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LACA - The School Food People. Representing 3,300 different organisations providing 3 million lunches in 22,000 schools everyday 👩🏻🍳👨🏼🍳🍴
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Congratulations to Raheem Morgan from Chartwells for winning 2023 School Chef of the Year – SCOTY sponsored by
@PremierFoods_FS
#LACAME
#Schoolfood
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LACA are pleased to announce that our 2020 School Chef of the Year is Holly Charnock from Woodlands Primary School, Sefton. A huge congratulations! Very much deserved. Her winning dish was a braised beef tortellini and a chocolate brownie w/🍌 ice cream
#SCOTY
@Bill_Esterson
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Hi
@MarcusRashford
Could we get a Retweet for National School Meals Week? Following the announcement at the weekend,
@NSMW
is an opportunity to highlight the importance of hot & healthy school meals & pay tribute to our fantastic school catering teams across the country!
Thanks!
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Steven Cross
@crosscatering25
steps up to collect the LACA School Chef of the Year
#SCOTY19
Trophy 🏆
#congratulations
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@PremierFoods_FS
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Congratulations to Jennifer Brown, from Academy - an Atalian Servest Company for second place in the 2023 School Chef of the Year – SCOTY sponsored by
@PremierFoods_FS
#LACAME
#Schoolfood
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Congratulations to Jennifer Brown who has been crowned the 2024 SCOTY winner!
With thanks to sponsor
@PremierFoods_FS
#LACAME
#BISTO
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Happy Monday morning! We’ve updated our logo, we hope you all like it!
#schoolfoodpeople
#LACA
#MondayMotivation
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And the 2022 winner of the LACA School Chef of the Year
#SCOTY
is... 🥁🥁🥁
Tom Armstrong from
@mellorscatering
Congratulations to all of this year's competitors, it's been an amazing competition!
Thanks to sponsors
@QuornFoods
&
@PremierFoods_FS
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.
@michaelgoulston
a school chef at Peartree Spring Primary in Stevenage has become the School Chef of the Year 2018! He won against 9 other chefs from across the country! Huge congratulations.
@SMcPartland
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Good food should not be thrown away; for the last four years, after the
#LACAME
, any extra food was donated to a local food bank. This year,
@Surplus4G
is working with us to connect with charities & food banks to receive donations from the event. Thank you to all volunteers!
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No child should ever go hungry. That is why every child should have access to a hot and healthy meal each day. Thank you
@MarcusRashford
for speaking up for vulnerable children across the country
#schoolmeals
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Across the country many schools continue to stay open to look after the children of key workers & vulnerable. We want to salute all our members who are continuing to offer a range of hot school meals & packed lunches, either served in schools or distributed to children at home 👏
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And our new LACA School Chef of the Year, a massive massive congratulations to Steven Cross
@crosscatering25
👨🏼🍳🍴👑 A very worthy winner of
#SCOTY2019
👍🏻
@PremierFoods_FS
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The
@MayorofLondon
to continue primary free school meals funding, delivering meals to 287,000 primary children every day.
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LACA are delighted that all primary school children in Wales will receive a free school meal over the next three years. Our National Chair
@JacquieBlake17
and Wales Regional Chair
@JudithGregory28
comment 👇👇👇
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Absolutely fab seeing the SCOTY finalists on the
@BBCTheOneShow
sharing their passion for school meals! Can’t wait for the final tomorrow 🍎🥗🍗🧀
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School dinners helping to reduce childhood obesity in primary schools, new research finds
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Excellent news, UIFSM has been saved! School Minister
@NickGibbUK
has said "we have decided it is right to retain the existing provision"
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Today we’re hosting an industry round table titled ‘’School Food and the Cost-of-Living Crisis - If not now, when? Act now to safeguard our children's future!’’ debating the challenges around the provision of the school food service.
#IfNotNowWhen
#LACA
#schoolmeals
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At
#PMQs
today, we were pleased to hear the PM say that he is "very proud that this Government set up Universal Infant Free School Meals (UIFSM)" and that he is "very pleased" that the Government are going to deliver a Covid Summer Food Package.
No child should ever go hungry.
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We welcome the pledge by
@JonAshworth
to extend free school meals. School meals are central to the fight against childhood obesity, providing healthy, hot and nutritious meals to children across the country.
