1. Healthy Food Choices in Schools Presents:
Chef Patrick's Pals,
Nutrition and Culinary Program
Presented by Patrick Sandoval, Chef & Nutritionist
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3. Meet Chef Patrick
• Patrick Sandoval, Chef & Nutritionist
• Educational Background
– Texas Culinary Academy
– Johnson and Wales University, BS
• Relevant Experience
– Internships in Italy & France
– United States Navy
– Tyson Foods Corporate Office
– ARAMARK Education K-12
– Athlete

4. Chef Patrick’s Purpose
• To address the Nation-wide epidemic
concerning the rise in childhood obesity &
Type 2 diabetes
How?
• Developed a program that uses relevant and
interactive food demos that are fun, cost
effective and educational for students.

5. Chef Patrick’s Pals
• Interactive demos combined with a nutritional
message for students age k-12
• Students are educated on the importance of making
healthy food selections.
• Demos demonstrate how easy it is to create healthy &
enticing food.
• Introduces participants to new products as well as
kitchen safety.
• Integrated into schools already existing health and
wellness policy
• Integrated into existing classroom curriculum;
math, science, and history lessons

6. Chef Patrick’s demo
• 15-30 minute nutritional message and
culinary demonstration includes:
– Lesson
– Recipe Cards to hand out
– Q & A Section w/ audience
– Live Cooking Demo
– Food Samples for Everyone
• All this with a globally trained Chef!

7. Chef Patrick’s Pals
Ingredients For Success
• High Energy
• Fun
• Informative
• Promotes Health Lifestyle
• Affordable
• No cost to participants
• Last year alone; demonstrated to over 20,000
students, parents, and administrators

8. Antioxidants & Smoothie Demo

9. Chef Patrick’s Pals Proven Success
• PISD schools
• Elementary Science Nights
• Faculty meetings
• PTO meetings
• District Health Fairs
• Family CATCH Nights
• SHAC Meetings
• PISD Administrative Meetings
• Requested Appearances
• And many more…

10. Chef’s Patrick’s Pals
Generates Growth within Business
– Increased Participation!!!
• Using the Chef Patrick’s Pals Demos as a promotional tool, you can
boost your breakfast and lunch participation by over 16%
– Using data from daily and weekly sales reports
• Commercials
• Special Appearance
• Used in conjunction with local school mascots
– Dedicated excellence
– Deliver world-class experiences
– Helps our schools and communities with a different approach
at food education, with no cost to them
– Create long-term value for schools, children and communities
– Create awareness of what the school food service
provides, extending the cafeteria into the class room

11. Chef’s Patrick’s Pals
a K-12 Food Service Standard
• Business Goals
– Advance employee investment and growth
– Deliver innovation and consistent execution
– Accelerate organizational outcomes
– Build education market leadership
• Fiscal Priorities
– New sales/ Programs/ Promotions

12. Building Relationships
• Utilize local produce companies for
donations
• Partner with grant based health
organizations
• Presentations can be given in and out of
the school district
• Client/Customer Realizing Food Service’s
added value, beyond the cafeteria

13. Chef’s Patrick’s Pals
Vision
Create a seamless food education program in which the
participants can cook, learn and have fun!!!
• Leading the nation bringing awareness to the
current health movement
• Building a program that is exciting, educational and
cost effective
• Setting us apart from our competitors
the Future of School Food Service

14. • Train the Trainer; One Day Seminar in Pflugerville!!!
• Learn the ins and outs of this innovative program
• Learn how to create and customize your health and wellness plan to fit your district’s needs
• Chef Patrick’s one on one training of four of his top culinary demonstrations
• Be a certified Chef Patrick’s Pals Trainer
• Chef Patrick will visit your school for a once in a Lifetime Culinary Demonstration

