If you empower your kitchen teams to make food from scratch, you will soon have happier staff and pupils. Danielle Glavin from Chefs in Schools explains how this can be achieved
The Covid-19 pandemic and the repeated closure of schools has highlighted the social, economic and educational importance of school food, writes Stephen Forster, national chair of LACA
With many parents reporting a poor food culture in their children's schools, what can schools do to ensure their pupils are nurtured in a healthy food environment?
LACA’s Main Event will focus on creating a healthy and sustainable future for school food, recognising the important part school caterers play in delivering this to their students each day
BNF Healthy Eating Week provides schools and workplaces with an opportunity to focus on a healthy diet and lifestyle with free, evidence-based resources
Steven Cross, the winner of the 2019 LACA School Chef Of The Year (SCOTY) competition, spent the day cooking at the Westbury as part of this year’s Host a School Chef programme.
Healthy school meals remain a key tool in the fight against childhood obesity, but there is much more that can be done. LACA’s Michael Hales explains the key areas that can make a significant impact
Previously part of the National School Meals Week (NSMW), this year Host a School Chef is now a standalone year long programme and is sponsored by Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute (ASMI)
A new Soil Association report has argued that the £40m school fruit and vegetable scheme needs revamping as it is failing to encourage young people to eat more fresh produce.
National School Meals Week takes takes place this week and will see a host of events celebrating all that is great about a healthy school meal. Here’s what is happening
Following the collapse of Carillion, Oxfordshire County Council brought the catering service for its 54 primary schools in-house and gave it a major rebrand. Gail Witchell explains the processs