Food & Catering

We recognise the importance of high-quality food and nutritious meals for happy, healthy learners. Our team of dedicated chefs and catering managers, together with the school nurses and Catering Committee, work hard to offer a healthy and appetising selection of school meals.

Health & Nutrition

King’s works in partnership with specialist catering company Holroyd Howe, which provides services exclusively for independent schools and has repeatedly won Foodservice Caterer of the Year awards and other catering excellence awards.

Holroyd Howe

Holroyd Howe pride themselves on:

Freshly prepared meals, with fresh ingredients prepared from scratch
The highest possible nutritional value of food
Sourcing the finest British produce from local farmers & suppliers
A minimum fuss approach to preparing and cooking to keep the natural goodness in the food

We provide a three-week rolling menu that changes each term to incorporate seasonal ingredients. All food is cooked on site by our experienced team of chefs, which means that we are able to cater for most needs, food allergies and intolerances. We provide a vegetarian option each day and, as we have a number of pupils with nut allergies, King’s is a nut-free zone.

Catering for Infant Pupils

Catering for Junior Pupils

In the Juniors, pupils are able to make their own selection of food from the options available and they are also able to eat with their friends in the dining halls. As well as the different options for hot meals, there is a salad bar, a ‘lite bites’ counter, fresh fruit, soup, crudités, homemade breads, and water available every day.

Junior pupils can, if they prefer, bring in their own packed lunch, still enjoying the environment of the dining hall and being with their friends.

Catering for Senior Pupils

In the Seniors, pupils are able to make their own selection of food from the options available and they are also able to eat with their friends in the dining halls. As well as the different options for hot meals, there is a salad bar, a ‘lite bites’ counter, fresh fruit, soup, crudités, homemade breads, and water available every day.

Senior pupils can, if they prefer, bring in their own packed lunch, still enjoying the environment of the dining hall and being with their friends.

Paying for School Meals

Since 1997, our ethos and commitment to providing great fresh food served by well-trained people who really care has remained consistent. We approach food service with a simple, no fuss attitude. We use the best British ingredients, nothing processed, nothing added, just honest great food every day.

Holroyd Howe's Pledge

Infant & Junior Lunch Menus

Senior Lunch Menus

Sixth Form Lunch Menus

Cookery Skills

Pupils are offered opportunities to participate in a range of activities to learn cooking, baking and catering skills. In both the Infants & Juniors, children are able to start their love of cooking in an after-school Cookery Club.

In the Seniors, pupils can get involved in various bake-offs, cake making and decorating competitions, fundraising cake sales for charity, as well as cookery skills courses and university survival courses. Cookery Clubs and Baking Club are also on offer. Cooking skills are taught by our catering staff as part of the Duke of Edinburgh Awards Scheme.

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