Chefs in Schools celebrated kitchen teams on International School School Meals Day. This is Anthony, who stepped up to be an assistant at St Ann’s, a school in England, when Covid left them short staffed. As thanks, a meal was made in his honour, one of his favourite dishes from Mumbai, Pav Bhaji..
Despite severe flooding that closed their kitchen, Riverside Junior School continued to provide hot, healthy meals to more than 300 pupils! Click here to read the story
Tayside Contracts has produced some exciting menus for International School Meals Day. Be inspired!
At Food for Life, a Soil Association programme, they work with schools and nurseries to make it normal, easy and enjoyable for children to eat well. Find out more about their schools programme here: https://foodforlife.org.uk/schools
Alongside the mains at Lampton School, there are vegetable sides, thanks to Chefs in Schools. Today it’s a rainbow carrot, kale, tahini and herb salad. Eileen cooks the carrots first, then mixes the sauce through and adds in the kale.
Mellors Catering has a new class, run by their brilliant Executive Development Chef, Michael Stroud. Since September he’s been all over the north of England teaching hundreds of pupils how to make pasta and bread.
The first of the #ISMD2020 menus has been created and shared by the pupils of Dalintober Primary in Argyll and Bute in Scotland. The children have chosen their favourite international dishes. Some great choices are included! Well done to Tristan for the menu design!
A huge thank you to everyone who took part in #ISMD2019, sharing practice, posting pictures, promoting healthy, nutritious food and celebrating those who produce and serve it.
An Elementary School in Japan had a lunch of bread with apricot jam, milk, vegetable soup, salad and macaroni and cheese gratin. The food was handmade from scratch – and the food on the yellow tray is a lactose allergy version.
The school chef has been busy baking organic bread and local plum loaf for a community lunch at Washingborough Academy in Lincolnshire, England.