HCL chef David Gower gave out a canapé breakfast selection of a spiced apple toddy, a natural yogurt, super food granola and a breakfast brioche with date and cinnamon butter.
The company said it has targeted the school catering sector driven by the belief that it offers an “outstanding opportunity to drive better health and education outcomes for children alongside stro
North Lanarkshire Council (NLC) would become the first local body in the UK to provide meals to vulnerable children every day of the year if it follows through with the idea.
While school is an important setting for supporting healthy lifestyles, the researchers say wider influences - for example from families, local communities, and the food industry - may have a great
Leith made the call at an event organised by CH&Co-owned school caterer, Principals, called ‘Beyond the Classroom’.
The deal with the independent, day, boarding, nursery and preparatory school for girls, is worth £750,000.
Its catering services unit Food & More serves 32,000 meals a day to students across more than 200 schools as part of FM in Leeds, Barnsley, Redcar, Oxfordshire, Gateshead and Tameside.
Concerns listed among the 1,200 workers surveyed included stress, debt, unpaid overtime and a lack of training.
The contract is worth more than £2.5million over three years.
John Newton, head of PHE’s Health Improvement Directorate, said: “Severely obese children are at risk of developing a number of serious acute and chronic health problems.