17. Top Culinary Demonstrations
Demonstration (Biochemistry with Superheroes)

18. Extraordinary Quinoa
(Complete Proteins, The History of Whole Grains)
• Ingredients
• 1 3/4 cups quinoa; 2 1/2 cups water; 1 TBS extra-virgin olive oil; 1 TBS
• butter; 1 medium onion, chopped; 1 green bell pepper, thinly sliced; 1
garlic clove ,3 tsp flat-leaf parsley,
• roughly chopped; plus more for garnish; salt
• Directions
• Rinse the quinoa very well. Put the quinoa it in a medium saucepan, add the
• water and let it cook for 15 to 20 minutes or until the quinoa is puffed and the
• water is absorbed. Fluff with a fork.
• In a separate large frying pan, heat the oil and the butter over medium-high
• heat until butter is melted. Add the onion, green pepper, and garlic, and green
• pepper and cook. Stir until the onion is transparent; approximately 5 to
• 7 minutes. Add parsley and the salt to taste.
• Add the cooked quinoa and mix thoroughly.
• Serve hot, garnished with chopped parsley.

19. Salsa Demonstration
• • 2 tablespoons olive oil, plus more for brushing tomatoes
• • 2 serrano chiles
• • 1 small yellow onion, coarsely chopped
• • 6 tomatoes
• • Salt and freshly ground black pepper
• • 2 limes, juiced
• • 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro leaves
• Heat grill to high.
• Heat oil in a small saute pan and saute the chiles, onion, and garlic until soft.
• Brush tomatoes with oil and season with salt and pepper. Grill on both sides until
slightly
• charred and soft.
• Transfer tomatoes and serrano mixture to a food processor; add the lime juice and
salt and
• pepper and process until smooth. Add the cilantro and pulse a few times (there
should be

20. Stir Fry
• Ingredients
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 cup fresh broccoli orets
• 1 medium carrot, thinly sliced
• 1/2 small onion, julienned
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 cup shredded cabbage
• 1 small zucchini, julienned
• 6 large mushrooms, sliced
• 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
• 1 c. cooked whole wheat pasta
• Directions
• In a small bowl, whisk the cornstarch, water and soy sauce until smooth; set aside. In a
• large skillet or wok, stir-fry the broccoli, carrot and onion in oil for 5 minutes. Add the
• cabbage, zucchini, mushrooms and garlic. Stir-fry until vegetables are tender. Stir in soy
• sauce. Serve with rice if desired.

21. Exotic Fruit Demo
Fruit From Around the World
Taste Test of Exotic Seasonal Food

22. Food Color Wheel w/ Yogurt
(What do all the colors mean? What is a Probiotic?)

23. Use Products Already On Hand
• You can always substitute and use product on
hand
• Example:
– Frozen fruit and yogurt, we use in our parfaits
– Apple Juice, we use in our jello
– Cilantro, we make a fresh salsa at the high schools
– Tomatoes, we use in all kinds of recipes

24. Substitutions For Demos
• Replace Quinoa with Brown Rice and/or
Whole Grain Rotini
• Replace any veggie for another
• Replace any fruit with another
• Just Cook.Learn.Have Fun

26. Train The Trainer
Day in Pflugerville
• Chef Coat with Customizable Pals Logo
• Breakfast Snacks
• Lunch
• 4 demos performed by Chef Patrick
• 4 demos performed by Trainees
• At the end of session trainee walks away with (optional):
– Demo Packet
– Wrist bands (.25 each)
– Chef Brochure (.75 each)
– Children’s Aprons (16.00 each)
– Stickers (.05 each)
– Business Cards (.07)
– Recipes (pdf)

27. Demo Packets
• Lessons
• Nutritional Message
• Cartoon Characters for most lessons (PDF)
• Handouts/ Recipe Cards (PDF)
• Checklist
• Servings needed to prepare for each demo
depending on number attended
• Small Wares List

28. Demos
• Smoothie Demo
• Quinoa Salad Demo
• Exotic Fruit Demo
• Food Color Wheel Demo
• Flavored Hummus Among Us
• Create Your Own Demo
• Each demo is less than .25 per student tasting

30. Healthy Food Choices in Schools
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