school dinners

Schools join in National Roast dinner day

Thousands of Plymouth children will be tucking into a hearty roast dinner today as schools across the country celebrate national roast dinner day.

National Roast Dinner Day is all about celebrating fantastic school catering staff as well as celebrating how far we've come in improving school meals across the country

This year’s National Roast Dinner Day, organised by Food for...

Anyone for seconds…in the country

A Plymouth school chef has taken second place in the prestigious School Chef of the year competition organised by the Lead Association for Catering in Education (LACA).

Sharon Cundell is the kitchen manager at St Edwards C of E Primary School and works for CATERed, the newly formed local authority trading co-operative company which is 49 per cent owned by schools and 51 per cent by the...

Try school dinners during school meals week

As part of National School Meals Week, which runs from Monday 3 to Friday 7 November, Plymouth City Council is calling on all parents to encourage their children to try a school lunch for a day.

Plymouth’s Education Catering Service is nationally recognised for the quality of the food served and was the first local authority caterer in the country to be awarded the Soil Association’s...

Plymouth school meals shortlisted for another award

Staff serving up millions of school meals to children in Plymouth have been shortlisted for another national award for their team work, plus the service’s locally sourced, quality ingredients and seasonal menus.

Plymouth City Council’s Education Catering Service has been chosen as one of five finalists for the Cost Sector Team of the Year at the Cost Sector Catering Awards 2014....