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Catering & Nutrition
Catering and nutrition
A
round-up of recent projects showing how Take up has increased and the pupils spend their ASHFORD PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL
consultants from the Foodservice Consultants full allowance with the new system, so the school JDS designed and installed a new kitchen, supplying
Society International (FCSI) are helping education earns more cash. a complete turnkey package including new wall
caterers. finishes, flooring, lighting, ventilation, services and
To find out more about the consultants FAMILY SERVICE INTRODUCED gas interlock system within a tight budget.
mentioned below, visit www.fcsi.org.uk and The introduction of family service at a London
click on ‘Find a Consultant’. academy replaces the traditional servery, saving OAKHAM SCHOOL - RUTLAND
time on queuing but also on labour, while The sheer volume of meals (20,000 per week) made
TRAINING FOR CATERING STAFF promoting responsibility and good table manners, this a big project in a very tight timescale. Whitco
Consultant Julian Edwards (GY5) is the lead partner says consultant Richard Wedgbury (Alexander Jon Catering and Bakery Equipment replaced the
in the South East for School Feast Food Excellence Richardson & Associates). equipment, streamlining the central island suite and
and Skills Training. In June, Edwards launched a Wedgbury also helped introduce ‘self funding’ at created a new servery.
‘training bus’ taking school meals training services King’s School Grantham, where food sold outside
to schools who can’t find the time to send their the school will pay for the new kitchen. KENDAL COLLEGE – SOUTH LAKES
staff to college for training. A lecture theatre style kitchen that had to
trianglertwww.fcsi.org.uk double as Staff/Student Café, a 20-seater private
LOOKING BEYOND NUTRITION STANDARDS dining room and a cinema! And it had to have
“Secondary Schools are prepared to pay for the style of a “trendy batchelor pad” using a
improved service,” says consultant Steven Watts mixture of top end domestic equipment as well as
(Review Consultancy).
Recent Education Kitchen
commercial. Designed and installed by Vision
Watts managed the tendering in 15 secondary Projects by members of CEDA Commercial Kitchens.
schools. In every case quality and innovation of the
offer and the freshness of the food always came Kitchen installation, project management, service & RUGBY HIGH SCHOOL
first. In some cases this has even been demanded in maintenance is a speciality for many CEDA The design of a new catering facility in an old
the face of an increased subsidy. members where their experience of solving building to improve menu choice with healthy
problems and their expertise of handling all types of food had to be completed in the 6 week summer
‘BUNDLING’ CONTRACTS DELIVERS BETTER kitchens can really pay off for education caterers. holiday which left only two weeks for Whitco
VALUE Catering and Bakery Equipment to install the
“We are suggesting to schools that wish to SHEBBEAR COLLEGE – DEVON equipment.
outsource school meals that they ‘bundle’ contracts Due to busy summer school, this new kitchen had
with lock-on services such as cleaning,” says Niccola to be completed in a window of 6 days! The very THE HUB AT GLASGOW UNIVERSITY
Boyd-Stevenson (Panache Consultancy). limited timescale coupled with the many problems The first requirement for Catering Design
“The contractor has the opportunity of earning a that would be incurred in stripping out an old Group was to produce a feasibility study
reasonable fee and the school can receive best value.” building made this a huge task for Aspen Design. reducing the catering space requirements from
4500 to 1700 square metres, generating major
MORE CASH FROM NEW STYLE OF SERVICE READING SCHOOL TUCK SHOP savings in energy. CDG then designed/installed the
FCSI consultant Ruth Hutt (Competitive Contract Carford Group designed a new back of house new facility incorporating energy efficient
Services) reports that year 7 pupils at Tamarside operation to prepare and cook food and a new equipment.
College, Plymouth, were given a new style of lunch front counter. They had to bring the building up to
service last year, replacing cafeteria style with a modern standards for health and safety including
choice of set main meals and a pudding. ventilation, floors and remove a damp problem. trianglertwww.ceda.co.uk
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