Pasta cooked with marinara sauce served with garlic bread

The Dining Experience at Chartwell Bowmanville Creek in Bowmanville

At Chartwell Bowmanville Creek, dining is all about choice. Our chef begins with fresh ingredients using seasonal fare, crafting meals that are both delicious and nutritious. We take into account the preferences and palates of residents, offering a diversified daily lunch and dinner menu. How does a starter of carrot and coconut ginger soup or spinach salad with oranges, roasted beets, and candied pecans tossed lightly in a Dijon and red wine vinaigrette, followed by an entrée of roasted Canadian pork loin (accompanied by a garden thyme jus, served with roasted mini reds or mashed potatoes, grilled asparagus, and butternut squash) sound? If you still have room for dessert, hello raspberry buckle torte! You are also welcome to enjoy wine with your meal.

We craft our menus for each season to highlight ingredients from our local suppliers, cooking dishes from scratch to give you optimal taste and nutrition. You will never see the same lunch or dinner feature repeated twice in a four-week period.

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.

If the featured menu is not quite what you’re looking for, our à la carte menu with its crowd-pleasing dishes—including entrées, soups, salads, showcase sandwiches, fruit, and desserts—will surely satisfy your palate. You’ll also enjoy themed nights when our dining and life enrichment teams get together to plan holiday celebrations, or to showcase an international cuisine and culture. If you have special dietary considerations, we are happy to accommodate you.

A huge part of the dining experience at Chartwell Bowmanville Creek is the atmosphere. We offer flexible dining times, and you’ll always find a welcoming smile around your table. Residents are always welcome to invite guests or host a family dinner. And if you need a little pick-me-up during the day, our self-serve bistro with freshly prepared snacks and hot and cold beverages invites you to stop in.

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

You’ll come to know our friendly serving staff in our dining room—and they will come to know you too, soon learning your preferences. How do you take your coffee? Which style of bread do you favour? And don’t be surprised if our Food Services Manager stops by to get your feedback on making your dining experience the best it can be.

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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!

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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

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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.

READ OUR INFOGRAPHIC

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