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Over 350,000 children will be offered a free two course meal this week to celebrate the Great School Lunch as part of the 20th annual National School Meals Week. National School Meals Week is the biggest healthy eating awareness week aimed at...

The initial judging round takes place this week for LACA’s School Chef of the Year (SCOTY) competition 2014, which will aim to find the best school kitchen operator in the country. LACA chair Anne Bull said: “With each year setting yet another new...

All pupils at infant schools in England are to get free school lunches from September 2014, according to an announcement by Lib Dem leader and deputy prime minister Nick Clegg that is being reported by the BBC. The move will affect children in...

Britain’s top 10 school chefs will come face to face on May 21st to compete for the LACA School Chef of the Year 2014 title in what is expected to be a fiercely fought cook off. The competition is organised annually by LACA (Lead Association for...

A new initiative has been launched with the aim of sharing catering ideas and practical tips on how to create a ‘great school food culture’. At its heart is a new online hub (www.schoolfoodplan.com/www) that has been developed with support from the...

The London regional final of LACA’s School Chef of the Year 2014, sponsored by Maggi from Nestlé Professional, has been won by Shereene Weston. She works at St Mary Magdelen Catholic Primary School. Employed by Chartwells on behalf of the London...

Another place in the national final of LACA’s School Chef of the Year 2015, sponsored by Maggi from Nestlé Professional, has been settled following the North West final at Manchester College. The winner will now go forward to the national final at...

Torbay School cook Sarah Medlicott from Paignton in Devon has been crowned the winner of the first ever Big School Bake Off competition after the competition final was held yesterday. TV Bake Off winner Jo Wheatley led the team of judges, which...

Siobhan O’Neill reports from the LACA National Seminar at Chesford Grange, Kenilworth on Friday 24th October. On the last day of one of the most challenging half terms LACA has ever had to face, Neil Porter opened the National Seminar saying, “This...