Market Square Cafe new winter/fall menu starting October 2

Have you been to a restaurant that served amazing food? Have you ever wish you get invited to the Chef's table or be present to witness how the menus were put together?

Today I am that lucky person. I was very fortunate to be invited by the Stanford Health Care Food Services team to attend their new menu planning session for the new fall/Winter menus starting  from October 2-October 6. According to Chef Andrae Elizondo, CEC, the new menu also took into Employee's and Customer's requests and feedbacks. So, it is a collaboration between both customers and food services colleagues.

Jodi Krefetz, Interim Director Food Services,  Eva Shum, CDM, CFPP, Retail Operations Manager, Ricardo Guzman, Retail supervisor, Olga Gonzalez, Retail supervisor, Andrae Elizondo, Executive Chef, Jeremy Garrett, Sous Chef, Miguel Garcia, Head cook and Ashley Copley, Food Services Manager were in attendance.

The process started with Chef Andrae introducing each dishes. Questions such as ingredients, origin of the ingredients, healthy options, presentations, how well the meal hold on take out orders, textures, and price were involved when each dishes were tasted.  Recommendations and feedbacks were also provided to the chef. I am like a kid in the candy store. Mesmerized with how elaborate a menu planning is and how good it taste. Five dishes were introduced at the menu planning session and four dishes makes the cut.

Here are the menu items that made the cut. The menu will be introduced at Market Fresh Cafe starting October 2:

1) Braised beef short ribs
2) Ramen bowl with Kurobuta pork or tofu with miso broth
3) Shrimp Tempura Ramen bowl
4) Chicken Penne with Marinara Sauce

We also had a chance to try the Homemade No Bake Key Lime pie which will be available on September 23rd during Key Lime Pie Day!

When the team compliments the chefs on job well done, Chef Miguel mentioned "All dishes were put together with love by the production team". It definitely shows Chefs!

Thank you for a wonderful afternoon!

To all readers, if you happened to be around Stanford Health Care, please stop by to try the new Fall/Winter menu.It will be available starting October 2!

Back row (Left to Right)- Jodi, Olga and Eva
Front row (Left to Right)- Chef Andrae, Miguel, Jeremy and Ashley

Tasting table

Pork Ramen

Tempura Shrimp Ramen 

Celebrating Rosh Hashanah at Stanford Health Care Market Square Cafe

Rosh Hashanah 2017 starts at sundown today, Wednesday, Sept. 20 and will last through the end of the evening of Friday, Sept. 22. Rosh Hashanah celebrates the start of the Jewish new year according to the Jewish calendar. "Shanah Tovah" is the appropriate greetings for the holiday.

At Stanford Health Care Market Square Cafe, we celebrates the festivity by offering fresh baked honey loaf cake and the popular tradition of Apple with Honey. Honey signifies hope for a "sweet" new year.

To learn more about the holiday, please visit the following link Rosh Hashanah Fast fact on CNN website

Wishing all readers who are celebrating Rosh Hashanah Shanah Tovah!

http://time.com/4950221/happy-rosh-hashanah-greeting-hebrew-shana-tova/

Stanford Housekeeping Week Celebration

HAPPY HOUSEKEEPING WEEK!!!

From September 11th - 15th, the Environmental Services Department celebrated the workers that make Stanford SHINE! Supervisor Vijay spent the prior weekend decorating the EVS office with balloons, streamers, and lanterns. To show our appreciation to their hard work, the management team provided all sorts of food, such as Hawaiian, sandwiches, pizza, chinese food and cake. 

The management team also held a raffle giveaway, which included prizes of gift cards and insulated lunch bags. 

Director Yamin Bregeth always leaves his door open for his employees but for EVS week, he really wanted to show his gratitude for their hard work by providing lunch for the employees everyday this week. Even Stanford Healthcare President and CEO David Entwistle wanted to be part of the festivities as he visited the team for the Hawaiian Luau lunch. 

Some of the staff comments include:

 "The best Housekeeping week since I've been here." -Erika Garcia

 "The Hawaiian food catered in was delicious." -Chand Sharma

"I've been at Stanford for over 10 years and this is the best housekeeping week so far." -Allan Gomez

Again, the management team gives a big THANKS for all you do! Keep up the great job and being a integral part of boosting Stanford Hospital as a Top 10 hospital in the country!!

Hawaiian Luau lunch was catered by Golden Harvest

Food is served by Ashwin and Vijay

Food being served by Andrew and Chris

The team poses with a full stomach!

