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Our 6 menus are set to 3 themes and pupils have the opportunity to vote for their favourite 3 which will run in your school. Take a look at our menus for 2016-17…… British Favourites Week One British Favourites Week Two British Favourites Week Three British Favourites Week Four British Favourites Week Five British Favourites Week Six You […]

A Catering Supervisor’s perspective as part of National School Meals Week

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National School Meals Week 2023 was 6th - 12th November which is a celebration of the hard work and dedication that goes into providing delicious hot meals for children and young people across the country. The value and benefit of great school food and all the industry are doing to provide quality meals each day [...]

Impact report 2021/22

Impact report 2021/22

Quick Finder Catering Residential  Music Cleaning Holiday Activity with Food Programme Governors Learning outside the classroom Duke of Edinburgh  Physical and mental health & wellbeing Swimming Culture Business support Catering Recruitment   9 external Catering Supervisors  14 Internal promotions to Catering Supervisor, Assistant Business Manager  83 Kitchen Assistants Training  292 of our members of staff completed [...]

Schools

Catering Services

THERE ARE SO MANY REASONS SCHOOLS CHOOSE EDSENTIAL CATERING Here at Edsential we can offer your School the most sustainable meals in the UK ABOUT US Edsential are a Community Interest Company. This enables us to reinvest back into services for children and young people. We provide quality food with quality ingredients and all our [...]

Parents and Carers

Catering Services

PARENTS AND CARERS THERE ARE SO MANY REASONS PARENTS, CARERS AND CHILDREN OPT FOR AN EDSENTIAL SCHOOL LUNCH ABOUT US Edsential are a Community Interest Company. This enables us to reinvest back into services for children and young people. We provide quality food with quality ingredients and all our food is prepared fresh on the [...]

The people who make it happen

Catering Services

THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE IT HAPPEN Our staff are important to us here at Edsential as they keep the organisation running. We handpick talented staff who are motivated, dedicated and want to produce memorable, super tasty food We recognise that our kitchen staff are our most important asset. They are directly responsible for delivering your [...]

Palm Oil

Palm Oil

MAKING THE WORLD OF DIFFERENCE THROUGH SUSTAINABLE PALM OIL OUR PALM OIL JOURNEY Edsential are the first catering company in the world to use only sustainable palm oil in our menus. In 2018, we were asked how we were going to support the use of sustainable Palm Oil through school catering. Rather than just promote [...]

Quality Food Using Quality Ingredients

Catering Services

QUALITY FOOD USING QUALITY INGREDIENTS Edsential serves the most ethical and highest quality school meals in the UK. Our catering teams serve over 5 million meals in schools every year, carefully sourcing every bite to bring young people the most sustainable, seasonal, healthy and super tasty food! CAREFULLY SOURCING EVERY BITE All our meat comes [...]

Catering Services

Catering Services

OUR SCHOOL MEALS MAKE THE WORLD OF DIFFERENCE Edsential are a Community Interest Company. This enables us to reinvest back into services for children and young people. We provide quality food with quality ingredients and all our food is prepared fresh on the day. We are proud to be the company that serves the most [...]

Does your school want to make the world of difference?

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Our sustainable palm oil journey started in 2018, where we were asked how we were going to support the use of sustainable Palm Oil through school catering. But rather than just promote the use of sustainable Palm Oil, we wanted to make a real difference.   Our catering team worked tirelessly researching the effects of palm oil. The team worked with suppliers to ensure that any products […]

Holiday Activity Fund 2020

Holiday Activity Fund 2020

Quick Finder Application Form Training Frequently Asked Questions Useful Information & Dates The Holiday Activity Fund for 2020 has now come to an end. Find out more about HAF 2021 here: Holiday Activity Fund 2021 In 2020, Edsential CIC and Partners were successful in accessing funding to coordinate Holiday Activity and Food provision over the [...]

Dentists Call for Pudding and Sweet Soft Drinks Ban in Schools

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Puddings should be banned from school meals if the Scottish government wants children to be healthier, say dentists. The Faculty of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow wants excess sugar to be cut from school dinners. It said that about a third of children suffer from dental decay, while […]