Based in Fulbourn Cambridge, Lifespan currently prepares and produces 24,000 portions of hospital food every day.
Known for its 'cook chill' meals, the NHS caterers expect to increase the business by
Diabetes and catering dietician and educator Helen Davies: "Food and drink is the most basic medicine for the body, particularly for hospital patients recovering from illness or surgery.
Medirest participated in an extensive, competitive tendering process to win the contract, demonstrating its leadership in providing exceptionally high quality patient meals through Steamplicity, along
The finalists were selected from more than 70 entries and were invited to join in a cook off at the Westminster College in London for the final stage of the competition.
The chefs created four dishes
Chief executive Richard Cousins said a step change in operations had worked tremendously: "Compass has delivered an excellent performance in a challenging environment.
"Consistently high levels of net
Recent research has highlighted the decline in the number of community meals delivered in the UK from the high of 40 million at the turn of the century to around 25 million today.
Their two-course meal featured stuffed chicken breast with a creamy mustard sauce, cocotte potatoes, French bean nicoise and carrots – topped off with a dessert of crispy apple pie with toffee sauce