The Dining Experience at Chartwell Bridlewood in Gloucester

What can you expect from the dining program at Chartwell Bridlewood? Plenty of choice, fresh ingredients, friendly service, and a welcoming atmosphere at every meal. You can sit anywhere you like in our traditionally decorated dining room: we know connecting and conversation are one of the best parts of any meal. Our residents tell us the food prepared by our creative and talented team is also a highlight!

3 Plates of food -one with a pie, one with fish and one with salad. 3 assiettes de nourriture - une avec une tarte, une avec du poisson et une avec de la salade.

Choose from daily specials or popular favourites on our à la carte menu of resident favourites. You can look forward to healthy favourites like vegetable soup and garden salad and classics like orange-maple glazed ham with coconut cream pie for dessert. Invite your friends and loved ones to join you for a meal or family dinners. Or, join a neighbour for snacks, coffee, tea and hot chocolate in the bistro.

ice cream with caramel sauce on top

Service is just as important to us as the quality of our meals at Chartwell Bridlewood.

We take great pride in making you and your guests feel at home and comfortable in the dining room at Chartwell Bridlewood. Our friendly servers get to know you and your preferences and present your meal just the way you like it. Our food services team takes care of handling your special dietary requirements so you can rest assured it’s good for your tastebuds and your health.

  • Butternut Squash Soup for starters
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  • Chartwell server serving omelette to the senior resident

Get a taste for Chartwell’s dining experience

What makes dining in a retirement residence special? It’s a combination of service from friendly staff who come to know your name, the delicious food on your plate, and the social connection that comes from gathering around a table to share stories over a good meal. Don’t forget fun themed meals, the chance to celebrate cherished traditions with family, and the opportunity to enjoy homestyle menu favourites as well as something new you mightn’t have tried if you were on your own. Watch our series of dining experience videos to understand what you can expect in a Chartwell retirement residence!

Explore our eye-catching seasonal menus

Did you know? Chartwell changes their menus to reflect all four seasons of the year! We have more than 750 tried-and-tested recipes that we reflect on our menus throughout the year, many of which incorporate seasonal ingredients that have you looking forward to your dining experience each day. Browse our sample seasonal menu to get a glimpse of what you can expect—including food photography of the meals you’ll see at our retirement residence!

VIEW OUR SEASONAL MENU
Front page of Chartwell's seasonal menus document

Learn some fun facts about dining at Chartwell

There are so many assumptions out there about what retirement living food is—and most of the time, they couldn’t be more wrong! Explore our interesting infographic for true facts and figures about the dining experience at Chartwell—you may be surprised by what you learn.

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Fact Image: We serve over 28, 000 cups of coffee per day - that's 10 million cups per year. We crack over 7, 500 eggs per day - that's 2.5 million eggs per year