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Temporary Kitchen for Schools (K-12)

NSLP-compliant meal production that keeps students fed through kitchen renovations, new construction, and district-wide feeding programs.

  • Schools (K-12)

    The cafeteria is closing — but lunch isn't optional

    School districts serve hundreds of thousands of meals per week under strict USDA National School Lunch Program requirements. When a school kitchen shuts down for renovation or a new facility is being built, every student still needs a compliant breakfast and lunch every school day. Busing meals from another school introduces food safety risks, transportation costs, and cold-chain complications that put NSLP compliance at risk.

  • proven Schools (K-12)

    Temporary Kitchen for Schools

    Kitchen Corps installs a temporary commercial kitchen directly at your school that meets all health department and NSLP requirements. Your cafeteria staff prepares the same menus on the same campus — hot meals produced on site, served fresh, fully compliant. For multi-school districts, Kitchen Corps can deploy units across multiple campuses simultaneously to support district-wide renovation programs.

Why Schools (K-12) operators call us

When the kitchen goes down, feeding can’t. Here’s what matters most.

NSLP compliance maintained

On-site meal production meets USDA National School Lunch Program requirements — no bused meals, no cold-chain risks, no compliance gaps.

Multi-school deployment

District-wide renovation programs often affect multiple campuses at once. Kitchen Corps can deploy and manage units across several schools simultaneously.

Right-sized for school volume

From a single production trailer for a small elementary school to a 3-Wide facility for a large high school — scaled to your student count and meal periods.

Summer construction timeline

Most school kitchen renovations start over summer break. Kitchen Corps coordinates delivery and setup so the temporary kitchen is operational before the first day of school.

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Schools (K-12)

Single Production Kitchen

Single Production Kitchen

  • 8.5′×53′

  • 450 sqft

  • 2,000 Meals

Equipped with a complete commercial cooking line, prep area, three-compartment sink, hand sink, and walk-in cold storage to support full-scale foodservice operations

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3 Wide Kitchen Facility

3-Wide Kitchen Facility

  • 25.5'×53'

  • 1,352 sqft

  • 4,000 Meals

Our most popular rental equipped with full hot, cold, and dish zones. Build for seamless operations as a full commercial kitchen replacement.

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Dishwashing & Prep Unit

Dishwashing & Prep Unit

  • 8.5'×53'

  • 450 sqft

  • 5000 Dishes/hour

Dedicated warewashing, three-compartment sinks and prep space to pair with any cookline.

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Don’t just take our word for it

They handled engineering, delivery and install as one team. We coordinated with one company and the kitchen was serving on the date they promised.

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Matthew Moss
Regional Director, ARAMARK

An 18-month renovation, zero interruption to patient and cafeteria food service. Kitchen Corps made a hard project feel routine.

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Allen Pemberton
Dir. Food & Nutrition, UTMB Galveston

When our galley went down we needed feeding capability fast. A compliant unit was on-site and operational inside the window they committed to.

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M.T. Crites
United States Marine Corps

Past projects

MCN Build – Whittier Elementary School

KCI built a 1,352 sq. ft. semi-permanent kitchen for Whittier Elementary, designed for reuse on future school renovation projects.

  • Washington D.C.

  • 900 Meals per day

  • 1,300 Sq. Ft.

  • Semi- Permanent

Three-unit semi-permanent KCI commercial kitchen facility installed for Whittier Elementary School’s temporary swing campus in Washington, DC.
Production of three-unit semi-permanent KCI commercial kitchen facility installed for Whittier Elementary School’s temporary swing campus in Washington, DC.
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Citizens memorial Hospital Temporary Kitchen

KCI Provided a 2,500 SqFt 5-wide temporary kitchen for CMH, maintaining full food-service operations throughout a 24-month renovation

  • Bolivar, MO

  • 1,500 Meals Per Day

  • 2,500 SqFt

  • 24 Months

KCI Temporary Kitchens five-wide temporary kitchen facility being installed at Citizens Memorial Hospital in Bolivar, Missouri.
Interior of KCI’s 2,500 sq. ft. five-wide temporary hospital kitchen featuring commercial cooking, prep, warewashing, and stainless-steel work areas.
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Palmetto Lowcountry Behavioral Health

KCI provided a 1,350 sq. ft. three-wide temporary kitchen to maintain food service during renovations at Palmetto Lowcountry Behavioral Health.

  • North Charleston, SC

  • 350-400 Meals Per Day

  • 1,350 Sq. Ft.

  • 12+ Months / Ongoing

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Planning a Kitchen Renovation?

Keep food service running without interruption. KCI designs and deploys temporary commercial kitchen facilities tailored to your operation, site, and project timeline.

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Discuss Your Project

When your kitchen can’t go dark, we keep you serving

Tell us about your project and we’ll engineer, build and install a full commercial kitchen on your site — running the day you need it.

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