Gourmet Gorilla provides local, healthy and sustainable school meals cooked from scratch throughout the midwest.
Gourmet Gorilla™ provides early childhood and K-12 schools with breakfast, lunch and snacks delivered daily.
our ingredients
Gourmet Gorilla™ obtains its produce from local, sustainable, and gap certified purveyors, our meats are free range, grass fed and all natural, and they have not been subjected to artificial growth hormones and antibiotics, or artificial preservatives; Gourmet Gorilla™ avoids GMO where possible and is a peanut and tree nut free facility.
our philosophy
Gourmet Gorilla™ provides healthy local and sustainable food for kids, with an emphasis on foods that are familiar to children, while occasionally pushing the envelope of taste and food experience. Our menus are as much a learning and educational experience as they are a healthy eating option. Gourmet Gorilla™ recipes are designed to meet and exceed the USDA Final Rules of the Healthy & Hunger-Free Kids Act, Illinois Board of Education and City of Chicago Board of Education meal requirements. All our meals are kid tested!
the environment
Our kitchen is constantly working towards becoming a zero waste kitchen, with a composting program, recycling program, and delivery via environmentally responsible vehicles. Schools that switch to us not only obtain better nutrition and safer food, but also help the local economy, promote food security, and encourage environmental responsibility.
we start at the beginning
To strive for a sustainable future for our children by providing local and sustainable school lunches and healthier eating options. We are committed to working with community partners to provide solid nutrition for all children in order to help them learn and grow. Collaborating within regional food systems around the Chicago food shed, Gourmet Gorilla works with food hubs, rural farmers, urban agriculturalists, dietitians, nutritionists, talented chefs, and organic food manufacturers. We provide quality ingredients as well as connections and partnerships to educational resources on healthy food curriculum, the value of fresh healthy and sustainable food, garden projects, and ecological awareness.
Breakfast
AM Snack
Lunch
PM Snack
Supper
Summer Camp Meals
Catering
Copacking
