Aramark Sports & Entertainment Announces Partnership with KZ Provisioning to Expand Services to Athletes Nationwide
Aramark Sports & Entertainment has partnered with KZ Provisioning to expand athlete nutrition services nationwide. Founded by award-winning chefs Andrew Zimmern and Gavin Kaysen in 2017, KZ Provisioning specializes in delivering customized, performance-driven meals to professional athletes. The company currently serves the Minnesota Lynx, Minnesota Timberwolves, and Minnesota Wild. Through this partnership, KZ Provisioning will leverage Aramark's extensive network to provide their specialized culinary services to more professional and collegiate sports teams across the country. Their approach focuses on creating nutritious meals designed for performance, endurance, wellness, and recovery.
Aramark Sports & Entertainment ha stretto una partnership con KZ Provisioning per ampliare i servizi di nutrizione per gli atleti a livello nazionale. Fondato dagli chef premiati Andrew Zimmern e Gavin Kaysen nel 2017, KZ Provisioning si specializza nella fornitura di pasti personalizzati e orientati alla performance per atleti professionisti. Attualmente, l'azienda serve i Minnesota Lynx, Minnesota Timberwolves e Minnesota Wild. Attraverso questa collaborazione, KZ Provisioning sfrutterà la vasta rete di Aramark per fornire i loro servizi culinari specializzati a un numero maggiore di squadre sportive professionistiche e universitarie in tutto il paese. Il loro approccio si concentra sulla creazione di pasti nutrienti progettati per le prestazioni, la resistenza, il benessere e il recupero.
Aramark Sports & Entertainment se ha asociado con KZ Provisioning para expandir los servicios de nutrición para atletas a nivel nacional. Fundada por los chefs galardonados Andrew Zimmern y Gavin Kaysen en 2017, KZ Provisioning se especializa en ofrecer comidas personalizadas y orientadas al rendimiento a atletas profesionales. Actualmente, la empresa atiende a los Minnesota Lynx, Minnesota Timberwolves y Minnesota Wild. A través de esta asociación, KZ Provisioning aprovechará la amplia red de Aramark para proporcionar sus servicios culinarios especializados a más equipos deportivos profesionales y universitarios en todo el país. Su enfoque se centra en crear comidas nutritivas diseñadas para el rendimiento, la resistencia, el bienestar y la recuperación.
Aramark Sports & Entertainment는 KZ Provisioning과 협력하여 전국적으로 운동선수 영양 서비스를 확장했습니다. 2017년에 수상 경력이 있는 셰프 Andrew Zimmern과 Gavin Kaysen이 설립한 KZ Provisioning은 전문 운동선수를 위한 맞춤형 성능 중심의 식사를 제공하는 전문 기업입니다. 현재 이 회사는 Minnesota Lynx, Minnesota Timberwolves, Minnesota Wild에 서비스를 제공합니다. 이번 파트너십을 통해 KZ Provisioning은 Aramark의 광범위한 네트워크를 활용하여 미국 전역의 더 많은 전문 및 대학 스포츠 팀에 그들의 전문 요리 서비스를 제공할 것입니다. 그들의 접근법은 성능, 체력, 웰빙 및 회복을 위해 설계된 영양가 있는 식사를 만드는 데 중점을 둡니다.
Aramark Sports & Entertainment a établi un partenariat avec KZ Provisioning pour élargir les services de nutrition pour les athlètes à l'échelle nationale. Fondé par les chefs récompensés Andrew Zimmern et Gavin Kaysen en 2017, KZ Provisioning se spécialise dans la livraison de repas personnalisés axés sur la performance pour les athlètes professionnels. L'entreprise sert actuellement les Minnesota Lynx, Minnesota Timberwolves et Minnesota Wild. Grâce à ce partenariat, KZ Provisioning mettra à profit le vaste réseau d'Aramark pour fournir ses services culinaires spécialisés à un plus grand nombre d'équipes sportives professionnelles et universitaires à travers le pays. Leur approche se concentre sur la création de repas nutritifs conçus pour la performance, l'endurance, le bien-être et la récupération.
Aramark Sports & Entertainment hat eine Partnerschaft mit KZ Provisioning geschlossen, um die Ernährungsdienste für Sportler landesweit auszubauen. Gegründet von den preisgekrönten Köchen Andrew Zimmern und Gavin Kaysen im Jahr 2017, spezialisiert sich KZ Provisioning auf die Bereitstellung maßgeschneiderter, leistungsorientierter Mahlzeiten für professionelle Athleten. Das Unternehmen bedient derzeit die Minnesota Lynx, Minnesota Timberwolves und Minnesota Wild. Durch diese Partnerschaft wird KZ Provisioning das umfangreiche Netzwerk von Aramark nutzen, um ihre spezialisierten kulinarischen Dienstleistungen für mehr professionelle und universitäre Sportteams im ganzen Land anzubieten. Ihr Ansatz konzentriert sich darauf, nahrhafte Mahlzeiten zu kreieren, die für Leistung, Ausdauer, Wohlbefinden und Genesung konzipiert sind.
- Strategic partnership expands market reach to professional and collegiate sports teams nationwide
- Access to Aramark's extensive network and infrastructure enhances growth potential
- Established track record serving multiple professional sports teams in Minnesota
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This partnership represents a strategic expansion in Aramark's sports nutrition segment, though its immediate financial impact may be The collaboration with KZ Provisioning adds a premium offering to Aramark's 150+ venue portfolio, potentially creating new revenue streams in the professional and collegiate sports market.
