgettable summer, GCPS 💖

👩‍🎨: Lia Marie Almanza Johnson, dietetic intern, of Georgia State University dietetic internship program.

Image description: Three students joyfully celebrate the end of the school year outside a school building under a bright blue sky with floating papers.

Today is School Lunch Hero Day! 🦸‍♀️🍎 Let’s take a moment to thank the amazing kitchen teams who work tirelessly every morning to prepare nutritious meals for our students. Their dedication fuels young minds and bodies.

T H A N K YOU for being our everyday HEROS! 💙

This Friday we celebrate School Lunch Hero Day! 💛
Deliveries of a special treat for our VERY special team have begun- all 135 locations will receive a visit between now and Friday.

Something sweet for our favorite School Lunch Heroes! 🍫🍬

Bitzel's Chocolate

🍃☀️🌎Happy Earth Day! 🌎🍃☀️
dietetic intern, Adriana Miller, shares how eating more plant foods can help the environment and improve your health!





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[Slide 1]: text: Earth Day April 22nd What You Eat Can Impact the Earth
picture: blue background with an image of the earth in the center (this is the background of each slide)
[Slide 2]: text: Did You Know? Producing meat requires more land and energy resources than plant based foods. Animal foods also produce more greenhouse gas emissions than plant based foods.
picture: contains a chart comparing greenhouse gas emissions with animal foods vs plant foods
[Slide 3]: text: Plant Up Your Plate. Plant foods contain lots of vitamins, minerals, and fiber. This can help: Lower Cholesterol, Reduce Risk for Cancer, Reduce Risk for Diabetes, Boost Mood, Improve Cognitive Function
picture: purple text imposed on the earth image, each listing a benefit of eating more plant foods
[Slide 4]: text: Making A Change. What can you do to help save the planet and improve your health? Balance your meals with ¼ of your plate geared with meat alternative options, even if it’s once a week. Cover ½ your plate with veggies and fruit
picture: purple text imposed on earth image listing tips on how to eat healthy and save the planet. Image of a plate with different food groups shown on it.

Last Week we had the honor of having Food Network star and celebrity chef (Chef Jet Tila) to help prepare bibimbap, a traditional Korean rice dish, to Mountain View High School students. He also shared his career path with students (selfies included). Thank you Chef Jet!





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[Slide 1]: text: On April 14, Mountain View High School hosted a Chef Jet Lunch Take-Over, where we served a fresh, nutritious, and delicious bibimbap bowl for the students.
picture: Chef Jet and other school nutrition employees assembling bibimbap bowls in the kitchen.
[Slide 2]: text: Bibimbap is a Korean mixed rice dish that typically contains rice, egg, meat, and various vegetables (referred to as namul).
picture: School nutrition employees assembling bibimbap bowls in the kitchen.
[Slide 3]: text: With so many components, we needed a lot of extra hands in the kitchen.
picture: 2 school nutrition employees posing for a picture in the kitchen
[Slide 4]: text: Our bibimbap consisted of beef marinated in a Korean-style sauce, pickled onions, steamed carrots and spinach, and Ssamjang seasoned roasted mushrooms on a bed of rice with an egg patty on the side and served with a beef dumpling.
picture: bowls of bibimbap containing various vegetables, beef, and egg.
[Slide 5]: text: The students loved it.
picture: A stack of bowls of eaten bibimbap
[Slide 6]: text: Chef Jet also spoke to students in their language development class about his career path and to inspire them.
picture: Chef Jet with a group of students in a classroom
[Slide 7]: text: Thank you to Chef Jet, his team, and the incredible Mountain View school nutrition staff for creating a lunch to remember!
picture: Chef Jet with a group of school nutrition employees.

Yesterday was one our students won’t forget! Chef Jet Tila stepped into one of our kitchens bringing excitement, inspiration & a taste of what’s possible in school nutrition. What an amazing experience!

Food Network star takes over Gwinnett County school cafeteria Food Network star and restauranteur Jet Tila brought a special menu to Gwinnett County's Mountain View High School, teaming up with the staff to serve a fres...

We’re excited to announce a Café Takeover tomorrow by Chef Jet Tila from the Food Network! 🍽️
Chef Tila will take over lunch at Mountain View High School, where he’ll be whipping up Bibimbap for our students.

Stay tuned here for updates and photos from this exciting event!

Georgia State dietetic intern, Sierra Chard, had a beautiful picnic stand last week to talk about our Farm to School program and discuss the various benefits of tomatoes to GCPS staff.

No jokes today - Tomatoes is April's Farm to School produce!
We are serving delicious and nutritious tomato based dishes in our cafeterias this month:
🍅 Garlic Roasted Tomatoes w/ Parmesan
🍅 Tomato Grilled Cheese
🍅Marinated Tomatoes

Learn more about amazing benefits of tomatoes. Artwork was created by Sierra Chard, a dietetic intern at Georgia State University.