Lunch x FLIK

FLIK refers to the last name of the couple who began our company in 1971. Building their company through corporate dining services and private catering, Rudi and Julie Flik eventually expanded into the education market, focusing on private and independent schools. In 1995, parent company, Compass Group, acquired FLIK who now operates over 280 private and independent schools nationwide.

As a culinary-driven organization, FLIK's focus is on cooking from whole, fresh ingredients. Fresh made is best made. High food standards and scratch cooking methods translates into nutritious and delicious meals for the Oakhill community to enjoy each and every day.

Our mission is to empower a community of kindness through great food, with respect for each other and our amazing planet.

The on-site chef creates menus with local/regional flavors and ingredients. They receive guidance, training and suggestions for on-trend, innovative ideas from a central FLIK culinary, nutrition and marketing team.

FLIK believes in a customized approach to serving students with special dietary needs and they focus on creating a menu that is friendly to all students with special dietary needs. Schools receive support from registered dietitians to provide on-campus staff with training, operation management and communication to ensure safety. Please feel free to contact us to talk about your students’ specific needs.

Revved Up Recipes is a recurring program where menu favorites are “revved up” with added nutritional value, resulting in an educational and delicious eating experience. This is a great way to incorporate additional nutrients without even noticing.

What's important to Oakhill is important to us. Nurturing our world starts with nurturing our students.

To care for our planet, we have focused on social responsibility with programs such as: Buy Local, Imperfectly Delicious Produce, Sustainable Seafood, Green Restaurant Association Certification (50 of our schools across the country have decided to partner together to gain this certification in their dining hall), Carbon Foodprint, Waste Not, Stop Food Waste, renewable packaging solutions and recycling programs and have announced our commitment to be climate net zero by 2050.

Try it—you might like it! Students are encouraged to sample new recipes each month, and based on real-time student feedback, new recipes will ultimately be added to the Oakhill lunch menu.