Delicious food should be an important part of their day. With our nutritious, tasty meals – made fresh from raw ingredients – we make sure that lunchtime is a highlight whatever the stage of their school journey.
THE FOOD THEY LOVE
We know how picky pupils can be. When you work with us, they’ll only eat meals they love. That means home-cooked food made from seasonal – and sustainable – ingredients, across a range of always-changing menus. It’s a foodology we’ve been proud to call our own for almost 30 years.
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REVAMPED KITCHEN HATCH
A dining space as exciting as the food you’re serving? We’ll see to that too. By transforming your serving area, we can turn drab dining halls into somewhere colourful, appealing and inviting where they’ll love eating.
Our designs cater to young minds, giving them a dining space that they want be a part of everyday.
ALLERGENS AND DIETARY REQUIREMENTS
For full peace of mind, our state-of-the-art systems keep everyone safe, blocking dishes containing specific allergens that might get in the way of creating the best possible experience for your pupils.
It’s the same for any dietary requirements too. Whether it’s for religious, medical or ethical reasons, parents can let the school office know of any needs to be aware of. The system then relays this to your kitchen, so they’re in the know when it comes to things like dairy, pork and beef.
For a fully catered-to experience, Dolce also serves up:
- Vegetarian and vegan options, alongside meat and fish choices
- Varied vegetable and starchy accompaniments for a balance of vitamins and minerals
- 1,000+ recipes across our site complete with nutritional and allergen information
Dolce & Pro-Veg
Dolce have been working in collaboration with ProVeg to promote more sustainable options within our menus, as well as improving and increasing the number of plant based and vegetarian dishes available for those that would like them. Some examples of this include using plant based cheeses, egg free desserts, reducing the number of less sustainable options, as well as promoting plant based & vegetarian dishes where we can. Plant based food has many well documented health benefits, as well as being a more sustainable option for the long term health of the planet.
Bronze Award
With increased interest in supply chain sustainability and an ever growing shift towards a plant based diet, we have been working hard to ensure that our menus keep up. Our most recent menus have placed the plant based meals at the top, more times per week. These are often the first dishes that parents and pupils see and choose, when ordering their meals. We have also reduced the amount of beef in our menus and introduced more plant based proteins. These include plant based cheeses, pulses & beans, sausages and mince. This helps us to improve our work on sustainability, while producing food that children recognise, will choose to order and most importantly, eat.