Submitted to the App Store
Eat Like a Pro

Your dining hall,
finally working for you.

FlourishU builds a personalized daily meal plan from what your campus dining hall is actually serving today. Built for students and student-athletes who want to perform at their best. Free for every student.

Coming soon to the App Store

Built for students and student-athletes who want to eat with purpose.

For Students

Today's plan, from today's actual menu.

Most students and student-athletes eat the same three things on rotation, skip meals, or grab whatever looks easy. Not because they do not care about performing at their best, but because campus dining gives them no real guidance.

FlourishU changes that. Answer a quick questionnaire about your dietary preferences, food allergies, and goals. Every morning, the app builds your meal plan from what your dining hall is serving that day. Real options, filtered to you. No searching, no guessing.

Completely free for every student and faculty member. Designed to complement the guidance of campus dietitians and RDs, not replace it.

FlourishU home screen showing personalized breakfast, lunch and dinner options from the campus dining hall
Smart Swaps

Not feeling it? Swap in two taps.

Not every meal fits every day. FlourishU lets you swap any item in your plan and immediately see recommended alternatives from the same dining hall, ranked by how well they fit your goals and preferences.

The Swap screen shows you your current calorie and protein targets at a glance, the nutritional difference each swap makes, and a "Best Pick" recommendation so you never have to second-guess yourself in the lunch line.

FlourishU swap meal screen showing current meal and recommended alternatives with nutritional comparison
Progress Tracking

Track what matters. See the week at a glance.

The Progress screen shows your weekly averages for calories, protein, carbs, and fat against your personal targets. You can see how you tracked each day, identify patterns, and make smarter choices going forward.

All data stays on your device and account. FlourishU provides general nutrition and meal planning information. It is not medical advice. Always confirm allergens and ingredients with dining staff.

FlourishU weekly progress screen showing full week of nutrition tracking for calories protein carbs and fat

Sample data. Your stats update daily.

How It Works

From first launch to daily habit in minutes.

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Set your preferences

Tell FlourishU your dietary restrictions, food allergies, and goals. Takes about two minutes.

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Get your daily plan

Every morning, your plan refreshes with meals available in your dining hall that day.

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Swap anything

Not feeling a meal? Swap it in two taps and see ranked alternatives with full nutrition info.

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Track your week

See your weekly averages and trends. Know where you are against your goals at any time.

Real student behavior data. Finally.

FlourishU turns daily student meal engagement into a behavioral data layer your team can actually act on. See which meals students select, when, and by whom. Forecast demand, reduce overproduction, and demonstrate wellness ROI to institutional leadership.

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Demand forecasting

Predict student dining needs with precision, reducing overproduction and food waste.

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Behavioral data dashboard

Actionable metrics on student dining patterns, station traffic, and meal popularity.

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Supports campus dietitians and RDs

Gives nutrition professionals a student-facing tool that reinforces their guidance at the dining hall level.

Why It Matters

Campus nutrition is a real problem.
FlourishU is built to help solve it.

FlourishU is designed to complement the work of campus dietitians and RDs, giving students a practical tool that bridges the gap between a nutrition counseling session and the dining hall.

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Student-athletes need real fuel

Campus dining was not built with performance in mind. FlourishU helps student-athletes and active students navigate their dining hall with the same intentionality that elite athletes bring to every meal.

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Dining halls generate enormous food waste

Universities using FlourishU can decrease food waste through smarter demand forecasting built on real student meal selection data.

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A tool for RDs and nutritionists

Campus dietitians and registered dietitians can use FlourishU as an evolving resource, reinforcing individualized nutrition guidance through a platform students use daily.

University Partners

Bring FlourishU to your campus.

We are launching with university dining partners now. Request a demo and see the platform firsthand.

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Free for every student

No cost to students or the university. Revenue comes from dining operators.

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Real behavioral data

Aggregated, de-identified insights on student dining patterns delivered to your team.

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Built with RDs in mind

Designed to complement, not replace, your campus nutrition professionals.

Schedule a Demo

We will be in touch within one business day.

Platform

Built for students. Designed for your campus.

