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Food For Life Served Here and Green Kitchen Standard award

We've been awarded!

Would you like to sign your child up for our award-winning school lunches prepared by Bury Catering? Get in touch with your school for more information.

We’re delighted to let you know that Bury School Catering have recently been awarded both the Food for Life Served Here award at silver level and the Green Kitchen Standard from the Soil Association.

These prestigious certifications from the UK’s leading food and farming charity recognise Bury Council’s dedication to providing school meals that are not only delicious, but are good for our children’s health, nature and the climate and ensuring kitchen practise minimises water, energy and waste.

What the awards means for your school meals

Achieving the certifications has been a journey, and part of this is a rigorous inspection process by the Soil Association team. A few key things that this ensures are:

Food for Life Served Here:

  • Meat and eggs are all sourced from the UK, from good animal welfare systems fish is not endangered, and all. All meat and eggs can be traced back to the farm and they only source from farmers who champion animal welfare.
  • The ingredients used are completely free from nasty additives, trans fats and GMOs. As well as all this, menus are inclusive of cultural and dietary needs. We understand that every child has unique requirements the importance that everyone is catered for.
  • By opting to use seasonal ingredients carbon emissions are lowered and the negative impact of your food on the environment is reduced, meaning that our menus are sustainable.
  • Local and organic produce are featured on the menus.

Green Kitchen Standard:

  • A waste minimisation plan has been developed and is ensuring waste food is being reduced. Any waste that is generated is turned into compost.
  • Bury Council has an extensive environmental policy with the catering operation considered throughout.
  • A strong procurement policy is in place ensuring minimal disposable products are used and those that have high environmental credentials.

Bury Council are only the second council in the UK to achieve Green Kitchen Standard for all their schools and you should feel proud of their achievements and their work to minimise their impact on our climate.

We know that food is a vital part of education, and understand that fresh, healthy food is what young minds need to grow and develop. That's why our varied menus include a range of options to make healthy eating easier for everyone.

If you're as proud as we are that pupils are fuelled by fresh, healthy and sustainable food, we'd love it if you could help us spread the word. Connect with us and Food for Life Served Here online:

Like to find out more about Food for Life Served Here? Please visit Food for life.