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The shortlist of entries for the LACA Awards for Excellence 2016 is now available. Winners will be announced at the LACA Awards Dinner on Thursday 7th July, part of the LACA Main Event at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole. The nominees are: LACA… Read more

A Sodexo pastry chef has been crowned Mövenpick Ice Cream’s 2016 Gourmet Dessert Chef of the Year. Alice Peel impressed judges with her well-matched flavours and awarded the Strawberry, Lime & Champagne Sundae as this year’s star dessert. She… Read more

Jamie Oliver has urged David Cameron to focus on the long-awaited childhood obesity strategy once the EU referendum is over. Speaking at the EAT Food Forum in Stockholm, the chef and campaigner said: “After the EU referendum, Mr Cameron's next big… Read more

Rates of obesity and overweight are rising in every region of the world and in nearly every country according to the 2016 Global Nutrition Report. Malnutrition is responsible for nearly half of all deaths of children under age 5, and, together… Read more

Ten school cooks have been revealed as semi finalists of the Big School Bake Off 2016. The shortlisted competitors will have an hour and a half to transform their paper entry into a showstopper during the semi-finals at the LACA Main Event on July… Read more

Compass Group UK & Ireland’s education business, Chartwells, has retained its school meals catering contract, following a competitive tender, with West Sussex County Council for another five years in a deal worth £13 million annually. Under the… Read more

Mary Magdalene Catholic Primary School in Greenley, Buckinghamshire, has enforced a school meals only rule after parents had sent pupils to school with cold fast food. The Mirror reports that a lunchbox ban will now apply to children in reception to… Read more

Premier Foods has unveiled the five shortlisted schools who will compete at the LACA Main Event to become McDougalls Young Baking Team of the Year 2016. Sarah Robb, channel marketing manager, at Premier Foods said: “We have been overwhelmed by the… Read more

Children from St Matthew’s Primary School in Jarrow were joined by MP Sharon Hodgson on Friday to cook a mixed bean chilli. The children, part of the school’s Let’s Get Cooking Club, had the chance to show off their skills to the chair of the All… Read more

Mission Foods has announced a partnership with interactive play experience KidZania in Westfield Shepherd’s Bush to build brand affinity with consumers in London. A Mission Wrap Factory has been designed to give children the chance to mix… Read more