Education

Over the past year, 43% of Hertfordshire primary children tucked into school meals, compared with the national average of 39.3% for 2008-9.

The contract with co-educational, independent day and boarding school, Chigwell School, first began in 1966 shortly after England won the World Cup.

In groups of twos and threes, students had the opportunity to assist development chef Dave Riley with cooking quick, healthy and authentic Oriental dishes.

The independent caterer has gained new contracts at Worthing College in West Sussex and Bexley College in London, both previously operated by Compass's Education arm Chartwells.

They want to find out what is the most popular school meal and dessert in the country. The new chair of LACA, Beverley Baker, said: "As part of National School Meals Week (NSMW) we want to discover Br

The county council's School Food Support Service (SFSS) was awarded the National Catering Management Team of the Year Award 2009 from the Local Authorities Catering Association (LACA) at its conferenc

Laura, a pupil at Haslingden High School, Lancashire entered her innovative poster design into he national competition - set up by the School Food Trust's Million Meals campaign to enlist the help of

Managing director, John Pickett believes the expansion of his team over the last decade helped them win.

She replaces Neil Porter who has now completed his one year term in office from July 2008 – 2009.

More than 15% of councils have seen an increase in requests for free school meals, with nearly a quarter of those expecting that statistic to rise in the future.