Belgian hospital kitchen is awarded for the quality of the menu it serves to its patients
Aware of the importance that food plays in the recovery process of their patients, both at a health and mental level, For more than a year, the managers of the AZ Groeninge teaching hospital, based in Kortrijk, Belgium, undertook the task of improving the menu for the patients they care for 365 days a year.
To meet the goal, seek the advice of some professionals who collaborate with the publication and through a process of consultation and audits substantially improved the quality of food cooked at the hospital.
This effort was rewarded the Gault&Millau gastronomic guide, Michelin competitor in France, awarded the hospital’s kitchen its seal of quality, which places it as the first from a hospital to be officially recognized.
In this regard, Philip Dupont, facility services manager at AZ Groeninge, assured that they decided to seek advice to strengthen an area that they consider key to achieving the recovery of patients.
So, Since the beginning of 2022, they started the project by analyzing the menu for the sick and asking them what they thought.
Along with this, hospital kitchen staff were trained to pass audits carried out by various experts focused on helping them.
Once everything was ready, after several months of adjustments, Gault&Millau inspectors went to the AZ Groeninge hospital to test 16 different hot dishes with the appropriate dietary variants to offer patients mainly during breakfast and lunch.
To issue your evaluation, tasters rated factors such as flavor, aroma, texture and consistency, but also balance and cohesionserving temperature, freshness of ingredients and even the presentation and service.
It should be noted that the seal of distinction obtained by the Belgian hospital expires in one year, so to endorse it they must be audited again.
Marc Declerck, general director of Gault&Millau, acknowledged his satisfaction with the great task carried out by the staff who work in the kitchen of the AZ Groeninge hospital.
“I believe that everyone deserves a nice and healthy meal every day. People don’t necessarily want very complicated things. make her healthy Make it tasty. You have to cook for others as you would for yourself ”, she indicated on social networks.
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