Young bakers scoop national award
A talented team of primary school children turned up the heat to win a top baking award. The trio from St Martin and St Mary C of E Primary School…
Education |
Category Focus: Catering for Special Diets
According to Coeliac UK, the UK foodservice industry is losing out on an estimated £100million a year by not catering for people with coeliac disease and their friends and family. …
Care Homes, Education, Hospitality, News |
25th Annual Country Range Student Chef Challenge – ENTER NOW!
Celebrating its silver anniversary, the prestigious Country Range Student Chef Challenge has officially launched for 2019 with lecturers and college students being urged to be enter and make history in…
Education, News |
Melting Pot: Class Act – Clever catering for school cooks
It’s the start of the new academic year and the perfect opportunity to showcase your culinary wares to a new batch of pupils. School caterers face a big challenge in offering healthy but appealing…
Education, News |
School meals shake-up encourages plant-based eating
A new campaign has been launched to improve children’s health, help save the planet and ease school budgets. ‘School Plates’ – organised by food awareness organisation ProVeg UK – aims to work with schools, local authorities and catering…
Education |
Toddling off with healthy eating habits
Nursery practitioners are being urged to have a “positive influence” and ensure their young diners toddle off with healthy eating habits. With nearly a quarter of children classed as overweight…
Education, News |
Registration opens for School Chef of the Year 2019
The search for Britain’s next LACA School Chef of the Year, the education catering industry’s premier culinary competition, gets underway today (11 July). School chefs nationwide are now being invited…
Education |
Restaurant chefs are cool for school
Chefs are ditching restaurant kitchens and reclaiming their work/life balance by taking employment in schools, thanks to a number of initiatives. Earlier this year the Prue Leith-backed ‘Chefs in Schools’…
Education |
Will schools be starved of skilled staff?
Britain’s rising chef shortage could cause a recruitment nightmare for education caterers who are already “underpaid, undervalued, undertrained and overburdened”, says a leading union official. The stark warning comes from Ruth Levin, national officer for education and children’s…
Education, News |
‘Challenging’ times in the Country Range Student Chef Challenge Grand Final 2018
The annual Country Range Student Chef Challenge is a pivotal event in the college catering calendar – with teams from across the UK battling hard to win the coveted title.…
Education, News |
