Category: Education
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Education: Everything ‘uni’ to know about student eating and drinking habits
Slashed prices, promotional meal deals and a greater variety of grub… These are the three key reasons students say they’ll ditch the takeaways to eat at university outlets A study of 1,500 students reveals a fascinating insight into the eating and drinking patterns of today’s uni community. ‘The Students Eating and Drinking Habits Report 2018’…
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TUCO visit Malawi to discover how its donations provide essential school meals
The trip was taken in conjunction with Mary’s Meals, a charity providing life-changing meals to children every school day. During the visit, TUCO went to four schools, of which TUCO proudly sponsor two; Mlambe Primary School and Milare Primary School. TUCO has donated enough funds to ensure these two schools can provide a meal every…
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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. With coeliac disease affecting 1 in 100 people in the UK, it’s vital that venues offer safe, gluten free options for diners, and those who…
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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 – a Country Range Group customer based in Windermere, Cumbria – were named winners of the 2018 McDougalls Young Baking Team of the Year competition. …
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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 meals on a budget, but it’s definitely not mission impossible. Here, several school cooks and industry experts offer a master class in great school lunches, which will…
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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 companies, to increase children’s intake of healthy plant-based foods. Director of ProVeg UK, Jimmy Pierson, said: “Plant-based foods are mostly cheaper, and that is great news for schools whose budgets…
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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 or obese by the time they join reception class, the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) believes nursery staff have an important role to play in…
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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 to register to take part in the search for the 2019 national champion. Organised by the Lead Association for CAtering in Education (LACA) and sponsored by McDougalls,…
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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’ charity made national headlines for luring the UK’s best chefs to schools – with three schools in London taking on chefs from high-end eateries Dabbous…
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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 services at Unison, who believes education catering will be one of the hardest hit sectors if drastic measures are not taken now. According to a British Hospitality…