Meals Direct staff
Every year the LACA (Lead Association for Catering in Education) Awards acknowledge individuals and teams of people who continue to make a difference to Education Catering. Caerphilly Catering Team were nominated for four awards and out of those nominations won an impressive two awards at this prestigious event.
Sue Watson and the team at Abercarn Primary School won the LACA Primary School Catering team of the Year Award. The award recognises a primary school based catering team who have made an outstanding contribution to raising the profile of education catering within their school and the local community.
Abercarn Primary School catering team will have demonstrated a high level of enthusiasm, initiative, commitment and effort in devising and implementing activities, increasing awareness of and supporting the school’s food service.
This high profile award represents a significant accolade for Abercarn Primary School catering team whose performance has pushed the promotional boundaries and made a major impact on customer attitudes and uptake of the school’s food service.
Ann Jones and the Meals Direct team won the LACA Specialist Catering Team of the Year Award. The Award recognises caterers and catering teams who provide a specialist service within the local authority catering arena.
The Meals Direct team demonstrated a high level of understanding, commitment and inspiration to their specific area of service delivery and have recognised the benefits of seeking continuous improvement.
The impact of Caerphilly County Borough Councils Catering Teams winning a LACA award from industry peers does not only bestow a sense of prestige and honour at a personal level to staff but it simultaneously raises to greater heights the professional reputation of the organisation or school employing Award winners.
Cllr. David Poole, Cabinet Member for Community and Leisure Services, said, “I’d like to congratulate the Abercarn Primary and Meals Direct Catering Teams on winning these prestigious awards, their hard work and dedication is demonstrated by the high standards continually achieved within education catering.”
To find out more about the range of services Caerphilly Catering offers please visit www.caerphilly.gov.uk and to find out about school meals please visit http://www.myschoollunch.co.uk/caerphilly.
