Our Food Services team offers a varied menu of healthy, delicious foods.
Whether preparing breakfast, lunch and dinner for 150 grade school children and university students, bag lunches to take into the field, a gala banquet, or appetizers for visiting dignitaries, Executive Chef Vezir Sultanov and his team do their utmost to ensure quality and variety.
Our Executive Chef endeavors to:
- use fresh whole foods in our menus
- eliminate packaged and processed foods
- use foods free of preservatives, dyes, coatings and fillers whenever possible
- have a strong foundational knowledge of the products we use
- use herbs grown on-site
Food allergies and special diets
Before you arrive:
Most special diets and food allergies can be accommodated with advance notice. Contact your program coordinator in advance of your arrival.
- Ensure that your Diet Information Sheet is FULLY completed and submitted well in advance of your arrival at BMSC.
- Describe in detail the severity of your (or your child’s) allergies.
- Food preferences are not considered dietary requirements.
Each special diet is prepared in advance of other meals and isolated to assure no cross-contamination.
Diets BMSC Food Services can support:
- Vegetarian (specify whether you eat eggs and/or dairy products)
- Vegan
- Gluten Free (be advised that we make bread in the cafeteria and there may be flour dust in the air)
Diets the cafeteria is unable to support:
- Kosher or Halal
- air-born allergies
- extreme dietary restrictions
Meal times:
- Breakfast: 7:30 AM to 8:00 AM
- Lunch: 12:30 PM to 1:00 PM
- Dinner: 6:00 PM to 6:30 PM
During peak activity: on Saturday and Sundays brunch and dinner are available. Brunch is from 10:00AM-11:00 AM and dinner remains from 6:00-6:30 pm.
As part of the room and board package, meals are served three times a day, seven days a week. In case of a day trip, bag lunches or a brunch will be provided. Lunch and dinner meals include all-you-can-eat salad bar and dessert.
Meals will be served for the first 1/2 hour. Second helpings are placed out after everyone has been served.
Purchasing Meals
If you are not with a group that has pre-reserved and/or pre-paid for your meals, you can purchase individual meal tickets and eat at the cafeteria as well. Here’s how:
- Purchase your meal tickets at the main office during office hours (M-F 8:30-4:30)
- Let the kitchen know (with as much notice as possible, at least 24 hours) what meals you would like to have – email vsultanov(at)bamfieldmsc.com.
- Make sure you tell the kitchen about any dietary restrictions.
- Place your meal tickets in the ticket box on the right side of the serving area near the whiteboard before being served.
*If you plan on eating various meals, please inform your program coordinator so they can pre-reserve your meals and ensure we have enough ingredients to feed everyone.
Non-Peak Activity Schedules
Please note that during non-peak activity the kitchen schedule may be variable. Check this space for alternate kitchen schedules. When in doubt, you can email our food services manager Vezir at vsultanov(at)bamfieldmsc.com.
Weekly menus are usually available on the whiteboard at the cafeteria.
*This schedule and the weekly menu is not fully guaranteed and may be changed without notice
*The Kitchen is currently running on a regular schedule!*
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