Bibb County School District
Central Kitchen and Career Center.
Birchfield Jacobs Foodsystems designed a newly constructed 25,000 square foot
cook/chill Central Production Unit. This project received the 2003 American School
Food Service Association Innovation and Technology Award. The CPU includes a
cook/chill system for this 30,000-pupil school district complete with tumble chill,
blast chill, packaging for chilled bulk entrees. Individual servings using products
produced in the central kitchen and/or purchased prepared are packaged to obtain
the most economical cost while maintaining acceptable quality. This facility
includes a sizable bakery.
Attached to the CPU is a newly constructed Career Center, which includes a test
kitchen for the CPU as well as the production kitchen for the Career Center. The
Career Center also includes a training kitchen and classroom for the students.
The design contract also included the design of several elementary schools, as well
as a combination kitchen with separate serving and dining spaces for 2 newly
constructed middle school/high school combinations.