Andrew and Leonor with their goofy moment

The raffle prize winners posing for their winning prizes

Arun with his prize

Sam with his prize

Celebrating National Coffee Ice Cream Day at Stanford Health Care Market Square Cafe

The Food Services team celebrated National Coffee Ice Cream Day https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-coffee-ice-cream-day-september-6/ today at Stanford Health Care Market Square Cafe from 2-4pm.

Customers can choose between a choice of Coffee Ice Cream, Iced Coffee and Coffee Ice Cream float. According to Eva Shum, CDM, CFPP, retail operation manager, it is a fun way to celebrate the holiday with both the customers and colleagues at Stanford Health Care.

Apart from National Coffee Ice Cream day,we are also offering Belgian waffles from September 11th-15th and we will be celebrating Key Lime Pie Day on September 23.

While you are there, don't forget to take a selfie with our life size standee of our very own Executive Chef, Chef Andrae Elizondo, CEC. #marketsquarecafe

Sodexo Patient Equipment Management Solutions (PEMS) celebrates 805 Injury Free day today

The Sodexo Patient Equipment Management Solutions (PEMS) team at Stanford Health Care and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital celebrates 805 injury free days today with a Pizza party.

The team has been supporting Sodexo Zero Harm safety culture. http://sodexoinsights.com/safety-zero-harm/ and Stanford Hospitality team safety mission -"To discover behaviors and/or environmental factors that lead to safety risks and mitigate them to protect our staff and provide a safe environment".

Before the team starts any task, they ask the following 3 checks for safety questions:
1) Do I know how to do the job?
2) Do I have the right tools and equipment to do the job?
3) Is my environment safe?

If the answer to any of the above questions are no, colleagues are advised to stop, seek assistance and correct the situation before they proceed.

The team also mentioned Teamwork is another contributing factor to a safe environment. When each team member plays an active role in safety, not only are we making the hospital a safer place for our patients, it also improves the quality of daily life for all colleagues. It is making the workplace a better environment for everyone.

According to Peter Stanislaw, Director of Express Services, " Providing hospital staff, patients and visitors a safe environment is paramount in PEMS. The culture was instilled during department orientation , and is encouraged in our daily huddles. Taking the time to prepare standard work and providing detailed training has also contributed to the department meeting the 800 safe-day milestone".

To the PEMS team- Thank you for your commitement to the Sodexo Zero harm safety culture!

The PEMS team 

Gio

Left to right: Delroy, Sheila, Calvin and Jose Perez

Left to right: Gio and Jomari

Left to right: Jon Fullbright and Jesse

 Left to right: Peter and Sergio

Environmental Services department at Stanford Healthcare celebrate August Colleagues's birthdays

In the Environmental Services department at Stanford Health Care, we put patients at the heart of everything we do.

The management team wants to show our appreciation to our most important asset, Our people by celebrating special occasions such as birthdays. 

Today, we celebrate August birthdays with a birthday cake and donuts during our daily huddles. The team celebrates by singing a birthday song together in English and Maria Solorio, one of our EVS Assistant make a solo performance by singing the birthday song in Spanish.  It was also accompanied by a dance performance by Vijay, our supervisor, dancing to the song "Happy" by Pharrell Williams. Although it was just a briefed 15 minutes celebration, the event was filled with lots of joy and laughter. 

To all colleagues that are celebrating birthdays this month, Wishing you a Happy Birthday. May  good health and happiness always be with you!

Thank you for all that you do! We appreciate you!  

Here are names of EVS colleagues that have August birthdays:

1) Rajesh 

2)Pablo Rojas

3) Jessica 

4) Leida

5) Licette

6) Reyna

7) Maria Luisa

Table decorations by Mrs Vijay , EVS supervisor

Picture with colleagues that are celebrating the birthday

Deborah Johnson,EVS supervisor showing us one of her pose.

Special thanks to Narranda and Vijay for doing a great job on the Employee Recognition board.

Happy Retirement Dominador!

Dominador Crisostomo has worked in the Environmental Services Department (EVS) at Stanford Health Care for 10 years and retired on Wednesday, 7/5/17. Last Friday, June 30, the blood transfusion lab, Dominador's assigned work area, organized a retirement party for him.   

According to Dominador, he will spend time with his family and friends in California and the Philippines after his retirement. 

He would like to thank all Environmental Services and blood transfusion lab colleagues for their friendship and kind assistance extend to him during his career at Stanford Health Care. He will miss everyone and wishes his best to the Stanford community.  

We wish Dominador a Happy Retirement! Thank you for all that you had done at Stanford Health Care. Please come back to visit us if you happened to be in the area.

Happy retirement Dominador!

Dominador with the blood transfusion lab and Environmental Services department management team