Laurel Ridge Health Care Center, in Ridgefield, Conn., has hired Zachary Erickson as its new director of dining services.
According to the Ridgefield Press, Erickson is a graduate of Johnson & Wales University, in Providence, R.I. He earned an associate degree in culinary arts and a B.A. in culinary nutrition. He has worked at a number of institutions in New England, including Brown University, Trinity College and Griffin Hospital.
He told the Press that he has plans to improve the center’s point-of-service model and wants to make use of the center’s garden program to include “garden-to-plate options.”