Catering and Schools Meals 

School Meals

I had a passion to improve school meals way before Jamie Oliver got involved but was grateful for his help to increase their profile and importance of providing a quality, nutritious meal for pupils. Hence was happy to be a part of his School Meals Revolution.

 I have worked with thousands of schools around the country both from the work required to produce a meal but also the nutrition and health education angle, which should work together to ensure a holistic, positive outcome for all parties and the health of the nation.

My roles within school meals include, but are not exclusive:-

• Develop and analyse menus to ensure they meet the government’s food and nutrient based standards but are still tasty and enticing to children with respect to schools.
• Special Diet Management – With the growing need for special diets Nicky does a lot of work  in this area:-
• Setting up Special Diet Systems and procedures to ensure safety and good practice is maintained within the schools.  
• Working closely with suppliers and manufacturers regarding new products and specifications
• Producing an Allergy Ticklist and specific Free From Menus
• Liaising with parents, cooks, schools and managers
• Training staff on allergies
• Setting up Policies and Procedures
• Ensuring the company meets standards and new legislation such as the Food Information for Consumers (FIC) coming into force December 2014, which may catch a lot of caterers out
• Health Education Resources including development and production of nutrition related websites, such as the award winning fun, interactive, nutrition website and award winning Education Resources for Schools
• Sales and marketing
• PR  – internal and external

"Nicky has been instrumental in setting up our Food, Nutrition and Health policies, procedures and systems. This includes ensuring our menus meet the governments’ Food based and Nutrient based Standards, developing a special diet process and free from ticklists and menus, recipe development and the associated training to managers and cooks. During the 7 years that Nicky has been part of Edwards& Ward, we have doubled the size of our business and Nicky has been a constant feature at the many presentations to potential clients, her ability to respond so professionally to the many questions posed at the presentation stage has been a huge boost to our successes.

Nicky continues to be an integral part of the Edwards & Ward team and I for one very much appreciate and value the input Nicky has given which has significantly shaped the growth and reputation of Edwards & Ward.”
Mike Ward, MD and Owner, Edwards and Ward Ltd (2013), School Meals Provider to schools across the country.

Nutrition Roles within Catering

My Role within Catering Companies include:-

• Recipe Development work
• Developing Food, Nutrition and Health Policies, Procedures and Strategies
• Training of staff
• Sales and Marketing
• Meet legislative requirements including the new Food Information for Consumers (FIC) Regulations coming into force in December 2014 requiring a vast amount of new information, formerly not required by caterers, to be provided for their customers in any setting. This applies to any food service!
• Responsibility Deal
• PR for the company
• Plus any other nutritional support that crops up
• NLP support in effective communication to customers

Hospital Catering

Worked with Initial Hospital Services, setting up the nutrition area and providing the associated processes and information for Patient Catering, working with the Trust Dietitians and Matrons on wards.

If you require help with your business or school please give me a call on 01252 706995 / 07795467090 or via the form below:-

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