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One On One With: Hospital food service operators face front lines of coronavirus

Healthcare executive chef shares details of serving patients and staff during the pandemic.

Becky Schilling, Group Content Director/Editor-in-chief

March 23, 2020

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On this special edition of One On One With, Food Management’s podcast, I speak with Aatul Jain, executive chef at Saint Peter’s University Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J. Jain is also on the board of the Association of Healthcare Foodservice (AHF), many of whose members are confronting the coronavirus crisis head-on.

I spoke with Jain the day after St. Patrick’s Day, and he says that because he and his team prepared, they are in good shape. But he knows that there’s a rough road ahead for many operators in hospitals as the virus continues to spread.

We spoke about how food and nutrition departments will continue to serve their No. 1 customers—their patients—and how they are ensuring the health and safety of employees, including their mental well-being during what can only be described as high stress.

We also hit on ways operators are changing service during coronavirus, the supply chain and a host of other topics related to healthcare foodservice in the times of coronavirus.

Do you have a story to tell? Email me at [email protected].

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About the Author

Becky Schilling

Group Content Director/Editor-in-chief

Becky Schilling is Food Management’s editor-in-chief, and the group content director for Informa’s Restaurants and Food Group, managing editorial for digital, print and events for Nation’s Restaurant News, Restaurant Hospitality, Food Management and Supermarket News media brands. Becky holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Texas A&M University and a master's degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. Before joining Food Management in 2014, Becky was with FoodService Director magazine for seven years, the last two as editor-in-chief. Becky is a history nerd and a sports fanatic, especially college football—Gig'em Ags—and tennis. A born and raised Texan, Becky currently resides in New York City.

Becky Schilling’s areas of expertise include the onsite foodservice industry (K-12 schools, colleges and universities, healthcare and B&I), foodservice menus, operational best practices and innovation.

Becky Schilling is a frequent speaker at industry events including The Association for Healthcare Foodservice (AHF), The National Association of College & University Food Services (NACUFS) and The Society for Hospitality and Foodservice Management (SHFM).

Becky Schilling’s experience:

Group Content Director, Informa Restaurant & Food Group (Feb. 2020-present)

Editor-in-chief Food Management (Nov. 2014-present)

Director of Content Strategy & Optimization, Informa Restaurant & Food Group (March 2019-Feb. 2020)

Editor-in-chief, Supermarket News (April 2019-March 2019)

Executive Editor, Supermarket News (July 2016-April 2017)

Editor-in-chief, FoodService Director magazine (March 2013-Oct. 2014)

Managing Editor (FoodService Director magazine (March 2012-March 2013)

Associate Editor (FoodService Director magazine (Nov. 2007-March 2012)

Contact Becky Schilling at:

[email protected]

@bschilling_FM

https://www.linkedin.com/in/becky-schilling-39194ba/

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