LACA represent 80% of the UK’s school catering services and are the organisers behind National School Meals Week (6-10th November).
The awards aim to recognise the great work that's been going on in Wales in the school catering sector. The LACA Wales Awards are making a welcome return with their first awards evening since 2019.
Neil Porter, LACA chair of events and business director, will open the national seminar by welcoming attendees, providing a LACA update and setting the aims of the day.
NSMW is designed to remind and reinforce the great things the industry does, and the difference it makes to young people.
The two-day event aims to bring together chefs and caterers from across the public sector who help to feed the nation healthy, nutritious and sustainable food.
Joining the two-day event, which is being held at the NAEC Stoneleigh in Warwickshire, Tim will be offering his views on health
Sponsored by Bisto from Premier Foods, LACA’s School Chef of the Year competition attracts some of the very best school chef talent from across the country.
The Awards for Excellence aim to celebrate individuals and teams who continue to make a ‘real difference’ to education catering and school food.
Finishing Touches is a competition organised by LACA in association with the Craft Guild of Chefs.
The biggest annual school meals event will highlight the reluctance of the Government to address the funding and recruitment issues that LACA believes are putting the service under threat.