Scolarest to provide catering at nine Cornwall schools

The three-year contract, which started this term, is worth £2.6 million in total turnover. Between them, the nine schools have nearly 8,000 students. The deal has seen the introduction by Scolarest of healthy new menus focusing on home-cooked dishes, vegetables, fruit and salad and which are fully compliant with the Government's standards for school meals. As well as nutritionally balanced main course dishes such as fruity Caribbean curry, poached salmon wraps and vegetarian chilli, students can choose from pasta dishes, filled sandwiches, baguettes and paninis or select from salad bars. Healthy pudding choices include pots of chopped fresh fruit. The company has also introduced its healthy snack range which has been devised by Scolarest's chefs and nutrition team to meet the new standards for school food other than lunch. Typical choices include filled bagels, and muffins, korma and tikka curry bread parcels and home-made nachos and tortilla chips, as well as teacakes and fruit loaf. The schools are: Brannel School, St Austell Hayle Community School, Hayle Humphry Davy School, Penzance Looe Community School, Looe Penrice Community College, St Austell Roseland Community School near Truro St Ives School, St Ives Treviglas Community College, Newquay Wadebridge School, Wadebridge. Scolarest is operating lunchtime and break time catering services at all nine schools. The company is also providing a breakfast service at a number of the schools. All stakeholders including governors, teachers, parents and student representatives were involved in the decision to select Scolarest to become the schools' new catering provider. Tony Byrne, business director for Education at Compass Group, Scolarest's parent company: "Encouraging students to eat well is very important to us. We've had a very positive response to the new menus and our catering teams will be continuing to work closely with the schools to make sure that we provide healthy options that students enjoy."