The partnership leverages Aramark's extensive infrastructure while adding the culinary expertise of renowned chefs, which could help secure additional high-value contracts. However, the current client base is relatively small, primarily serving Minnesota teams. The expansion strategy will need to demonstrate significant scaling capabilities to materially impact Aramark's
The sports nutrition market is growing rapidly, but competition from established providers and other institutional food service companies is intense. Success will depend on effectively scaling the personalized approach that has worked well in Minnesota.
Led by award-winning chefs Andrew Zimmern and Gavin Kaysen, the joint venture will revolutionize professional and collegiate athletics through nutritious meals built for performance, endurance, wellness, and recovery
KZ Provisioning has silently built its reputation for eight years by offering performance-focused meal programs that are tailored to meet the specific nutritional needs of elite athletes. Their philosophy for cooking is breaking the mold and transforming the way professional sports teams think about nutrition planning for their athletes, coaches, and team families. Now, with the support of Aramark, KZ Provisioning is poised to expand its reach, bringing its high-caliber culinary offerings to new professional and collegiate level athletes and teams across the country.
"At KZ Provisioning we offer best-in-class hospitality services to all our partner clients. We also believe in player happiness as a quantifiable metric that affects performance,” said Zimmern, Co-Founder of KZ Provisioning. “Our emphasis on the extraordinary impact our culinary offerings have on players across all our teams is our daily work. So when you combine all those areas of expertise with Aramark's leadership and their ability to amplify our work via this new partnership, we have an offering that teams across the nation will find invaluable.”
Since its inception, the Minnesota Lynx, Minnesota Timberwolves, and Minnesota Wild, have relied on KZ Provisioning to anticipate the needs of team athletes and deliver personalized meals designed to maximize energy, enhance recovery, and offer moments of comfort during rigorous training and competition schedules. With Aramark’s support, leveraging its extensive network and existing infrastructure, the partnership aims to expand its reach, providing bespoke culinary services across a wider range of leagues and sports, ensuring that more athletes benefit from KZ Provisioning's expertly-crafted, nutritionally-appropriate cuisine.
"Andrew and I started KZ Provisioning because we recognized that professional athletes weren’t being fully supported in terms of the foods that were being made available to them,” said Kaysen, Co-Founder of KZ Provisioning. “Athletes are expected to perform at the highest levels, which requires nutritional support and strategic attention to detail. Our mission is to provide athletes with the foods that will fuel their performance, support their health, and ultimately create a path to performance excellence.”
The partnership with Aramark accelerates KZ Provisioning’s ability to reach more athletes with their customized, restaurant-quality mealtime options. The team of chefs led by Kaysen and Zimmern are on-site from pre-season to the playoffs creating pre-game energy meals, post-training recovery dishes, and snacks, made with craveable ingredients and bioavailable nutrients that cater to athletes’ diverse nutritional requirements.
“The partnership with KZ Provisioning is a natural extension of our nationally renowned work with sports owners, operators, athletes and stadiums across the country,” said Alison Birdwell, President & CEO of Aramark Sports & Entertainment. “The opportunity for us to have such dedicated and reputable partners as Andrew and Gavin is special. KZ Provisioning uniquely combines the culinary excellence and high attention to detail of two world renowned chefs, with a thoughtfulness of the athlete experience that is unlike anything we’ve seen before.”
For more information about KZ Provisioning’s partnership with Aramark and their approach to revolutionizing athlete nutrition, visit KZProvisioning.com.
About KZ Provisioning
Launched in 2017 by James Beard award winning Chefs Gavin Kaysen and Andrew Zimmern, KZ Provisioning is a hospitality centered, performance-driven culinary company transforming the way professional sports teams think about nutrition planning for their athletes, coaches, and team families. Led by Kaysen and Zimmern, the KZ Provisioning team of chefs are on-site from pre-season to the playoffs creating delicious snacks and meals designed for wellness, endurance, recovery, and injury prevention. Working in collaboration with the athletes, nutritionists, and coaches, bespoke menu options are made with craveable ingredients and packed with bioavailable nutrients that fuel athletes from rest days to game days. Exceptional hospitality means the coaches and team families also have access to customized, restaurant-quality mealtime options.
Since its inception, KZ Provisioning continues to be the trusted culinary partner for the Minnesota Timberwolves, Minnesota Lynx, and Minnesota Wild. Now, in the first collaboration of its kind, the award-winning professional chef team behind KZ Provisioning is partnering up with global catering company Aramark to bring genuine hospitality, customized menus, and performance-driven meal plans to professional and collegiate sports teams across the
About Aramark Sports & Entertainment
Aramark Sports + Entertainment serves more than 150 award-winning food and beverage, retail, and facility service programs in premier stadiums, arenas, convention centers, cultural attractions, performance venues, and unique entertainment destinations across
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Media Contact for Aramark Sports & Entertainment:
Ashton McLeod, Aramark@berlinrosen.com, 352.857.1530
Media Contact for KZ Provisioning:
Heather Barbod, heather@inspireelemental.com or 646.262.8243
Source: Aramark Sports + Entertainment
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