Catering Academy Scoops Contract Caterer of The Year Award

October 26, 2011

Catering Academy in Tamworth, has been crowned ‘Contract Caterer of the Year’, sponsored by Bernard Matthews Foodservice, at this year’s Educatering Excellence Awards.

With a reputation for providing innovative solutions to a wide range of catering and ancillary services – including for the education sector – Catering Academy prides itself on building strong partnerships with its clients and delivering a creative selection of the very best fresh dishes.

A commitment to locally sourced fresh produce is at the heart of its strategy and was recognised by this year’s judging panel. The judges were also impressed by Catering Academy’s staff training, its innovative response to social responsibility and excellent staff involvement, which has helped to keep staff turnover to a minimum.

Catering Academy was shortlisted for the title alongside ISS Education in Woking and The Brookwood Partnership in Walton-on-Thames and was presented with the award at a glittering awards ceremony at London’s Royal Garden Hotel on Monday October 17th.

This is the second year that Bernard Matthews Foodservice and its Big Green Tick range of British turkey products has sponsored the Contract Caterer of the Year category. Its involvement reflects the company’s commitment to the education sector at a time when education caterers face growing pressure to provide enticing, nutritious meals for school children that tick all the boxes.

The accolade recognises the lengths some contract caterers go to to ensure a better class of school meal provision for the good of future generations.

As a LACA partner, Bernard Matthews Foodservice is committed to showing education caterers how they can, on average, significantly lower the amount of saturated fat in dishes by switching to British turkey, as well as save money in a tough economic climate, with the cost of turkey typically being less than other meats.

The Big Green Tick range from Bernard Matthews Foodservice, which rears all its birds on its own farms in Norfolk, Suffolk and Lincolnshire, provides cost-effective products for use on menus all year round. From whole muscle roasts and kids favourites to ingredients products the range helps caterers develop menus which meet food and nutrient based standards.