Based in Headcorn, near Maidstone, The Contract Dining Company was established in 2004 and provides catering services to 53 schools in Kent, delivering more than 8,000 meals a day.
The online competition encouraged school caterers to send in pictures via Twitter of the food they prepare and serve daily.
In receiving the accreditation, the college joins St Mary’s Primary School in Beckenham, Manchester Met University and The Wavell School in Hampshire as the academic institutions to hold the accola
The university’s catering provision is exclusively contracted to Chartwells, the education arm of catering and facilities services provider, Compass Group UK & Ireland.
Porter said the NSMW 2017 team had “surpassed itself” with its organisation of the week (13-17 November) which saw LACA member Karen Robinson run five marathons in five days spanning all ten LACA r
Prizes were awarded to the students who received the highest grades in food and nutrition subjects by their respective examination boards – AQA, CCEA, Edexcel, OCR, SQA, WJEC.
The caterer, launched in September 2017 as a Local Authority Traded Company by Warwickshire County Council, has used the new platform to tell the story behind the sourcing of its ingredients.
The menus and accompanying resources published yesterday (November 13) set out the information for early years settings offering meals and snacks throughout the day.
AiP recently won the contract, worth in the region of half a million pounds, to supply meals to five schools in the city, collectively know as the ‘Bristol Cluster’.
The list was put together with the help of brand ambassador and industry expert, Jeanette Orrey (left), in support of this year’s LACA National School Meals Week which runs from 13-17 November.