STr-EATS, ‘Student-Run Eats’, is the latest addition to Hotelschool The Hague (HTH) entrepreneurial food and beverage outlets. STr-EATS is a food truck that is fully run by HTH students with a reinvented ‘Robin Hood’ concept in mind. This means that we operate commercial events to fund and provide hospitality experiences with important societal impact. All under the motto #it feels good to do good! The mission of STr-EATS is literally to drive change.

Working at this mobile food service outlet HTH students gain hands-on practice and develop their transversal skills by offering hospitality experiences on location for the less fortunate sections of society. In less than a year of operation, STr-EATS students have provided thousands of innovative food and beverage experiences for elderly homes, refugee reception centres, homeless shelters, and underprivileged neighbourhoods. The aim is to show that hospitality can be a catalyst for positive change, and to let our students contribute to the United Nations SDGs:

SDG 11 | Sustainable Cities and Communities
Students organise hospitality events by offering state of the art Food and Beverage experiences for society’s vulnerable groups. Their work touches the hearts (and bellies!) of many beneficiaries they reach. These events also educate the recipients about the future of food and new types of foods.

SDG 12 | Responsible Consumption and Production
STr-EATS students make use of food surplus (i.e., otherwise wasted foods which are still perfectly fit for human consumption), design zero food waste menus and serve plant-based dishes.

Sjaak Ouwejan
Manager Practical Education & Operations
Real Life Learning,  Hotelschool The Hague



Joost de Vos
Executive Chef
Real Life Learning,  Hotelschool The Hague



Anna de Visser Amundson
Senior Research Fellow
Research Center ,  Hotelschool The Hague



Jerry Koestal
Team Leader Food and Beverage
Real Life Learning,  Hotelschool The Hague



Nina de Graaf
Marketing & Communication Specialist
Strategic Marketing & Communication ,  Hotelschool The Hague

The STr-EATS initiative has been realised in collaboration with the municipality of Amsterdam and HTH industry partners, such as Sligro (the catering wholesaler), Future Farm (knowledge and Innovation HUB for circular cattle farming) and the Big Green Egg (manufacturer of kamado-style ceramic charcoal barbecue cookers), who all supported our #itfeelsgoodtodogood credo. Through their funding we were able to secure 60% of the investments needed. The required 40% was funded by Hotelschool The Hague (HTH). To sustain this initiative in the long run, STr-EATS has officially been added to the HTH learning outlets as a professional food service operation run at the institution.