Schoolkids and caterers raise £1,500 with food fun for Children in Need
A Pudsey shaped pizza was delivered to Children In Need along with a cheque for £1,500 by school caterers Cucina.
Eight schools across England were eating healthily last week and raising money in aid of Pudsey. In all, 4,240 schoolchildren in schools in Berkshire, Middlesex, Northamptonshire and Yorkshire (details below) helped to raise the cash in fun food initiatives for Children in Need.
Caterer for these schools, Cucina has been selling cookies baked fresh every day last week in breaks and at lunch, shaped as Pudsey bear. Every day at lunchtime a World Record has been attempted by the children in achievements they chose from the Guinness Book of World Records.
Schoolchildren at Sandhurst School in Berkshire attempted the World Record for eating Smarties and also jelly with chopsticks, as well as eating baked beans with cocktail sticks. Pupils also competed to eat three Pudsey cookies in the quickest time. Edgbarrow School in Berkshire also attempted a World Record for eating individual baked beans with a cocktail stick and the head teacher Bob Elsey even climbed into a full bath of baked beans to raise money for charity.
Steve Quinn, Managing Director of Cucina, said:
“This was a great team effort and we are delighted that Cucina could assist the schools in raising money for such a worthwhile charity through fun and interactive events involving our food service. Our cheque contributed to the record total of more than £19 million raised for Children In Need this year.”
The Cucina team delivered the Pudsey pizza, which was made by head of catering services for Cucina Joe Perkins at Edgbarrow School, and presented a cheque inside the pizza box lid to the BBC’s television studios in Wood Lane, London.
Cucina has a fast growing number of schools throughout the country benefiting from freshly prepared, healthy food, made from locally sourced ingredients and planned by a top nutritionist.
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Notes to Editors
Cucina currently delivers specialist catering services to:
1. Southfield Specialist Schools for Girls, Kettering, Northants: Specialist Sports College with 960 pupils aged 11-18, www.southfield.northants.sch.uk
2. The Harefield Academy, Middlesex: A Specialist Sports Academy with 660 pupils aged from 11-18 as well as Watford FC Academy Players. www.theharefieldacademy.org The Harefield Academy has just received The London Borough of Hillingdon School Catering Excellence Award 2007 (part of the Food in School initiative) where food sales have increased by 300% since Cucina arrived.
3. Sandhurst School, Berkshire: State Secondary School with 1200 pupils aged 11-18 www.sandhurst.bracknell-forest.sch.uk
4. Driffield Junior School, East Yorkshire: Junior School with 564 pupils aged 7-11
5. St.Mary’s Primary School, Northamptonshire: Primary School with 276 pupils
6. Millbrook Infant School, Kettering, Northants with 350 pupils.
7. St Andrew’s C of E Primary School, Kettering, Northants with 230 pupils.
8. Edgebarrow School, Berkshire: State Secondary School with 1260 pupils aged from 11-18. www.edgebarrow.bracknell-forest.sch.uk
The healthy eating schools caterer, Cucina has been featured in The Times Educational Supplement, The Guardian and the School Food Trust’s website.
Cucina was founded by Steve Quinn, a food and support services professional with 24 years experience within the industry, working with international hotel groups such as Rank, Thistle, Hilton and Concorde (in France), as well as contract catering firms Sodexho (formerly Gardner Merchant) and the Compass Group. Steve works with a team of top chefs and professionals to ensure that his vision of great food is truly embraced and delivered.
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