Eat Culture - Nottingham Catering

15/07/2024

School meals are free for all primary school children in:
Reception
Year 1 and
Year 2

(Universal Infant Free School Meals only apply in government funded schools.)

Our food is healthy and balanced, supporting learning and promoting good health.

Sign up for school meals at your school office.

If parents/carers receive certain benefits, children may continue to receive school meals after year 2.

Eligibility can be checked at https://www.gov.uk/apply-free-school-meals

21/06/2024

T𝗼𝗽 T𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 💦☀️

▪️ Take time to read safety notices when visiting a new location - be sure you know what local signs and flags mean 📰
▪️ Always choose a lifeguarded beach or resort 🛟
▪️ Keep children under constant supervision of a capable adult 👨‍👨‍👦‍👦
▪️ Ensure everyone in your household/group knows who to call in the event of an emergency 📲
▪️ Ensure the whole group knows basic water safety and what to do if they find themselves in the water unexpectantly

Why not brush up on your swimming skills by joining Nottingham Swim School to improve? Pop down to your local Active Nottingham Leisure Centre today to get signed up https://www.activenottingham.com/centres

19/06/2024

And congratulations to the Crabtree Farm Primary School Catering Team who have won the Silver Caterers’ Challenge Award for their brilliant displays and tasters during the Eat Them To Defeat Them campaign! Their photos will be going on Veg Power’s Hall of Fame webpage, and they win a cheque for £100. Well done!!

The Catering Team at Crabtree Farm Primary made a beautiful Veg cottage in a broccoli forest fabulous display to go along with the veg tasters of nut-free hummus and broccoli/cauliflower cheese.

Their displays also included a delightful tomato display featuring tomato lobster, crabs, and flowers with a tomato salsa taster on sliced baguette and cherry tomatoes for the children to enjoy. And a cute carrot display with a range of carrot tasters!

19/06/2024

Congratulations to the Southglade Catering Team who have been shortlisted for the LACA Primary School Catering Team of the Year Award 2024!

Southglade Primary School Catering Team were nominated for their outstanding work participating with Eat Them To Defeat Them and Diversity Days as well as catering for an array of special diets and fostering positive relationships with the children and school. We will have our fingers crossed for you when they announce the winners at the LACA Main Event in July. 🤞😍

18/06/2024

Did you know in 2023 there was a 43% increase in the number of children drowning in the UK according to reports from the Royal Life Saving Society UK?

Increase your water safety knowledge by learning to swim, or improve it by watching these handy water safety videos Active Nottingham and School Swimming have put together https://bit.ly/StaySafeNottingham

**Remember the key messages of the water safety code: Stop and think, stay together; in an emergency call 999; float to live. **

06/06/2024

Thanks to the Catering Team at Rufford Primary School for the beautiful spread of food and fabulous decorations to commemorate D-Day today. Children had picnic sandwiches with a colourful salad or fish and chips with vegetables followed by a delicious fruit salad or cupcake. ❤ LACA

05/06/2024

At our Regional LACA Seminar we raised £220 for The Buddy Bag Foundation and we were delighted to visit the foundation for a group bag packing session!

The award-winning charity packs bags of essential items for children who have gone into emergency care. The bags contain a teddy, toiletries, pyjamas and underwear, books and pens to help children feel comforted and loved, with items tailored to suit children’s age groups and gender.

The Buddy Bags are delivered to women’s refuges in the UK so children who have left everything behind will have a few things to call their own. Karen Williams, founder and CEO said: “The bags are packed with care and love. Give the teddy a hug before you pack it as the next time the bag will be opened by a child. We pack 10-12k bags per year now and we have packed 60,000 bags since we started in 2015.”

16/05/2024

The Catering Team at Southwold Primary School created an out of this world fruit solar system for Space Day! The space specs and green hair are brilliant too. Hope everyone enjoyed Space Day! 😀

16/05/2024

The Catering Team at Mellers Primary School have been captured by an alien on Space Day! Hope everyone has a stella Space Day! 😀

16/05/2024

The fruit at Forest Town Primary School was extra-terrestrial! Thanks to the Catering Team for putting on the extraordinary fruit displays for Space Day and your head boppers are fabulous too! 😊

19/04/2024

Children had a delicious Chicken Biriyani with Raita and Sweet Potato Curry with Rice and Flatbread, followed by Vanilla Cardamom Muffins to celebrate Eid. Thanks to the Catering Team at Southwold Primary School who also got dressed up for the special occasion! Hope everyone enjoyed themselves. 😀

15/03/2024

A delightful tomato display featuring tomato lobster, crabs, and flowers for thanks to the Catering Team at Crabtree Farm Primary. Children enjoyed a tomato salsa taster on sliced baguette and cherry tomatoes. 🍅🍅🍅

13/03/2024

The Catering Team at Southwold Primary School looked brilliant dressed as carrots and corn-on-the-cob to serve the special meal!