@SharonHodgsonMP
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🗣️Calling School Chefs🗣️applications are now open for Masterchef The Professionals and they are interested in having applicants from the school food industry. This could be your chance to show off the professionalism of the school food industry apply-
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big congratulations to everyone who took part in the saving UIFSM campaign. Look forward to seeing everyone at the LACA main event
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Statement from LACA – The School Food People following announcement from Mayor of London
#FSM
#SchoolFood
#FreeSchoolMeals
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LACA announces appointment of Anita Brown as new chair
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What a fantastic Main Event we had back in July! View all the action and highlights from this year’s
#LACAME
here
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In second place and this year’s Runner Up, a massive congratulations to Matt Betts - LACA Yorkshire & Humber School Chef of the Year!
#SCOTY2019
👨🏼🍳
@PremierFoods_FS
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Congratulations, a true School Food hero 🎉🎉🎉
I am delighted to be at Buckingham Palace today for this both proud and humbling occasion. Thank you to everyone who has been part of the journey.
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At Christmas time, we’d like to say a big thank you to all the fabulous people who help prepare school meals day in, day out across the country! We hope that you’re having a well deserved break 🧑🏼🍳🧑🏻🍳
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Congratulations to Kirklees School Catering Service for winning LACA Catering Business of the Year sponsored by
@HobartUKCooking
#LACAME
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Our Yorkshire & Humber regional heat winner for this year's School Chef of the Year
#SCOTY
competition is Tom Armstrong from
@mellorscatering
, congratulations 🍾see you in July!
You can watch the final, live at the Main Event - register for free entry
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@AngelaRayner
MP for Ashton-under-Lyne and
@SharonHodgsonMP
MP for Washington and Sunderland West enjoying
#TheAnnualSchoolLunch
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New data from the DFE shows that more children are eating a healthy lunch because of UIFSM. –-new-dfe-data-reveals
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Pleased that the QS omitted any mention of the scrapping of UIFSM, chance for the Govt to rethink this disastrous manifesto commitment.
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Well done to Sara Franklin from
@CampionSchool
@RadishAllGood
for winning the East Midlands regional final of School Chef of the Year. Look forward to seeing you compete during the National final 🥬🥒🍅🥘
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LACA have just responded to the
@food_strategy
call for evidence on behalf of our members. We look forward to its publication. One of the best ways of delivering healthy and affordable food is through a hot, healthy and nutritious school meal that meets the school food standards.
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Congratulations to Lee Taylor from John Gulson Primary School who is the winner of the West Midlands regional SCOTY final. Look forward to seeing you at the National final!
@CateringAcademy
#SCOTY
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As more and more children
#returntoschool
our fantastic caterers stand ready to serve them hot, healthy and nutritious school meals 👨🏽🍳🧑🏿🍳
Thank you to Tim Baker, Headteacher at Charlton Manor School, for these photos 👏🏻
#LACAGoodNewsStory
#schoolfood
#education
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Celebrating all our Regional Winners and Finalists at this year’s School Chef of the Year Awards 👏🏻👩🏻🍳🍴👨🏼🍳
#SCOTY2019
sponsored by
@PremierFoods_FS
. the announcement of this year’s winner will follow after dinner!
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Our National Chair
@MichaelCHales
pays tribute to our past Chair
@timmyblowers
as he steps down from the Board. Thanks for all your hard work Tim and enjoy the sunshine! 👏🏻
#SpringSeminar
🍴
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Happy International School Meals Day! To celebrate we want to see photos of the school meals that chefs across the country are making today!
#ISMD2019
#CookeditmySelfie
👩🍳👨🍳
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This years runner up was Raheem Morgan from Coopers Lane Primary School in Lewisham. He served a delicious Mexican spiced chicken with a tomato rice and flatbread. For dessert he whipped up a winter spiced crumble slice
#SCOTY
@JanetDaby
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LACA are pleased to announce that Jacquie Blake has been appointed as the new Chair of LACA. She will work tirelessly to make sure LACAs member's voices are heard and that as many children as possible receive their hot, healthy and nutritious meals 👩🍳👨🍳
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Every child deserves the right to a hot, healthy and nutritious meal each day. It is what our partners, members and supporters work so tirelessly to deliver❤️
#schoolfoodfamily
Children need a hot meal during the school day.
