R&DE Stanford Dining, Hospitality & Auxiliaries' Performance Dining program provides an enhanced dining experience aimed at promoting functional health, academic success and athletic performance through nutritionally inspired meals. Our performance-focused menus emphasize whole, minimally processed foods that provide a balance of nutrients and appeal to the diverse preferences of our students. We work closely with Stanford Athletics to accommodate the unique dietary needs of student athletes, who need nutrient-dense meals and added fuel to support a very active lifestyle. By upgrading familiar favorites and responding to current food trends, we make these nourishing foods “craveable” and encourage students to expand their knowledge of food and nutrition.

Stanford Dining, Hospitality & Auxiliaries utilizes our dining program as a platform to recognize a diversity of chefs who influence and educate our culinary team and students. Together we are creating critically important food experiences and educational opportunities in support of Stanford's ethnic theme houses.

Stanford Residential & Dining Enterprises is a proud member of the Menus of Change University Research Collaborative (MCURC), co-founded and jointly led by Stanford University and The Culinary Institute of America. The MCURC is a collaboration of forward-thinking scholars, food service leaders, executive chefs, and administrators for colleges and universities who are accelerating efforts to move people toward healthier, more sustainable, and delicious foods using evidence-based research, education, and innovation. Together, we are working to find best practices and operational innovations that support the MCURC’s vision of cultivating the long-term well-being of all the people and the planet—one student, one meal at a time.