Italian Pasta Power Play is the delicious Veg Power recipe for this week in participating schools. The pasta meal contains broccoli and courgette to get children chomping on their veg! 🥕🥦🌽🥕

08/03/2024

South American Beef Chilli Quest is on the menu this week at Southwold Primary School as part of . The beef chilli is a delicious mild dish packed with red kidney beans, red peppers, butternut squash and carrots served with a portion of peas and a colourful side salad. Yummy! 🥕🧅🥦

08/03/2024

Children at Annesley Primary School have been designing a Wanted poster for to help defeat the vegetables! 20 lucky winners will be awarded extra playtime! Hope they have fun!😀

08/03/2024

A brilliant veg superhero competition has been running for ! Children at Annesley Primary School were asked to choose a vegetable and make it into a superhero describing their superpowers. They had 8 winners, 1 from each year group, who were awarded a cooking session with Pam making a dish of their choice! 🥦🥕🌽

08/03/2024

Dressed up as carrots to serve carrot dippers with a nut free hummus! Pam and Dawn created plenty of excitement for the campaign, visiting every class at Annesley Primary School and encouraging the children to try the veg tasters. 🥕🥕🥕

01/03/2024

Such a cute Veg cottage in a broccoli forest! The Catering Team at Crabtree Farm Primary made a fabulous display to go along with the veg tasters of nut-free hummus and broccoli/cauliflower cheese for 🥦🥦🥦

01/03/2024

The special recipe for this week was African Chicken and Veg Jollof, Rumble in the Jungle in participating schools. The Jollof is tomato rice recipe with carrots, chickpeas and sweet potato. Delicious! 🥕🫑🥦

01/03/2024

is back! It’s great to be working with Veg Power again on getting more kids eating veg! Let’s get the kids munching, crunching and chomping those veggies for Eat Them To Defeat Them! Look out for special recipes/ tasters and displays in participating schools. Top tips, fun and prizes can be found at https://eatthemtodefeatthem.com/

06/02/2024

Chinese New Year at Southwold Primary School featured a delicious menu of chicken fried rice and Quorn fried rice with sweetcorn, followed by mango sorbet. Thanks to the Catering Team for putting on something special, the red dragons look brilliant. Happy Chinese New Year! 😀😍

11/01/2024

Congratulations to Jacquie Blake who has received an Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to education. 👏Jacquie gave many years of dedicated service as Commercial Operations Manager for Nottingham City Council while also holding the influential role of LACA (the school food people) chair from September 2021 to 2022.

Jacquie said: "I was completely surprised, and extremely honoured and proud to have been awarded an OBE in the New Years Honours, for services to education. I have been privileged to work with some wonderful colleagues at LACA, Nottingham City Council and Public Sector Catering during my career.
Former LACA chair Jacquie Blake receives OBE | LACA, the school food people

After two years shadowing Stephen Forster as vice chair of LACA, Jacquie st

21/12/2023

Is your child entitled to free school meals?

FREE fun & food is back with activity clubs over the Christmas holidays! 🎄

🏃 Lots of activities
🏃 Venues across the city
🏃 Lunch provided

Book your spaces here:
App.holidayactivities.com

20/12/2023

Forest Town Primary School Catering Team looked brilliant in their festive gear for Christmas Dinner Day. Thanks to all our Catering Teams for putting on delicious Christmas dinners and getting festive for the celebrations! Hope everyone enjoyed it!😀

20/12/2023

Congratulations to Kath Musson, the Chef Supervisor at Edale Rise Primary School who has been awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award.

Dean-Michael Crosby, Headteacher said: “We are thrilled that Kath’s achievement is being so widely recognised. Kath has provided hot meals for children at Edale for almost 40 years. Our children calculated that that’s almost a million hot meals in her time at Edale and every single one has been provided with a smile! We are so lucky to have Kath at Edale.”

Kath said: “I’ll have been working for the council for 40 years next February. I’ve enjoyed it. The children have made it. The children all call me Kath, and when I got the award they said: “You’re famous now!”

“I was very surprised when I received the award. A couple of the TA’s were saying that we all had to go to school assembly, but they didn’t say why. Then they presented the award to me in front of the whole school.”

Paula Todd, one of the TA’s who nominated her for the award said: “She goes above and beyond for the children. She always makes sure the children have something they like to eat. When it was Coronation Day all the flags went up, the team wore union Jack Hats and they did a special menu. She always does the theme day menus and decorates the hall.”😍

18/12/2023

On the Christmas menu: Roast Turkey/ Quorn Wellington with stuffing & gravy, chipolata sausage & cranberry sauce with creamy mash or golden roast potatoes and a rainbow of vegetables, followed by dessert at Rufford Primary School. Hope the children enjoyed it! 😀

15/12/2023

The Catering Team at Burford Primary School look fabulous in their Christmas specs and aprons! Thanks for putting on something special for the celebrations! Merry Christmas. ⭐️❄️

11/12/2023

Our Catering Teams are serving traditional Christmas roast dinners with all the trimmings and getting dressed up for the special occasion. Thanks to the very festive Catering Team at Glade Hill Primary School, they did a brilliant job! 🥰

17/11/2023

With Eat Culture lunchtime is the favourite part of the day!

Children can enjoy a Free School Meal in reception, year 1 and year 2 at primary school in government funded schools.

Just ask to have Universal Infant Free School Meals at your school office.

15/11/2023

Universal Infant Free School meals can save parents with children at primary school around £487 per year.

School meals are free for all children in reception, year 1 and year 2.

Sign up at your children's school. (Only applies in government funded schools.)