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Chef-Driven, Cooking From Scratch Kitchen

Penn Dining, in partnership with Bon Appétit Management Company, offers a culinary-driven approach to wellness. Our cafés are led by a team of chefs who cook from scratch using fresh, whole ingredients. Each café’s chef team collaborates with our Wellness Team of Registered Dietitians to create custom menus for their dining location.  

A café highlight is the daily rotating special at our Comfort, SimplyOASIS, and vegan stations, and it’s our standard to feature a house-made protein, starch, and vegetable. In addition to our daily specials, you’ll find robust salad bars with vegan dressings, mezze bars with marinated and pickled vegetables, and fruit and yogurt bars featuring seasonal selections and locally produced yogurt. Pair the house-made soup of the day with your meal, or top your plate with mushrooms, onions, or peppers from our grill. We invite you to explore our online menus to see which daily specials and static offerings we’re cooking in our cafés today.  

We believe in the impact of sourcing local ingredients and commit to spending at least 20% of our food budget with local Farm to Fork vendors. We're also committed to ensuring that all students have access to the dining experience, offering programs for food allergies and celiac disease, religious diets, and vegan and vegetarian dining.

  • 10 Farm to Fork vendors
  • 20% of our food budget spent with local Farm to Fork vendors
  • 1,212,074 lbs. of plant-based foods purchased in 2024  
Eating Smart
Dietary Accommodations

Conscious eating starts here

Whether you're vegetarian, avoiding gluten, kosher, or all the above, we’ve got you covered. Our cafe-specific menus have menu icons to help you know what you are eating. When viewing our menus online, you can filter our menus by those dietary preferences.
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Religious Diets

Diverse menus for a diverse campus

We strive to support Penn students by providing options that satisfy a variety of religious requirements including special menus for holiday observances.
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Additional Resources

Your health is our priority

We work with our partners across campus to expand resources to support student Wellness including Student Health Services, Wellness at Penn and Penn Athletics as well as student groups such as the Penn Vegan Society.
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Dining On Campus

Vegan & Vegetarian

Penn Dining supports students with a variety of dietary preferences and restrictions. Students can find vegan and vegetarian meals prepared across campus at all of our dining cafes. Use our Vegan & Vegetarian Dining Guide to help find what you're looking for.
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In-Person Programs

Food For Your Well Being Events

Each month our dining cafes feature a nutrition and wellness education series from Bon Appétit Management Company that supports your well-being. Enjoy samples of healthy foods, ideas for maintaining a healthy lifestyle, and helpful resources.
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Meet the Wellness Team

Sarah Goff, RDN
Wellness Manager

I became interested in a nutrition career after I took up baking as a hobby. I loved using ingredients in non-traditional ways and wanted to delve deeper into the science behind food. After working in a clinical setting for 3 years, I came to university dining out of a desire to work more closely with food and preventative wellness. I’ve always had a natural passion for environmental sustainability, and Bon Appétit’s work at the intersection of food and sustainability was a perfect match. In my free time, you’ll find me planning my balcony garden, tending to one of my many houseplants, or riding my bike around Philly.
Sarah Goff

Meet the Wellness Team

Amanda Schlink, MS, RD
Wellness Coordinator

My interest in food and nutrition began during high school when I served meals on the weekends at my local church. After becoming a dietitian, I started in college & university dining services, focusing on food service operations and educating students on healthy meal options on campus. Several years later, I’ve returned to college & university dining services to make a difference for our next generation of students. Bon Appétit’s integration of wellness initiatives and chef-driven menus was a perfect combination for me. In my free time, I enjoy trying new restaurants, traveling, and spending time with my friends and family.
Amanda Schlink

Dine Well, Eat Smart

Our dietitian-led Dine Well, Eat Smart program celebrates health and wellness by educating students on a variety of themes that intersect with nutrition, such as gut health, mindfulness, and post-workout recovery. Our award-winning program features bi-weekly newsletters emailed to all dining plan holders and a monthly station takeover in our all-you-care-to-eat residential cafés.
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