By admin | Published: May 16 2012
Over 90% of Maintained Schools are almost certainly in breach, says Cucina boss Steve Quinn, Managing Director of school catering company Cucina has launched an attack on the way that the current nutritional guidelines are being enforced in maintained schools, stating that in his opinion, around 90% of all schools were in breach of these [...]
By admin | Published: April 26 2012
Jamie Oliver’s recent attack on Michael Gove’s attitude to school food standards may fool the public into thinking that not much has been achieved in raising nutritional standards in academies, says the head of a UK school catering firm. Steve Quinn, MD of Cucina Ltd (operating fully-fledged restaurants in 37 UK schools) believes that Jamie [...]
By admin | Published: April 2 2012
Cucina retains contracts at The Harefield Academy and Edgebarrow School
By admin | Published: March 23 2012
Cucina’s restaurant approach to school food helps inspire year 11 student to ‘Young Chef of the Year’ victory. Hearty congratulations to Rebecca Potter, Year 11 student at Harefield Academy in Middlesex, who won her district final in Rotary’s ‘Young Chef of the Year’ competition. Finalists were required to prepare two courses for £15 or under. [...]
By admin | Published: March 14 2012
Cucina has adopted a former battery farm hen for each of the 37 schools at which it has contracts up and down the country.
By admin | Published: December 9 2011
Jamie Oliver challenged on School meal government standards debate by Cucina
By admin | Published: November 30 2011
Cucina doubles funds raised at its school restaurants for Children in Need
By admin | Published: November 24 2011
There is nothing scary about healthy food
By admin | Published: October 18 2011
School catering company Cucina has updated its increasingly popular app
By admin | Published: September 20 2011
Cucina – Inspiring students to give school meals a try
By admin | Published: September 16 2011
Senior staff from school catering company Cucina returned to the floor
By admin | Published: May 28 2011
Education catering expert Cucina has been providing Top Tips for Exam Success.
By admin | Published: March 30 2011
Cucina has won two new contracts and seen weekly sales rocket since opening the new restaurants in January. Shoeburyness High School in Essex and Bexleyheath School in Kent are receiving restaurant quality food delivered by catering expert Cucina. The three year contracts will make fresh food available to the 1,700 pupils at Shoeburyness High School [...]
By admin | Published: February 23 2011
With preparations afoot for the Royal Wedding, the catering industry is looking forward to finding out who will get to the Top Table this Summer. Staff and students at Arthur Mellows Village School in Peterborough have already been given a Royal nod when Her Royal Highness The Countess of Wessex opened the final phase of [...]
By admin | Published: February 23 2011
Education catering expert Cucina Restaurants Ltd. is celebrating with chef Andy Wilcock after a silver medal win for Andy in Europe in the Culinary World Cup. Andy was chosen to represent Britain as he was a semi-finalist in the 2010 National Chef of Year competition. He was asked to represent the Culinary Academy as part [...]
By admin | Published: February 23 2011
Staff and pupils at Southfield School for Girls Specialist Sports College in Kettering, Northants are celebrating the award of a Food for Life bronze catering mark at the school following stringent assessment by the Soil Association. The Soil Association congratulated Cucina Restaurants Ltd. and the school on their award which now allows Cucina to display [...]
By admin | Published: February 16 2011
Staff at Teddington School in Middlesex and the Managing Director of Cucina, the catering specialists at the school, were bemused recently by an email received from a parent and school Governor expressing concern over changes to his children’s eating habits at school. Steve Quinn, Managing Director and Owner of Cucina, said: “Typically I am supporting [...]
By admin | Published: December 24 2010
Pupils helped to pack up thousands of lucky golden chocolate coins which will accompany handmade Christmas puddings as seasonal gifts for Cucina’s clients and suppliers this week.
By admin | Published: December 24 2010
Catering expert Cucina has customized a mini bakery van to deliver fresh food to students at one of its restaurants.
By admin | Published: December 24 2010
The first iPhone® application designed for students to impress parents and friends with their cooking prowess has been launched by catering experts Cucina.