#FoodToFlourish
#Concentration
#Teaching
#HotMealsNotPackedMeals
@JeanetteOrrey
@PSCMagazine
@LACA_UK
@EDUcateringmag
@educationgovuk
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The latest issue of the School Caterer is out, this includes an article by our Chair
@MichaelCHales
who looks ahead at the upcoming year, and an article about the SCOTY 2019 competition
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LACA has written to UK Prime Minister
@BorisJohnson
urging him to use our members’ infrastructure and supply chain to provide food parcels to children during the holidays
#LACAHealthyFoodParcels
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We have a winner from today's East of England LACA School Chef of the Year regional heat - congratulations, Brenden Eades, from Felsted School! 🎉
@PremierFoods_FS
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Our National Chair Elect
@MichaelCHales
gives an address on
@LACA_UK
plans and activities for the year ahead with a key focus on childhood obesity as part of the new LACA Vision
#LACAME
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Never has our industry faced such a massive challenge as
#COVID19
. Our members, partners, suppliers and school catering teams are working tirelessly to ensure that children continue to receive healthy and nutritious school meals. Thank you for everything that you are doing 👏🏻
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We are pleased to share with you details of our new initiative
#Hotober
, which has been created to encourage conversations between caterers, school representatives, on site staff & parents alike to facilitate the return of hot lunches as soon as everyone feels it safe to do so!
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Fabulous first day at LACA Main Event. Excellent to see so many examples of delicious and innovative school meals 🥗🥙🍗
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Our chair, Brad Pearce, has been nominated as the 'most influential' by
@PSCMagazine
The event, which celebrates key people who are driving change and represent the concerns of people working in the sector, will take place at the House of Commons on the 23rd Feb 2023.
#LACA
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Big congratulations too Cheryl Allen, from Manchester who is the new LACA North West School Chef of the Year 2019
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The LACA Education Catering Exhibition takes place this week 5-7 July register online today
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The most unpopular manifesto pledge by any of the Parties is the scrapping of UIFSM, according to YouGov
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There’s just 4 weeks left until the doors open for this year's Education Catering Exhibition at the
#MainEvent
! Register in advance for FREE entry and claim a free gift on arrival!
>> Find out more and register here -
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Government will spend an extra £120m on extending vouchers - LACA Statement
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Huge Congratulations to
@brad_pearce
@cateredplymouth
@Amsow66
who have won the Education Award
@CSCMag
#cscawards
! Much deserved!
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LACA
#Thegreatschoollunch
. under way with MP’s at the House of Commons - thank you to the
#SCOTY
chefs for a fantastic lunch
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🍾Congrats to Tasha Watts from Crispin Academy
@crispinschool
the first finalist for the 2022
#SCOTY
Competition 👏 Tasha was crowned the South-West Champion today.
Thanks to sponsors
@Quornfoods
& supporters
@PremierFoods_FS
Register to watch finals:
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Arley Primary School has won LACA Primary School Catering Team sponsored by
@Middletonfoods
#LACAME
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LACA are delighted to support
@VegPowerUK
&
@ITV
's
#EatThemToDefeatThem
campaign! It is vital that we encourage school children to eat more vegetables and the campaign does so in a fun and entertaining way.
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The LACA yearbook 2019 has been published and will arrive with our members shortly. This years book includes a preview of the Main Event 2019 and a review of NSMW 2018 🎊🎉🎊🎉
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Our National Vice Chair
@Stephen30585063
picking up a very well deserved special recognition award last night 👏🏻
#lacanortheastandscotland
Congratulations
@Stephen30585063
on his special recognition award at the
#lacaawards2019
@Chartwells_UK
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In case you missed it, here is an article by our Chair
@timmyblowers
published in the Times Education Supplement today
@tes
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This years Main Event is going to be bigger and better than ever before! 160 exhibitors will be participating and free-to-attend workshops will be taking place on both Wednesday and Thursday. Find out more here >
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.
@AngelaRayner
Shadow Secretary of State for Education commented on the UIFSM report "This report highlights the importance of ensuring that every child has a healthy meal at school." (p/1)
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LACA would like to extend a huge thank you to
@sallyshadrack
she was a dedicated and a hard working chair, and has been an asset for LACA
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LACA is featured in a BBC story today on the rising cost of food and its impact on caterers. Read it here:
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LACA - The School Food People has collaborated with
@educationgovuk
and
@PHE_uk
to produce additional Free School Meals Parcel Guidance
Read the guidance now on our website:
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Researchers have called on the Govt to extend entitlement to FSM in order to eliminate social stigma n hunger amongst vulnerable children
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Congratulations to Richard Hardy who takes second place at SCOTY 2024
With thanks to sponsor
@PremierFoods_FS
#LACAME
#BISTO
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