LACA Member Login
Dates for your Diary:
10-02-10
West Midlands: Committee Meeting
10-02-10
London & South East Committee Meeting
10-02-10
London & South East Committee Meeting
18-02-10
Welsh: Regional Committee Meeting
23-02-10
LACA / PKL School Kitchens Design forum
Southbank Centre, London
09-03-10
London & South East Regional Spring Business Meeting and AGM
09-03-10
London & South East Regional Spring Business Meeting and AGM
10-03-10
Eastern Region: AGM
10-03-10
Eastern Region: AGM
17-03-10
Welsh: Regional Meeting
18-03-10
South West: Regional Event
18-03-10
West Midlands: AGM Dinner and Awards Evening
24-03-10
AGM and Regional Event
05-05-10
South West: Regional Committee Meeting
05-05-10
London & South East Committee meeting
05-05-10
London & South East Committee meeting
Welcome to the Local Authority Caterers Association Website!
LACA is the professional body representing 1000 catering managers and suppliers who provide catering services to all sectors of Local Authorities in England, Wales and Scotland. Local authority caterers are responsible for providing more than 2.5 million school meals a day, civic catering such as town halls and leisure centres, for social services catering such as residential homes for the elderly, day centres and meals on wheels.
News
8 February 2010
MP praises North Yorkshire County Council's school meals service
Vale of York MP Ann McIntosh recently made a special visit to North Yorkshire County Council's school meals service to see how it is leading the country in enco… More…
5 February 2010
More kids to benefit from free school meals
More primary school children across the country will benefit from a free healthy school lunch as Ed Balls today invited all local authorities to bid for cash to… More…
5 February 2010
Caterers invited to attend Meet the Producer event
Schools and caterers looking to source regional food are being invited to attend the second Meet the Producer event next week. … More…
LACA / PKL School Kitchens Design forum
23rd February 2010
Southbank Centre, London
Registration for the next LACA/PKL School Kitchens forum is now open.
They are pleased to announce that amongst the confirmed speakers, are representatives from LACA, DCSF, School Food Trust and Buying Solutions along side representatives from commercial organisations and the day will include an interactive Q&A panel, giving you the chance to discuss issues faced with the delivery and roll out of school kitchens with industry experts.
Click here to download LACA / PKL School Kitchens Design forum agenda
To find out more information regarding the forum and to download a booking form, please visit www.schoolkitchens.com
Alternatively, if you would like to be sent a booking form or more information call 01242 663000 or email postbox@pkl.co.uk
LACA becomes a Change4Life partner
LACA is delighted to advise Members that the Association has been officially accepted by the Government as a Change4Life Partner, effective immediately.
Being a Change4Life Partner entitles LACA to carry the Campaign logo on key LACA activities such as National School Meals Week and School Chef of the Year as well as to have a direct link to the Change4Life website from both the LACA and National School Meals Week websites.
By becoming a Partner, LACA commits to supporting the Change4Life Healthy Weight/Healthy Lives messages of healthier eating and more physical activity, as part of our promotional work.
For more on this you can click on the link.
LACA School Chef of the Year 2010
The Results
Click here to download the SCOTY West Midlands Regional Final Results, held on Wednesday 3rd February 2010 at Stoke on Trent College.
Click here to download the SCOTY Eastern Regional Final Results, held on Friday 29th January 2010 at Tesco Development Kitchen, Cheshunt.
Click here to download the SCOTY Yorks & Humber Regional Final Results, held on Thursday 21st January 2010 at Hull College.
Click here to download the SCOTY North East & Scotland Regional Final Results, held on Wednesday 20th January 2010 at Tyne Metropolitan College.
The Competition
This annual competition puts the preparation, cooking, creativity and presentation skills of school chefs to the test.
The competition is open to all kitchen-based staff employed by organisations that are full members of LACA and are involved with the daily preparation of school meals.
Each entrant is required to produce, in just one and a half hours, a healthy balanced two- course meal, that would appeal to 11 year olds in school.
Click below to view the latest information on the 2010 competition and to view a video of the School Chef of the Year 2009 national final.
News from LACA
Dear LACA Colleagues,
Make sure you read this week's Caterer & Hotelkeeper magazine for the launch of the 'School Meals Matter' campaign. This campaign is a joint initiative with LACA and the magazine.
The magazine is getting behind our sector with a two pronged approach, galvanising support for the sector from the hospitality industry and raising awareness to an incoming Government of the importance of the continuation of the school lunch grant.
We will post further information on the web site and suggest ways you might get involved in due course. This is excellent support and we are very pleased the Caterer and Hotelkeeper is supporting our sector in this way.
Kind regards.
Beverley Baker
LACA National Chairman
Click below to sign the School Meals Matter letter now!
