UConn Dining Services is pleased to announce the department has won a 2018 Nation's Restaurant News MenuMaster's Award in the category of Healthful Innovations. The winning entry is "Healthy & Lean Bean Pasta Dishes." Four of the menu items are now being served in our eight dining units. The Nation's Restaurant News MenuMasters Awards, sponsored by Ventura Foods LLC, identify and recognize research and development executives and their respective companies for outstanding dedication and achievement in product introductions that set new standards in the industry based on menu innovation, unique use of ingredients, unusual cooking methods and menu extensions. "Creating a healthier version of a popular menu choice for your customers that is also packed with flavor has raised the bar for culinary innovation in the College & University Foodservice segment." Dining Services also won the coveted MenuMasters award in 2008, in the same category of Healthful Innovations for its Spa Food line.
For more information, contact: Gail Merrill at gail.merrill@uconn.edu