Education

Gary Wilkes claimed that some pupils are being 'deprived of their favourite foods' including bananas and red peppers.

The college is the only School FEAST centre in Sussex, part of the School FEAST network which helps train school cooks in England.

The school meals service gives children a choice of fresh fruit and vegetables in addition to a salad bar every day.

The bananas are too expensive and the peppers are too poor in quality, explained catering chiefs. As an alternative, fresh fruit has been added to the menus by MetroFresh, a provider of food for scho

After a tour of the Highbury City of Portsmouth Centre's vocational facilities, the minister put on chef whites and got stuck in to making bread with students in the pastry kitchen. Mrs McCarthy-Fry

Other items on the innovative school meals menu include duck and rocket pizzas and focaccia containing hidden courgettes and carrots, blackcurrant crème brulee, feta and roasted vegetable paninis and

"I would like to express my views on the mythical tale of how bad school meals are. We keep hearing how the quality of food given to our children in school must be improved.

Other groups taking part include Marks & Spencer cafes, Sainsbury's, Subway, Wimpy, and 7 Day Catering – in college restaurants. These companies, along with the other nine catering groups to pr

Robert Salmon has been appointed as Avenance education sales director with immediate effect.

Davinia Morrison, chef at Prior Park Preparatory School in Cricklade, and Stephen Drane, general manager at Millfield Senior School and Millfield Preparatory School in Somerset, made up half of the Wi