FlourishU is a campus dining navigation tool designed to help students make better-informed food choices from their existing dining hall menu.

For Students

Better dining decisions. Every day.

With a quick questionnaire covering dietary preferences, food allergies, and personal priorities, FlourishU surfaces relevant dining options from what your dining hall is actually serving that day. A clearer starting point for students, and a stronger foundation for campus dietitians and RDs to build on.

FlourishU helps students and faculty make more informed food choices at every meal, supporting the guidance of campus dietitians and nutrition professionals. It is not medical advice. Always confirm allergens and ingredients with dining staff.

FlourishU home screen showing today's meal plan

For Dining Operators

Behavioral data that helps you run a better dining program.

FlourishU turns daily student meal engagement into a behavioral data layer: which meals are selected, when, and by whom. Dining directors gain a dashboard that helps forecast demand, reduce overproduction, and demonstrate wellness ROI to institutional leadership.

Aggregated, de-identified insights are shared with universities and dining operators. No individual student data is ever sold or shared.

FlourishU weekly progress screen showing full week of nutrition tracking

Sample data. Actual dashboard shown to institutional partners.

University Partners

Ready to bring FlourishU to your campus?

We are actively partnering with universities now. Request a demo and see the platform firsthand.

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Free for every student

No cost to students or the university.

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Real behavioral data

Actionable insights on student dining patterns.

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No overhaul required

Works with your existing dining system and operators.

Schedule a Demo

We will be in touch within one business day.

Why FlourishU

Campus nutrition matters. The tools to act on it have not existed until now.

The data on college dining and student food insecurity is clear. Campus dietitians and RDs have long needed better tools to help students act on their guidance at the dining hall level. FlourishU was built for that gap.

Student Benefits

Eat like a pro. Every single day.

Student-athletes and students who take their performance seriously deserve the same quality of nutritional guidance that elite athletes get. FlourishU brings that to your dining hall, free, every day.

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Dining guidance based on dietary restrictions, food allergies, and personal priorities

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Daily plan refreshes with today's actual menu. No generic advice

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Swap any meal in two taps with ranked alternatives

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Track weekly progress against your personal goals

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Completely free. Always

FlourishU swap meal screen

University Benefits

What FlourishU delivers for your institution.

From dining hall utilization to food waste reduction, FlourishU gives universities a measurable return on their investment in student wellness.

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Increased dining hall utilization through consistent student traffic

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Accurate food demand forecasting to reduce overproduction and food waste

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Supports campus dietitians and RDs with a student-facing tool that reinforces their guidance

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Behavioral data and analytics on student dining patterns, station traffic, and meal popularity

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Works with existing campus food service systems and dining operators

flourishu.ai/dashboard
Dining Director Dashboard
Tuesday, Live View Live
847
Active meal plans today
↑ 12% vs. yesterday
↓ 18%
Food overproduction
vs. last month
92%
Student satisfaction
↑ 4pts this semester
Dining Hall Traffic by Station Today
Grill Station
82%
Salad Bar
67%
Grain Bowl
54%
Comfort Food
38%
Top Selected Meals Today
1Grilled Chicken Bowl203 selections
2Salmon + Quinoa178 selections
3Mediterranean Salad141 selections

Sample data. Actual dashboard shown to institutional partners.

Campus Ambassador Program

Be the first on your campus.

FlourishU is submitted to the App Store. We are building our founding ambassador class now. Join us and help shape how your campus eats.

What You Get
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Real startup experience

Work directly with the founding team on marketing, community building, and campus launch strategy.

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Compensation

Top ambassadors earn performance-based compensation for their work growing FlourishU on campus.

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Network access

Direct access to FlourishU's advisory board and their networks in finance, tech, and sports nutrition.

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Portfolio piece

A measurable, verifiable role at an early-stage startup. Something real to put on a resume and talk about in interviews.

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Shape the product

Your feedback directly influences feature development. Ambassadors are our closest product advisors on the ground.

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Launch events

Ambassadors lead campus launch events and are the face of FlourishU at their university.

Who We Are Looking For
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Campus leader

Student government, Greek life, athletic captain, club president. You have influence and know how to use it.

