Special Dietary Options
We take pride in serving our wholesome ingredients, preparing recipes accurately and providing nutritional analysis and ingredient statements. From our general manager to our front line servers, we work carefully to address food allergies, celiac diets, or their special dietary needs. We want to meet one-on-one with anyone who has individually dining needs to ensure that your dining experience is safe, delicious, and social. For students with medical conditions impact their ability to dine well on campus, we strongly encourage a conversation with our Registered Dietitian, Executive Chef, or our General Manager. In many instances, our dining team can easily assist with special needs. For more detailed information about dining on campus with food allergies, please visit our allergy-specific page.
Occasionally, Dining Services cannot meet a student's medical needs within normal service. We may require additional medical documentation to enable us to develop a more specific meal plan accommodation. In this situation, we ask that the student contact the Westminster College Accessibility Resources. Together, our departments work to serve our students with medical needs related to dining on campus. To contact Megan Donaldson, email donaldma@westminster.edu or call 724-946-7192.
The Simple Servings station at Galbreath Dining Hall provides safe and appetizing food choices four our customers with food allergies, gluten intolerance, and those who prefer simple food. All foods served at this station are prepared with ingredients that do not contain milk, eggs, wheat, soy, shellfish, peanuts, tree nuts, sesame, or gluten. The station uses separate equipment/utensils, preparation areas, and storage areas to minimize the potential of allergens or gluten in our Simple Servings food.
The menu rotates daily and includes a variety of protein (i.e., chicken, beef, lentils), vegetables (i.e., broccoli, carrots, green beans), and starches (i.e., rice, potato, quinoa). There is a salad option available too.
This station is incorporated into the servery to allow students, even those without allergy or gluten concerns, to enjoy the wholesome food selections. We ask that guests do not bring food from other stations and only use the plates provided by our servers at Simple Servings.
Simple Servings team members are carefully trained to prepare and serve safe food. We provide training throughout the year for all employees, and our managers and supervisors also hold AllerTrainU ™ certificates.
While the Simple Servings station is designed to allow customers an easy way to avoid allergens and gluten, we encourage our customers with special dietary needs to connect with our chef, registered dietitian, and general manager to ensure an enjoyable dining experience. Please contact us at nescotjd@westminster.edu or call 724-946-6312.
Our menu system provides ingredient statements specially highlighting the big nine allergens & peanuts, tree nuts, shellfish, wheat, milk, soy, eggs & sesame. Guests may check on the presence of allergens prior to planning their meals using the EveryDay App. The Absence of all allergen listed on this posted or electronic product signage is not a guarantee that the product is free of that allergen. The guest is responsible for communicating their allergy to a supervisor or manger to ensure safety.
While the Simple Servings program is designed to allow customers to have an easy way to avoid gluten and allergens, our chef still want to meet all of our customers with special food needs. Knowing about customer preferences and limitations allows us to plan our menu to best meet everyone’s needs. Contact Jim Nescot, General Manager at nescotjd@westminster.edu or call 724-946-6312 if you have food allergies.