Board of Directors
Creative Host Services, Inc.
San Diego, California 

We consent to the incorporation by reference to our Independent Auditors' Report
dated February 20, 1998, on the financial  statemetns of Creative Host Services,
Inc.  for the year  ended  December  31,  1997,  and to the  reference  to us as
experts,  in the  Registration  Statement on Form S-3, filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on September 16, 1998.


/s/ Stonefield Josephson, Inc.
CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

Santa Monica, California 
October 2, 1998