Education
LACA’s 2026 SCOTY competition offers £1,000 cash prize for winning chef
The winner will also receive 2026 LACA School Chef of the Year trophy and an invitation to a calendar of catering industry events. The national second and third place winners will receive £500 and
Merton Council starts search for new school meals caterer
Around 9,500 meals will be served to schoolchildren across 34 primary schools and three special needs schools in Merton, totalling 1.8m meals every year.
NH Case promotes sustainable fish to healthcare & education sectors
Hoki, also known as the Blue Grenadier, is a widely sustainable fish from New Zealand.
Apetito empowers school pupils with lifelong healthy eating habits
These lesson plans have been created by Apetito’s in-house dietitians, chefs and nutritionists with the aim of creating educational content in line with the national curriculum that support teacher
Government joins forces with household brands on free breakfast scheme
The free breakfast clubs are providing a lifeline to working families and putting £450 into the back pockets of parents a year.
Eat Them to Defeat Them campaign improves children’s dietary health
Not only are participating children eating 60% more vegetables than non-participating children, but 60% of parents are reporting a long-term improvement in the volume and variety of vegetables thei
LACA Harvest Festival Wheatsheaf Loaf Competition offers £500 for 3 winning schools
There are three prizes of £500 each for the best entries. This money must be spent on either equipment for the school kitchen or for the food tech class.
Thousands of England’s poorest children missing out on free school meals
The report, which is titled ‘Registration for Free School Meals (FSM): issues and implications for research, policymaking, practice and access’ is the final report from a Nuffield Foundation–funded
Bremner & Co report finds 290,000 young children missing out on free meals
Despite Government plans to expand free school meals (FSM) to all universal credit households from September 2026, fewer than 4% of children in formal childcare will receive a free meal compared wi