How a married couple transformed student dining nationwide

An old-school newspaper job ad in 2009 has since expanded into a college-campus food service phenomenon, and it all started at Iowa State University.

Greek House Chefs, founded in 2009, is in 31 states, on 54 campuses, employs more than 1,600 chefs and staff, and serves over three million meals annually to fraternity and sorority houses nationwide.

Co-owner and chef Corey Hansen wasn’t expecting that much when he applied for what was advertised as a “private chef” position in a Central Iowa newspaper 15 years ago.

His wife, Carey Hansen, co-owner, spotted the listing, and Corey decided to give it a shot.

What he didn’t know at the time was that the job was inside the Gamma Phi Beta sorority house at Iowa State University, which, like many sorority and fraternity houses then, was known