Parkhurst at Bucknell Begin Composting Program
The Parkhurst Team at Bucknell University Partners with Local Farm in Composting Operation
LEWISBURG, Pa. —Bucknell University Diningand a local farm have launched a partnership to compost as much as 850 pounds a day of discarded food scraps and recyclable napkins from Bucknell’s main dining venue, Bostwick Marketplace. Rowse Howse Farms has agreed to collect the ground-up remains of vegetables, fruit, meat, pizza crusts, unbleached napkins and other […]
Eat’n Park Hospitality Group Receives National Award From American Culinary Federation
Date: Monday, July 11, 2011, 2:51pm EDT Homestead-basedEat’n Park Hospitality Groupwill receive a national award at the American Culinary Federation’s annual convention later this month. Eat’n Park was one of 23 companies nationwide that will receive the award, which the American Culinary Federation said recognizes “food service establishments that exemplify a commitment to excellence.” The […]
Michaelle Buskey Appointed to Events Sales Manager, Special Venues
PITTSBURGH, Pa., July 5, 2011– Parkhurst Dining Services recently announced the appointment of Michaelle Buskey to events sales manager, Special Venues. This newly created catering division provides several levels of professionally executed special event catering for new and existing clients both at several Parkhurst-managed locations and at off-site premises. According to Ms. Buskey, “Prior to […]
Parkhurst Dining Expands Services Contract with Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh to Include The Andy Warhol Museum and Powdermill Nature Reserve
PITTSBURGH, Pa., July 5, 2011– Parkhurst Dining Services is proud to announce a renewed and expanded dining service partnership with Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, a contract that was first awarded to Parkhurst more than 14 years ago. Parkhurst will continue to provide exclusive catering and exceptional culinary experiences to Carnegie Museum of Art and Carnegie […]
Fresh World Flavors at Delaware Valley College
New menu uses global salads to please all diners. When Parkhurst Dining Services took over culinary operations atDelaware Valley Collegein Doylestown, Pa., last summer, Executive ChefFrank Hummelcreated a whole new campus menu. He quickly found that his students, especially the vegans and vegetarians, wanted more variety. Culling fresh produce, much of it from DelVal’s own […]
Under the Sea at Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield
Lenny DeMartino, foodservice director for Parkhurst Dining Services at Highmark, a Pittsburgh health insurance provider, says seafood has always been popular at this account. “People just think it is healthier,” says DeMartino. “We serve fish every Friday, both baked and fried, and we’ve always offered a baked fish on our catering menu. Our prices are […]
A Trip to Rome Inspired Healthful Preparations
In 2008, Rick Laskie, executive chef for Parkhurst Dining Services at Saint Vincent College, in Latrobe, Pa., took a trip to Rome with members of the monastic community at the college. The university is not only a liberal arts college but also an archabbey, he explains. Lasko brought back inspiration from the trip to add […]
Parkhurst Chefs to Tour Mercyhurst Farm
June 20, 2011 The district chefs from Parkhurst Dining Services, Mercyhurst’s food service contractor, will have an exciting opportunity to get to the root of their profession when they visit the college’s farm in Girard on Thursday, June 23. There, they will learn about the many sustainable methods Mercyhurst uses to grow produce, much of […]
Parkhurst Expands College Business
Tuesday, June 14, 2011Pittsburgh Business Times – by Tim Schooley Parkhurst Dining Services, the institutional food service division of Homestead-based Eat ‘;n Park Hospitality Group, has landed a new college contract. The company announced this week that Lycoming College, a liberal arts institution of 1,400 students in Williamsport, Lycoming County, in north central Pennsylvania, has […]