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Gourmet Dining is the premier food service company serving New Jersey. As New Jersey’s largest privately owned regional dining service company, Gourmet Dining operates on-site food service management for educational, corporate and healthcare facilities throughout the state. Its chairman, Alfred Frungillo, founded Gourmet Dining in 1987. Mr. Frungillo began his career in the food service industry when he founded Frungillo Caterers in 1972. Frungillo Caterers continues to operate today and has become the largest off premise catering company in the greater metropolitan area. In 1987, Mr. Frungillo saw that his expertise in the catering field would make a dramatic impact in the food service industry. To do this, he searched for an individual with complementary skills in the wholesale and retail aspects of the food service industry. He was fortunate to make the acquaintance of Ben Aiello. At the time, Mr. Aiello was the Vice President of Aiello Food Manufacturing and the head of its food service division for retail sales. Over the past twenty years, this dynamic partnership has taken Gourmet Dining from a start-up company to a company with over 70 million dollars of sales per year. Today, Alfred and Ben continue to cultivate their dining partnerships working along side their children, Michael and Anthony Frungillo and Julie Aiello. The chemistry of this team combines a lifetime of experience in the food industry with the latest in today’s modern technologies and social consciousness. Our mission at Gourmet Dining is to provide an exemplary and unique dining experience for each client built on strong professional and personal relationships

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Top Notch Gourmet Dining Programs Honored by NACUFS.

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Gourmet Dining takes home 2 of 4 Nationally Ranked Residential Dining Awards with New Host Campus Partners.   Top Notch Gourmet Dining Programs Honored by NACUFS. May 1, 2013 Manhattan College Student Center Gourmet Dining was recently recognized for their achievements in Residential ...

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Eat Green Give Green

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  14,115! That's the total number of salads eaten during our March 2013 Eat Green Give Green Campaign! We far surpassed our target of 10,000 salads by our campus communities. Students and community members were encouraged to Eat Green during Mar...

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Gourmet Dining Partners with Plymouth Beef

January 8, 2013. Gourmet Dining has partnered with Plymouth Beef, a premier level-three certified beef company, for all ground beef purchases. That's right, that means you can enjoy enjoy a juicy, made-to-order hamburger with superior taste and quality right here in yo...

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Biggest Loser - Starting in February 2013. Join on Your camp

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Do you want to learn about healthy, safe and fun ways to be healthier and slimmer in the New Year? The Gourmet Dining Biggest Loser program is embarking on our third year of helping students and college communities reach their go...

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Connect with Gourmet Dining Campuses on Facebook!

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Like us! Are you a student or campus member on a Gourmet Dining Campus? Like us on facebook, and view our daily news feeds with menu updates, special events, giveaways, and more. We are currently running a t-shirt giveaway. Like us on ...

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New York Times Review of Ursino Restaurant

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From Farm to Table, but Hardly Rustic   A Review of Ursino, at Kean University By KARLA COOK WHEN I hear the words “farm to table,” I picture an old white clapboard inn, with gardens all around. Ursino, an ambitious farm-to-table re...

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Fair Trade trumps at Manhattan College, with Help of GDS

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Manhattan College achieved Fair Trade status, the first College in New York City to achieve this status. Gourmet Dining worked together with the students of Manhattan College to provide Fair Trade foods available for purchase on campus. Manager Nick Valinotti team...

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Peter Fischbach Named Food Service Director of the Month

Peter Fischbach: Complacency Killer At the New Jersey Institute of Technology, Peter Fischbach wages war on the status quo. By Lindsey Ramsey Accomplishments PETER FISCHBACH has transformed the dining services department at NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY by: • DEVELOPING a vast series of sp...

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Meatless Mondays Begins at Seton Hall University

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The Setonian > News 'Meatless Monday' initiative increases vegetarian options By Ashley Duvall News Editor Gourmet Dining Services announced its "Meatless Monday" initiative that will offer an increased amount of vegetarian meals every Monday at Seton Hall University, acc...

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Kelloggs and Gourmet Dining Help Fight Hunger

Kellogg’s Food Away From Home would like to thank the Gourmet Dining team for their effort in last September’s and October’s Help Fight Hunger promotion.Thanks to the tremendous participation of Fairleigh Dickson University, Kean University, Manhattan College, New Jersey Institute ...

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Meatless Mondays on Campuses!

Gourmet Dining Kicks off the New Year with Meatless Monday Campaign Madison, NJ (January 5, 2012) – As part of its commitment to provide students, faculty, and staff with healthy, sustainable fare, Gourmet Dining is starting out the New Year by ...

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Ursino Gives Newark a Taste

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Ursino, the Farm to Table restaurant on the Kean University campus provided their latest samples at the Link Community School Fundraiser, "A Taste of Newark."  Ursino, which opened in October, is operated by Gourmet Dining. To learn more about the ...

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Food Service Director reports on GDS high-tech ordering syst

New ordering system implemented in cafeteria   Published: Thursday, October 27, 2011 Updated: Thursday, October 27, 20 11 09:10 Leah Poland, The Setonian Students and employees are supportive of the new ordering system. Gourmet Dining Service...

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Biggest Losers Win Big!

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  Gourmet Dining’s Biggest Loser Contest Changes More Than Just Waist Lines May 7, 2011 Over the past 3 months, across 6 campuses, 275 students came together to make a life changing commitment.  Together, students and staff at Seton Hall University, ...

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Gourmet Naturals programs makes natural food choices easier!

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Gourmet Dining introduces a company-wide campaign promoting our new natural food line “Gourmet Naturals.”  Gourmet Naturals is a new line of packaged snack foods dedicated to bringing you a variety of the cleanest, tastiest foods on the market. Gourmet Naturals will make...

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Gourmet Dining brings Biggest Loser program on campuses!

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With New Year's resolutions fresh in the minds of many students, and spring just around the corner, the Gourmet Dining team decided to launch the Biggest Loser program. Gourmet Dining has a long tradition of promoting healthy lifestyles and eating habits th...

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Kean Gets Organic

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The Kean University student newspaper, the "Cougar's Byte," reports on the success of the Cougar's Den, the new "all natural, healthy & delicious cafe." Come eat at the Cougar's Den! By: Strawberry Gallagher above: (right) Chef Erik Weatherspool (left) a student meeting ...

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Gourmet Dining Receives an A in Sustainability at Seton Hall

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&quo   The College Sustainability Report Card, an evaluation by the Sustainable Endowments Institute ranked the Gourmet Dining Food Service program at Seton Hall University to be a stellar program. How did they evaluate our program? College Sustainability Report Card 2011: Dining Service: ...

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Organic Eating Comes to FDU's Backyard

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Organic eating comes to FDU’s backyard Posted on 20 September 2010 Tags: gourmet dining, M. Anzidei, organic garden MELANIE ANZIDEINews Editor When running late to class, most students may hope to take their usual short-cut through the side of the dining hall. This yea...

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Bergen Goes Green

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A green transformation is underway at Bergen Community College’s main campus cafeteria — and you can help by following three simple rules: compost, recycle and conserve. Gourmet Dining Services and Bergen Community College are working together to realize the sustainable goals of bot...

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