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la Madeleine debuts 'kids fit' menu

May 9, 2019

With the help of high school culinary students, la Madeleine French Bakery & Café  is now offering a "kids fit" menu.

The menu items were created by Texas ProStart High School students, according to a press release, and the program was designed in partnership with the Medical City Children's Hospital Kids Teaching Kids program.

The goal is encouraging healthy eating habits while also satisfying young fans' culinary wants, according to the release.

Texas ProStart high school culinary students, who participated in a Kids Fit Menu Challenge in the fall of 2018, were asked to create kid friendly recipes using la Madeleine ingredients while following specific dietary guidelines.

Culinary teams, with help from the la Madeleine culinary team, spent a month developing recipes. The challenge winners are Jacob Hernandez, Jisel Rodriguez and Abigail Morin, from North Side High School in Fort Worth, for a apple cinnamon crêpe recipe, and Mark Torres, of South Hills High School in Fort Worth, for his ooh la la chicken, broccoli and rice creation. 

"From the get go, partnering with the kids teaching kids program has been a joy," said Jacqueline O'Reilly, vice president of marketing for la Madeleine, in the release. "La Madeleine is a magical experience for our younger guests, so adding these creative and healthful recipes to our menu is a privilege. We were blown away by the talent of the Texas ProStart students, and look forward to working with the Fort Worth teams on future refinement and iterations of their winning recipes."

The Kid Fit Menu is at all la Madeleine bakeries nationwide.