School food has become increasingly more processed and less healthy. With the right knowledge and tools, schools can transform their kitchens and lunchrooms to support student health, wellbeing, and academic success.
Recipes and menus are the heart of school food change. These recipes have been developed by school food professionals, kid-tested, and perfected in school kitchens.
Management is a general term for: fiscal management, human resources, facilities, assessment, and wellness policies. In order for a district’s food service department to be successful, the director has to be adept in a vast array of subjects.
Procurement is one of the most complex processes within food service departments. In the event of shifting a program from using processed, ready-to-heat foods to scratch cooked recipes, many processes change.
Marketing in food service ranges from finding local sponsors, to creating a brand and promotional materials, to hosting Junior Chef competitions, to engaging students in cooking and menu design.
Lunchroom education activities engage students with food-focused learning opportunities. Explore the wide world of fun food programs!
This section is dedicated to the “Big Ideas” - areas we think make a huge impact and will play a large role in the future of school food.
Through our grant programs, we award special funding to schools that are committed to making real, positive changes to their food programs.
School food has become increasingly more processed and less healthy. With the right knowledge and tools, schools can transform their kitchens and lunchrooms to support student health, wellbeing, and academic success.
Recipes and menus are the heart of school food change. These recipes have been developed by school food professionals, kid-tested, and perfected in school kitchens.
Management is a general term for: fiscal management, human resources, facilities, assessment, and wellness policies. In order for a district’s food service department to be successful, the director has to be adept in a vast array of subjects.
Procurement is one of the most complex processes within food service departments. In the event of shifting a program from using processed, ready-to-heat foods to scratch cooked recipes, many processes change.
Marketing in food service ranges from finding local sponsors, to creating a brand and promotional materials, to hosting Junior Chef competitions, to engaging students in cooking and menu design.
Lunchroom education activities engage students with food-focused learning opportunities. Explore the wide world of fun food programs!
This section is dedicated to the “Big Ideas” - areas we think make a huge impact and will play a large role in the future of school food.
Through our grant programs, we award special funding to schools that are committed to making real, positive changes to their food programs.
Kevin has worked with the Detroit Public Schools Community District for 11 years and currently serves as the Senior Director of Culinary Services.
Kevin has worked with the Detroit Public Schools Community District for 11 years and currently serves as the Senior Director of Culinary Services.
Kevin was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan and he took up cooking as a hobby while in high school. He intended to go to college for aeronautical engineering. However, he knew that cooking could be a good way to make money, so he planned to put himself through culinary school. Kevin used the money he made cooking to put himself through engineering school. After completing culinary school, he worked in various restaurants around the Michigan area and found that he was pretty good at not only cooking but managing people. He continued a career in food service because he enjoyed both Back of the House and Front of the House operations.
Eventually, his career path led to school food service. Kevin was a food service coordinator for a charter school in Detroit when he met Betti Wiggins in 2012. She was looking for someone with a culinary background who was familiar with child nutrition for a role. In September 2012, Kevin started working for DPS (Detroit Public Schools). This is my sixth year with DPSCD (Detroit Public School Community District, formerly DPS) and during his time there he has been able to create change not only professionally, but personally as well.
From changing the menu to attaining his SNS certification and a B.A. in Business Administration to completing an MBA with a concentration in finance, his work at DPSCD has both challenged and rewarded him. Kevin’s personal mission is to be better today than he was yesterday, and that goal is what drives him to improve both personally and professionally. Kevin comes to work daily with excitement and an intense drive to be the best he can be not only for himself, but for the students of Detroit as well.
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