Bidfood, a food supplier to HC-One’s care homes, provided a presentation of the dishes which are due to become a part of HC-One care home’s Christmas menus for this year. This consisted of starters, mains, desserts, canapes and buffet items, including gluten free, vegan, and vegetarian options.
Four HC-One residents, two from Pendleton Court Care Home in Salford and two from Newlands Care Home in Stockport, participated in the event. Residents enjoyed a food tasting session, sampling the festive delicacies and sharing their thoughts and feedback with the team to help shape this year’s HC-One Christmas menu.
Executive chef and nutrition & hydration lead at HC-One Chris Bonner and Mark Meacham, head of Catering and housekeeping support services at HC-One, also took part in the Development Day.
Meacham commented: “The Christmas Development Day at Bidfood’s Customer Experience Centre was a great success. Thank you to everyone involved including our food suppliers, Bidfood and EF-group for providing such excellent and informative sessions.
“Ensuring our residents receive nutritional winter meals to keep their immune system strong and healthy to help fight off any winter illnesses is crucial. The day has provided an opportunity to engage and listen to our residents as well as recognise the hard work and dedication of some of our fantastic colleagues who play such a vital part of our care homes.
“It was a joy to take on board feedback from our residents to be able to incorporate this into our HC-One Christmas Menus this year to create delicious festive dishes that they will enjoy.”