Garrett Berdan is a registered dietitian nutritionist and chef who has worked with school nutrition programs for over 10 years.

Today he works as the menu planner for Spokane Public Schools, Washington’s second largest school district. Prior to that Garrett worked as an independent culinary nutrition consultant specializing in K-12 school nutrition programs, quantity recipe development, culinary training, food communications and marketing.

He is a proud alumnus of The Culinary Institute of America at Greystone and an active member of the Culinary Institute of America’s Healthy Kids Collaborative, a national initiative to enhance the culinary culture of school nutrition programs. Garrett is also happy to serve on the advisory board for the Culinary Institute of Child Nutrition at the Institute of Child Nutrition.

“I’m working on stretching our students’ palates. Although they enjoy the basics, they aren’t afraid to try new things and that’s been really exciting. Frozen red raspberries are versatile, have a great flavor, and are so colorful!”

Try Chef Garrett’s

Raspberry Scones

Try Chef Garrett’s

Raspberry Scones