DOLCE & HAWARDEN HIGH SCHOOL IN THE NEWS

We’ve had a busy few weeks speaking to various media outlets about our work with Hawarden High School – one of the oldest schools in Wales – where we led a complete redesign of their main dining area.

Our flagship offering at Hawarden’s newly designed Food Court offers students a diverse culinary experience across four ‘zones’: Street Kitchen, Casa Brasilia, Italian Kitchen and the Toast Office. Each zone features its own custom menu, offering global flavours, on-trend dishes and meals tailored to a wide range of tastes.

We’ve had numerous media articles appear, reporting on the redesign, including Public Sector Catering here, The Educator here, Education Today here and The Warrington Guardian here.

It’s really important to us that we support schools not only with their actual food offering, but also the entire high school catering experience as a whole – including the design of the dining area. It can make a real difference to the pupil’s experience, encourage better food choices and also drive more revenue for the school. Following the redesign, for the four months September-December 2024, Hawarden’s has reported a consistent 98% uptake on Free School Meals and 76% uptake on paid school meals, far above average.

Unlike other caterers – who traditionally outsource the fit-out element which delivers less at a much higher cost – we have an in-house design team that can provide a more substantial redesign of the canteen and allow it to be provided to the school free of charge and funded by increased uptake. Removing the financial barriers for schools is key to ensuring pupils have access to the best possible catering.

Learn more about our catering service at Hawarden High School here.

Or watch the service in action by clicking below

The Dolce Team