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Communicator

You can explain a new idea clearly and get people genuinely interested in it.

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Self-starter

You do not wait to be told what to do. You see an opportunity and move on it.

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Cares about food

You have experienced the dining hall problem firsthand and believe students deserve better.

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Digitally fluent

Comfortable with social content, campus apps, and helping classmates get onboarded quickly.

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Driven

You want more from your college years than just classes. You are building something.

Apply Now

Campus Ambassador Application.

As a FlourishU campus ambassador, you will partner with our team to shape a wellness brand that resonates with your university's unique culture.

Our Story

About FlourishU.

A mission to change how a generation eats, starting with campus dining.

Founding Team

The people building FlourishU.

Christopher Gabriel, Partner and Chief Science Officer of FlourishU
Christopher Gabriel
Co-Founder & Chief Science Officer

Christopher brings rare depth to FlourishU: a culinary science foundation from the Culinary Institute of America, graduate degrees from NYU and Cornell, and years of applied work in performance nutrition with professional athletes across multiple sports. That combination of academic rigor and real-world application is what FlourishU is built on.

His career has been defined by translating complex nutritional science into practical systems that produce measurable outcomes, first in elite sport and now in campus dining. He understands what it takes to fuel performance at the highest level, and how to make that knowledge accessible at scale.

At FlourishU, Christopher leads scientific validation and evidence-based product architecture, ensuring the platform's nutritional framework is grounded in credible science and designed to complement the work of campus dietitians and RDs.

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John Patrick Kerwick, Founder and CEO of FlourishU
John Patrick Kerwick
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

John started FlourishU because he lived the problem. Like millions of students, he watched peers struggle with campus dining that was repetitive, disconnected from any real health goals, and completely generic. The Freshman 15 is not a punchline: it is a public health problem that happens to nearly every college student in America.

John studied at High Point University, where he serves today on the Business School Advisory Board, giving FlourishU warm, direct access to university leadership that most founders spend years trying to build.

John brings a background in financial services and product commercialization, giving him the go-to-market instincts required to bring complex solutions to large institutional buyers.

He did not start a company to build a product. He started one to change how a generation eats.

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Founding Advisory Board
Greg Kerwick
Greg Kerwick
American Express
Head of Global Accounts
LinkedIn
Dr. Robert Melillo
Dr. Robert Melillo
Melillo Method
Founder
LinkedIn
Gary Gaglioti
Gary Gaglioti
Pop Realty
CFO
LinkedIn
Eerik Helmick
Eerik Helmick
Google
Senior Product Manager
LinkedIn
Matthew Kingsley
Matthew Kingsley
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Ex-Creative Artists Agency
LinkedIn
Legal

Privacy Policy

Effective date: October 6, 2026

We built FlourishU to help you eat better on campus. Here is what you should know.

Who can use it

You need to be 13 or older. If you think someone younger has an account, email us and we will take care of it.

What we collect

Your name, email, and whatever food preferences, goals, and dietary restrictions you set up. We also log your meal plan activity and basic technical info to keep the app running. With your permission, your location so we can show nearby dining options. You can turn that off anytime in iPhone Settings and everything still works.

How we use it

To build your meal plan, run your account, and make the app better. That is it.

What we share

We do not sell your information. No ads. We use a small number of vendors to run the app infrastructure and they only touch your data to do that job. We use OpenAI to process menu data from your dining hall — we do not send them anything personal about you. We share anonymized, combined trends (like which stations are popular) with universities and dining operators. Nothing that identifies you.

Deleting your account

Go to Settings in the app anytime. We delete your profile, meal plans, and account data. Done.

Security

Encrypted connections, standard industry practices. We take it seriously.

Your rights

Update your profile in the app, turn off location in device settings, delete your account whenever you want. Need something else? Email us.

Not medical advice

FlourishU helps you navigate dining options. It is not medical advice. Always check allergens with dining staff directly.

Updates

If something meaningful changes, we will update the date below and let you know in the app or by email.

Contact

Charlotte, North Carolina
John@FlourishULLC.com

Effective date: October 6, 2026