By: Eden, Cece, and Kieley

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner! Chapelle’s got a new caterer, and no, it’s not the hen! Our students and faculty happily welcomed Pigeons Catering to Archbishop Chapelle’s campus for the 2025-2026 school year, and hopefully beyond! Pigeons Catering is one of the largest catering companies in Louisiana, and they know how to bring New Orleans culture and cuisine to the plate. From the infamous red beans & rice to the normal chicken nuggets and fries, everyone is fed and happy. They also bring different cultural influences to lunch, including: Greek chicken, spaghetti and meatballs, and cheese ravioli rosa. Pigeons Catering has catered not only to Chapelle but also to other schools within the Archdiocese of New Orleans, like De La Salle High School, Jesuit High School of New Orleans, and Mount Carmel Academy. Chapelle is ready to board the flavor express! Pigeons Catering is an EatFitNOLA partner, which means that they not only give us delicious food, but also healthy choices. They prioritize the health and well-being of every student. This allows students to reach their nutritional needs one meal at a time. As growing young women, students need balance in their palettes. With new things comes opinion- students are able to use the new meal viewer app to not only see options for the day and nutrition facts, but also rate and review the food! This gives chipmunks the opportunity to express their thoughts and encourages others to try new items. 

Students are loving the new catering. Sophomore Melody Renaudin said, “I absolutely love it! It's very delicious and of good quality. I really like the grab-and-go. It's quick and efficient.” With the grab-and-go, students are able to get fresh food like chicken wraps, salads, croissant sandwiches, Olipops, parfaits, and Oreo pudding. Not only do the students love the catering, but the faculty also loves it. Dean of Students, Ms. Smith says, “The food is delicious.” Her favorite meal is Meatballs and Marinara.  “This catering is excellent with students because they are excited about lunch. With the grab-and-go, girls can get food that is not a full meal.”  Our teachers are also getting a kick out of the food. “This was needed for Chapelle because now girls are enthusiastic for lunch. There has been a decline in the excitement for lunch, but now they are excited again!” English teacher, Ms. Hook said. One of the best things about the new catering is the brand-name products. Some of their latest products are: Olipops, Skinny-Dipped, and Oh Snap! Pickles. A new thing with the catering is the coffee bar. Students are able to get lemonade, coffee, and frappuccinos in the morning and during lunch. This is able to give the students a boost of energy for their last class. With all of these options to purchase during lunch, students are more enthusiastic to buy lunch. This has made the energy on campus increase.

Pigeons Catering has been a huge help to our school. A handful of our faculty members have mentioned how much it was needed for the school for improvement and to bring back the excitement of lunch for the girls, as you can see in our quotes. It has been a complete shock and advantage to all of us on the Chapelle campus, how well they were able to provide us with their new cafe, hot lunches, salad and potato bar, and especially our coffee bar, making such a change for us over the past couple of years. We want to show our appreciation to Pigeons Catering for giving all of our students, faculty, and staff members a variety of options for delicious lunch, snacks, and beverages located in our cafeteria. Lunch has always been a fun and exciting part of the day for students, but now it has enhanced our lunch breaks even more. With the amazing help of our cafeteria staff, they have been able to feed our Archbishop Chapelle High School family with meals that everybody enjoys. The cafeteria staff have been welcoming students with big and bright smiles, and are always there to lend a helpful hand to everyone on campus. The students find themselves in the hot lunch line throughout the whole lunch period, excited to be served, and the girls are especially excited to be first in line. Even the teachers! Pigeons Catering's helpfulness, patience, and quality of their food have been like no other, and we sincerely appreciate them for making this change for our school. We are so happy to have healthy Chipmunks on campus!