Catering at Nobel is an in-house, independent, catering service providing a variety of food offers that we hope caters for a diverse range of tastes. We work closely with local greengrocers and producers to find the best offers at good market prices. We cater for a number of dietary and allergy requirements where our production kitchen allows. In cases where we cannot guarantee compliance within allergen controls, we ensure full transparency and ingredient information is in place. This includes a till system that alerts all users to each student’s requirements and is cross referenced with a daily allergen sheet so that our staff can ensure that no student is put at risk.
A new menu for hot main courses is devised each week so that we can enjoy the best seasonal market prices and keep our food offer varied and nutritious.
BREAKFAST SERVICE
We provide a daily early morning breakfast service that includes yoghurts, porridge and fruit pots, fresh cut and whole fruit, breakfast rolls, vegan rolls, freshly baked breakfast pastries, bagels and wraps.
Fruit juices and hot drinks, including a barista service for adults, is also available.
MID MORNING BREAK SERVICE
Each morning, we have three counters, serving hot and cold food and drinks. Freshly baked baguettes, wraps and rolls are filled on-site, along with salad pots, pasta pots, noodle and grain salads. We offer hot pastries, breakfast rolls, mini pizza, breakfast burritos, flapjacks, porridge, fresh cut fruit pots and yoghurts. Barista service operates for staff and hot chocolate is available to students during colder months
LUNCH TIME SERVICE
Two modes of service operate each lunch time across four service points around the school.
The plated service in the dining room provides a balanced main meal and a vegan alternative. Each Wednesday we present a full roast meal with at least three freshly prepared vegetable accompaniments, Yorkshire puddings and roast potatoes. Once a week we like to offer curry dishes which include slow cooked lamb, Thai chicken and king prawn and coconut, along with dhals, naan, saag aloo, Bombay potatoes and bhajis. Friday sees fresh fish delivered ,which we batter in house along with sausages, saveloy, Mexican bean rolls and curry sauce.
The ‘Hot and Cold Grab and Go’ counters offer freshly-baked and filled baguettes, wraps and sandwiches. cold pasta and grain salads. fresh fruit and yoghurt. Hot offerings may include pasta Bolognese, vegan pasta pots, sweet and sour chicken & noodles, vegan Korean-style noodles, beef chili tacos, rice and sour cream, vegan tacos, meatballs and pasta. vegan meatballs and pasta or a variety of curries made in-house, with naan bread and Bhajis.
Our in-house baker, Sally, also produces a large number of baked goods and desserts each day, often celebrating relevant calendar themes and events.
The catering service also delivers food for all special events and fund-raising evenings that occur in the school calendar and has catered for a number of private hire events.
For those entitled to the free school meal allowance, this is sufficient to provide a plated mail meal and dessert each day. Nobel aims for its catering service to break even, and does not take any profit from sales of food during the school day
