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Westin chefs compete to design healthy kids menu

From the fifth annual Building a Healthier Future Summit hosted by the Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA), which works with the private sector and PHA Honorary Chair First Lady Michelle Obama to make healthier choices easier for busy parents and families, Westin Hotels & Resorts launched a global competition to reinvent recipes for the brand’s Eat Well Menu for Kids.

Hotel associates will have six weeks in their kitchens to recreate their kid’s menu. After a rigorous selection process that meets strict nutritional standards, up to 40 of the best recipes will be provided to each property, giving them the flexibility to create their own regionally-relevant Eat Well Menu for Kids.

Over the next two months, Westin hotel teams will dream up dishes. Once finalized, teams will submit their entry, including an Instagram-worthy food photo to a panel of judges that is made up of the experts at PHA and SuperChefs, a group of doctors, dentists, dieticians, chefs and education experts dedicated to educating kids on eating well.

Westin’s guests will be invited to participate along the way. Multiple hotels will host taste testing events, gathering feedback from associates’ families and younger guests as they ideate. Four of the finalist hotels will also be invited to host SuperChefs Cookery Classes, hands-on cooking experiences that allow younger guests to come into the kitchen, create the new recipes and be sous-chefs for a day.

Foodies and families can also follow #missiondelicious on Westin’s social media platforms for updates throughout the competition, a behind-the-scenes look at the development of the recipes and a sneak peek at the selection process. Finalists of the competition will be announced in August and will appear on the Eat Well Menu for Kids beginning in September 2016.

The Westin Eat Well Menu for Kids builds on the brand’s global Well-Being Movement, an initiative dedicated to inspiring guests and associates to discover new approaches to wellness through innovative partnerships and programs across the brand’s six pillars of well-being: Sleep Well, Eat Well, Move Well, Feel Well, Work Well and Play Well.

This competition follows the recent launch of Westin Family, a global program promoting a sense of well-being for families through interactive programming and signature amenities offered at all hotels, as well as physical play spaces at many resorts.

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