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What’s In Season – September 21

What’s In Season – September 21
2nd September 2021

It is officially the month of British Food Fortnight, starting 18th September, and we can’t wait to continue celebrating local produce. We put together monthly blog posts to encourage working kitchens to use British-grown, seasonal ingredients. The below recipes highlight this months in-season ingredients to inspire your creations...

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How we can help school caterers achieve bronze food for life!

How we can help school caterers achieve bronze food for life!
25th August 2021

Serving good quality food provides a sound foundation for your wider Food for Life work and the creation of a positive food culture in your school. Meeting the food quality criteria allows you to reassure pupils, parents, carers and the wider community that you are serving food that is sustainably sourced and traceable as well as being nutritious and fresh...

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Our Brunch and Breakfast Favourites!

Our Brunch and Breakfast Favourites!
21st August 2021

A slurp of coffee, half a slice of toast, perhaps a banana shoved in a coat pocket for later… then, out the door! That’s what a weekend breakfast was like for many busy people until about 18 months ago. More often than not, a leisurely brekkie was lost to the chaos of everyday life. That all changed with the onset of the pandemic. As the nation spent months cooped up at home, Brits suddenly had more time to spend on their morning meal...

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Vegan and Vegetarian options for your pupils!

Vegan and Vegetarian options for your pupils!
20th August 2021

Calling all school caterers! Did you know a significant 70% of children want to see more vegan and vegetarian meals on their school menu, according to new research*. The poll, commissioned by Linda McCartney Foods, quizzed 1000 children between the ages of 8-16. It discovered that 44% of school pupils have tried to cut meat from their diet...

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