Denver Public Schools Is Making An Improvement To School Meals

Denver Public Schools (DPS) is making a change to their cafeteria food next year.

DPS has teamed up with Brigaid, a company that helps K-12 school districts elevate the quality of their child nutrition programs.

Brigaid will hire 12 professional chefs who will work with the existing kitchen staff at 166 schools over the next three years.

DPS spokesperson Winna MacLaren told Denver7 that the district is already cooking about half of all school meals from scratch.

The district's goal is to have 100% of its meals cooked from scratch.

The founder of Brigaid, Dan Giusti, is looking to hire chefs who want to make a difference in school lunches for the DPS project.

“Most of them are coming from the restaurant industry and they just need to be passionate about the idea of feeding people who need it — in this case, students who really depend on these meals,” Giusti told Denver7.

The main challenge of cooking nutritious meals for large institutions is the amount of food needed on a daily basis.

DPS serves 40,000 breakfasts and 50,000 lunches each day, reports Denver7. They must also follow USDA nutritional guidelines.

The partnership with Brigaid is funded by a grant so the price of breakfast and lunch won't change for DPS families.

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