Hot, healthy meals your kids will actually eat.
Premier Kitchen delivers fresh, USDA & CACFP-compliant meals to charter schools, private schools, and child care centers across the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro. Baked or steamed, never fried. Homemade sauces. A vegetarian option with every menu.
- USDA & CACFP Compliant
- 100% Peanut-Free Kitchen
- Delivered Hot & Ready to Serve
What sets us apart
Real food, real standards, real relationships
We're a family-run kitchen, not a corporate food service. That shows up in every meal we deliver.
USDA & CACFP Compliant
Every menu is built to USDA guidelines and CACFP requirements, so your meal program stays funded and inspection-ready.
Peanut-Free Kitchen
Our entire kitchen is 100% peanut-free, and we carry no pork products — safer meals for diverse student bodies.
Baked or Steamed, Never Fried
Healthier preparation with homemade sauces, whole grain breads and pastas, and fresh ingredients in every dish.
Vegetarian Option, Every Menu
A vegetarian choice comes standard with every menu, plus custom substitutions and cultural accommodations on request.
Delivered Hot & Ready to Serve
We deliver hot meals to your location ready to serve, with portion guides and serving utensils included.
Community Partners, Not Just Vendors
We donate to and cater one school event a year per client, and many of our partners have stayed with us for over a decade.
How it works
Getting started takes one phone call
Request a free sample meal
Tell us about your school or center and how many meals you serve. We'll deliver a real sample meal, no obligation.
We build your menu together
We design a USDA & CACFP-compliant rotation around your needs — cultural accommodations, allergies, and vegetarian options included.
Hot meals, delivered daily
We deliver fresh, ready-to-serve meals on schedule with portion guides and serving utensils. You serve, we handle the rest.
Who we serve
Trusted across the Twin Cities
From a 30-child daycare to a full charter school, we build a meal program that fits how you actually run your day.
Charter Schools
Turnkey vended meal programs that meet USDA and MDE requirements, so you can focus on teaching.
Private Schools
Flexible menus and cultural accommodations for diverse student bodies, delivered hot every day.
Child Care Centers
CACFP-compliant meals and snacks portioned for little ones, with guides and utensils included.
Senior Centers
Nutritious, comforting meals prepared with the same care we put into every plate we serve.
In their words
Schools that have trusted us for decades
Kathy, Bob and their Team at Premier Kitchen are professional, flexible, and easy to work with.
Premier Kitchen has been catering for our school for the past 10 years.
Premier Kitchen has catered meals for San Miguel Middle School since our opening in 2000.
We have worked with Premier Kitchen since our opening in 2003. Premier works with us in developing a menu to accommodate our student body which is rich in cultural diversity.
Premier has gone above and beyond the call of duty whenever we have asked them to accommodate special events.
The best feedback comes from the kids though most days they ask if there will be seconds!