Morrison Health Care, Inc.
  
  Exhibit 23            Consent of Independent Auditors
  
  
  We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Annual Report (Form
  10-K) of Morrison Health Care, Inc. and Subsidiaries of our report dated
  June 21, 1996, included in the 1996 Annual Report to Stockholders of
  Morrison Health Care, Inc. and Subsidiaries.
  
  Our audits also included the financial statement schedule of Morrison
  Health Care, Inc. and Subsidiaries listed in Item 14(a).  This schedule
  is the responsibility of the Company's management.  Our responsibility
  is to express an opinion based on our audits.  In our opinion, the
  financial statement schedule referred to above, when considered in
  relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole, presents
  fairly in all material respects the information set forth therein.
  
  We also consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
  Statements of Morrison Health Care, Inc. and Subsidiaries listed below
  of our report dated June 21, 1996, with respect to the consolidated
  financial statements incorporated herein by reference, and our report
  included in the preceding paragraph with respect to the financial
  statement schedule included in this Annual Report (Form 10-K) of
  Morrison Health Care, Inc. and Subsidiaries.
  
  
    -Registration  Statement No. 333-2098 on Form S-8 dated March 8, 1996
      and related Prospectus
    -Registration  Statement No. 333-2100 on Form S-8 dated March 8, 1996
      and related Prospectus
    -Registration  Statement No. 333-2102 on Form S-8 dated March 8, 1996
      and related Prospectus
    -Registration  Statement No. 333-2104 on Form S-8 dated March 8, 1996
      and related Prospectus
    -Registration  Statement No. 333-2106 on Form S-8 dated March 8, 1996
      and related Prospectus
    -Registration  Statement No. 333-2108 on Form S-8 dated March 8, 1996
      and related Prospectus
    -Registration  Statement No. 333-4504 on Form S-8 dated May 3, 1996
      and related Prospectus
    -Registration  Statement No. 333-4508 on Form S-8 dated May 3, 1996
      and related Prospectus


                                By:/s/ Ernst & Young, LLP
                                Ernst & Young, LLP

  
  August 26, 1996
  Atlanta, Georgia