2025 Culinary Trends at Parkhurst: The Rise of Gut-Friendly Foods
Earlier this year, we offered you a sneak peek at our 2025 Culinary Trends. Now we’re ready to reveal our first trend…the rise of gut-friendly foods! Parkhurst 2025 Culinary Trend: Gut Health In the food and beverage market, gut health has become a central focus for promoting digestive regularity. Just take one look on social […]
How Parkhurst Addresses Food Insecurity
Food insecurity is a major issue in the United States. Across our 14-state footprint, Parkhurst Dining strives to address this epidemic through a variety of wide-reaching initiatives, including work with local food banks and partners who rescue consumable food from waste. We’ve been passionate about confronting food insecurity for many years, before corporate social responsibility […]
A Sneak Peek at 2025 Culinary Trends Coming to Parkhurst
As a chef-driven company, Parkhurst Dining enjoys staying on top of culinary trends. In fact, we deliberately add flexibility into our programming to encourage team members to stay creative. Every year, a talented group of subject matter experts from our Culinary Leadership Team, consisting of chefs, dietitians, operations support, and more, come together to identify […]
Holiday Cookies with Jeff and Mary
Our Chairman and CEO, Jeff, recently joined Chef Mary to learn how to make Lady Locks and Oreo and Peanut Butter Graham Cracker Balls. After all, spreading cheer (and delicious treats) are what the holidays are all about! There’s still time to follow along on social media to check out the holiday sweets recipes we’ve […]
Wrapping Up Our 46th Annual Caring For Kids Campaign
For Parkhurst Dining, hospitality isn’t just about our guests’ experience at our sites: It’s about extending care into the communities we call home. This care comes to life during our holiday season with our Caring for Kids campaign. Running from November to December, this five-week campaign spans our company’s entire footprint and hosts fundraising activities […]
The Sweetest Way to Cap Off 2024
What a festive holiday season it’s been at Parkhurst Dining! We’ve enjoyed our Four Weeks of Holiday Sweets campaign with team members sharing their favorite dishes and traditions, like Chef Ryan’s childhood favorite Caramel Candies recipe that she’s carried down to her own family, or Chef David’s Flancocho, a treat that his wife’s grandmother used […]
Celebrate Parkhurst’s Four Weeks of Holiday Sweets!
This holiday season, we asked our talented team members and chefs to share sweet traditions straight from their own kitchens! Over the next four weeks, we’ll be sharing some of these special dishes on our social channels.
Parkhurst Dining is Thankful For…Community Partners
At the intersection of Parkhurst Dining’s passion for people and food is hospitality. We are always looking for ways to extend support to our neighbors! As our final entry in our November “Thankful” series, we’re highlighting one of our longest-standing partnerships that represents this junction between people and food: the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. […]
Parkhurst Dining is Thankful For…Our New Client Partners
Continuing our “We’re Thankful” series, we’re highlighting our partnerships, including higher education and corporate clients. We are thankful to all our current client partners, including our new and returning client partners, for trusting Parkhurst to deliver top-notch dining services to their guests. This year, we welcomed Ursinus College, Western Reserve Academy, and three new corporate […]
Parkhurst Dining is Thankful For…Know Your Source Partners
Our “Thankful For” series continues with our Know Your Source partners! What is Know Your Source? Parkhurst Dining’s Know Your Source program aims to partner with local growers and producers within our operating region. We seek partnerships with those who share our passion for food, commitment to excellence, and dedication to fostering diversity and inclusion […]