Offering a revolutionary new catering option for schools, Rupert Weber, Head of Education at apetito looks at the mealtime provision choices schools face
“apetito’s revolutionary pre-prepared catering model helps schools deliver the control and flexibility of in-house catering but with complete simplicity that can’t be achieved in traditional in-house kitchens.
We help schools achieve full control of their menus and staff, whilst delivering exceptional meals and a flexible service that is easily adapted to suit bespoke needs and helps to deliver strong uptake. We’re already feeding over 25,000 pupils a day and like to think of ourselves as ‘in-house made easy’.
One of apetito’s defining values is ‘great food to be proud of’ and it believes that nutritionally balanced meals are key to supporting your pupils’ growth.
Range of Choice
A varied, healthy school meals menu also encourages your pupils to try new meals with exciting flavours – developing their taste palate as a result. With over 200 meals and desserts to choose from, schools can change their menu as often as they like and there is plenty on offer to suit every child – including those with specialist dietary requirements.
All meals are developed by our experienced, talented team of chefs, dietitians and nutritionists to ensure all our school meals are tasty and nutritious. They are continually innovating and expanding our range to cater for changing diets and food trends – creating new and exciting dishes for pupils to enjoy.
More Than Just Great Food
But it is not just apetito’s chefs who develop our range of dishes. Supporting them are passionate nutritionists and dietitians who help to create every recipe. Our education team even has a dedicated nutritionist to support schools with menu planning for children with complex dietary needs.
But as a service, we do more than provide great food. By partnering with apetito, there are other significant advantages. We’re dedicated to working in a sustainable way, which has benefits for schools making commitments to sustainability. We source high-quality ingredients from sustainable suppliers, such as Yorkshire Greens, who have one of the UK’s only carbon-neutral vegetable processing and packing facilities.
Food safety is also a huge benefit with our model. Every single batch of our meals are tested in our on-site laboratories for nutrition and harmful pathogens, so schools can have total confidence in the safety of our meals.
Lastly, huge financial efficiencies are achieved. Cooking and serving its high-quality, nutritious pre-prepared meals can be done with 50% less staff than an in-house or contract catering provision would require, removing the impact of the labour shortages and labour cost – reducing stress and saving money. Through a combination of leaner labour structures, smaller kitchens, and reduced utilities and food waste, apetito offer ultra-efficient financial
Working in partnership
If you choose to partner with apetito, our team will take care of everything – ensuring you receive a bespoke service that fits yours and your pupils’ needs. apetito hosts tastings for children and parents and dedicated account managers will be on hand to help with every need.
Your staff will be trained in storing, preparing and serving apetito meals with an in-depth tailored programme of training and support. Your meals are delivered for free on your agreed delivery days. All meals can then be stored in the freezer ready for your staff to cook and serve.
apetito works in partnership with you and your team to deliver great quality, highly nutritious meals and most importantly, meals your children will love, whilst giving you full control and flexibility over your catering.
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