Focus: Food Service

Hospital food service operators on front lines of coronavirus

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


Aatul Jain, executive chef at Saint Peter’s University Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J., said preparation is key when serving patients amid the coronavirus crisis, according to a podcast on the Food Management website.

Jain is also on the board of the Association of Healthcare Foodservice (AHF), many of whose members are confronting the coronavirus crisis.

Jain said that because he and his team prepared, they are in good shape. 

But operators are changing service during coronavirus, according to the podcast.

Listen to the podcast.



July 14, 2020


Topic Area: Food Service

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