Street Food Festival

The Largest Street Food Festival on College Campuses! A delicious and colossal street food festival Six chefs battled in LSU’s first-ever Jambalaya showdown. was the first of four JoyFul events Chartwells will host this academic year.

Chef Jet Tila Hosts FestiFul

THE COUNTRY’S LARGEST STREET FOOD FESTIFUL

SIMULTANEOUSLY UNITED 1.5 MILLION STUDENTS

AT 300 COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES. This month, we celebrated FestiFul: the first signature event in our JoyFul series where we hosted the largest Street Food Festival on College Campuses. Home-based at Louisiana State University, but operating in unison at 300 schools across the country, the team invited Celebrity Chef Jet Tila to host a Jambalaya Cook-Off while offering a variety of food trucks, giveaways, photo booths, games, and more for students to enjoy!

Bringing Joy to Others

Many of our teams chose to spread joy by helping others

MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA

Our team at Montclair State University hosted a Food Drive Donation to support their on-campus Red Hawk Food Pantry to help fight food insecurity. Guests that attended FestiFul and also brought in non-perishable items were invited to spin a prize wheel to win things like shirts, bags, water bottles, and more. The team collected over 30 pounds of shelf-stable food for their pantry. During their FestiFul, the team at the University of North Florida partnered with their on-campus food pantry Lend a Wing, donating $1,000 worth of product from their wish list for students in need, and even invited students to assist in building bags for their peers.

Welcoming students back with the largest street food festival on college campuses.

FestiFul, brought out some great local street artists, activities like charitable give-backs, photo booths, yard games, live music, and more. Cheers & Applause

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA GREENSBORO At Spartan Dining, American’s Got Talent contestants 1aChord headlined FestiFul, bringing their gospel sound back to where it all started – Fountain View Dining Hall. The trio – comprised of music theatre major Tavis Cunningham, jazz studies major Julian Kennedy, and music major Christoff Hairston – performed a set of four songs and were met with endless cheering and applause from their fellow Spartans. After their performance, they held a meet and greet with students and signed autographs.

Boxes of Joy

CANISIUS COLLEGE

The team at Canisius College started off their Food FestiFul by offering free admission to the dining hall and asked for $3 donations which would be given to the food pantry on campus to help fight food insecurity. They also featured custom JoyFul balloon displays from Buffalo Balloon Co., a local company! The team also collected pull tabs to donate to the Ronald McDonald House of Buffalo whose mission is to create and support programs to improve the health and wellbeing of children. In addition, the team also passed our JoyFul Boxes, inviting students to enjoy the snacks inside but to also spread joy by sharing them with a friend. Canisius’ president, John Hurley was so impressed that he decided to double the donations to their campus pantry.

Chef Cook-Off

TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY The team at Texas State University saw 3x more guests than a typical Friday during their Food FestiFul. Guests at Texas State had the opportunity to enter to win some Apple AirPods by donating non-perishable food or by placing their vote for the Chef Cook-off Competition. All the food collected from the food drive was donated to Bobcat Bounty Food Pantry, which helps students who experience food insecurity. The Chef Cook-off placed all of our chefs head-to-head to see who could create the best skewer recipe. Guests could also enjoy our TikTok booth, arcade basketball, ping pong, giant Jenga, and even a DIY friendship bracelet station. Chef Jet even virtually appeared in the dining hall. But of course, everyone came for the great food that the culinarians prepared! The Birria Tacos, DIY elote, and chef skewers were huge fan favorites as several guests kept coming back for several servings.

JoyFul Celebration

UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS At the University of Arkansas, the team celebrated JOY during their FestiFul event with food, music, friends, and a dunk tank! Various campus organizations volunteered to be dunked in exchange for donations of non-perishable items to be donated to the Razorback Food Recovery program. Our team then decided to match the donations!