The competition is open to all kitchen-based staff involved in the daily preparation of pupils’ meals in schools across the UK whether from a local authority or contract-catered site, managed in-ho
The three-year £1.6m study is funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) as part of its work to create opportunities and improve outcomes.
According to the latest survey an overwhelming majority of caterers (98.3%) agree the school meals funds should be ringfenced.
Hugh talked about his career, inspirations and views on school food whilst doing a ‘schools twist’ on one of his recipes from the River Cottage.
The LACA Awards for Excellence aim to celebrate individuals and teams who continue to make a ‘real difference’ to education catering and school food.
Ward has won the prestigious SCOTY trophy, £1,000 cash prize and an invitation to a calendar of catering industry events. The competition aims to showcase the hard work of individuals around the co
Finishing Touches, which is sponsored by McDougalls, is a competition organised by LACA in association with the Craft Guild of Chefs.
The competition challenged school chefs to design, cook and serve a nutritious food item that can be eaten ‘on-the-go’ by youngsters. Chefs were tasked to cook four portions of a grab & go meal
Jan Parnell and Olivia Oakley from the Natasha Allergy Research Foundation spoke about the organisation’s new Allergy School resources that have been launched to help train all school staff and chi
One of LACA chair Judith Gregory’s core aims was to continue with the messaging for England focussing on the differences in school meals funding, so that there is consistency across all four UK na