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News08 Mar 2016
SCOTY 2016 finalists to appear on BBC’s The One Show
The LACA School Chef of the Year 2016 finalists will all appear on Wednesday evening’s edition of The One Show ahead of Thursday’s final at Stratford Manor Hotel.
ITV are also sending the cameras down to film the national final on Thursday with… Read more
News09 Mar 2016
Chef Girogio Locatelli visits Camden’s Rhyl Primary
Michelin starred chef Giorgio Locatelli held an Adopt a School session at Rhyl Primary in Camden yesterday to help promote healthy eating and food provenance to primary school children.
Giorgio said: “It’s only by teaching children that we can… Read more
News09 Mar 2016
Jo Wotton shortlisted in BBC Cook of the Year award
Jo Wotton has been named on the shortlist in the BBC Cook of the Year award.
The award is part of Radio 4’s Food & Farming Awards and is given to a cook in an institutional setting who prepares tasty, healthy meals on a budget.
Three years ago… Read more
News11 Mar 2016
Scottish Government further invests in food education
The Scottish Government has boosted funding for food education projects over the next 12 months.
The £876,000 extra funding will include support for the Food For Thought Education Fund and takes the total investment to almost £5 million since it… Read more
News11 Mar 2016
Health professionals join school governing board to tackle obesity
Health professionals are being invited to sit on every school governing body in Rochdale, under plans announced by the Labour-led council.
The council is using its £13m public health budget to tackle the growing childhood obesity crisis and is… Read more
News11 Mar 2016
School Chef of the Year 2016 winner announced
Kath Breckon, the Yorkshire & Humber regional final winner, has been crowned LACA School Chef of the Year 2016 (SCOTY) at the national final held on Thursday at Stratford Upon Avon College.
The competition is organised annually by LACA (… Read more
News14 Mar 2016
Spring Seminar puts focus on future of school food
What will happen to Universal Infant Free School Meals (UIFSM) beyond 2020? That’s the question that was grappled with by speakers at LACA’s Spring Seminar at Stratford Manor Hotel on March 11.
The consensus is that the industry needs solid data on… Read more
News15 Mar 2016
National School Meals Week unveils new logo and website plans
The National School Meals Week (NSMW) team has shared a new logo, unveiling a more modern look which will be complemented by a new website that will be unveiled at LACA's Main Event.
The website was last built three years ago and its new look will… Read more
News17 Mar 2016
Sugar tax to be introduced by 2018
Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has announced in the Budget that a tax on sugary soft drinks will come into force by 2018 to tackle childhood obesity.
Osborne, said: "I am not prepared to look back at my time here in this Parliament,… Read more