Cucina doubles funds raised at its school restaurants for Children in Need
School catering company Cucina doubled the money raised for Children in Need at its school restaurants last week, donating a total of £3000 to the charity.
Pudsey shaped cakes, cookies, themed buns and special pizza were on offer at Cucina Restaurants at schools and academies up and down the Country last Friday. Staff got into the spirit of things with costumes and a party atmosphere raising £1,500 for Children In Need which was doubled by the catering company, creating an overall total of £3000.
Thirty Seven schools across England were eating healthily last week and raising money in aid of Pudsey. In all, 50,000 schoolchildren in schools in Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent, London, Manchester, Middlesex, Northamptonshire and Surrey helped to raise the cash in fun food initiatives for Children in Need.
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 £26 million raised for Children In Need this year.”
Cucina Restaurants Ltd. serves fresh food to 50,000 pupils at 37 contracts up and down the country and is committed to providing quality, healthy meals at all schools. The School Food Trust has just chosen a case study about how it does this for its web site.
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1 – Bear-kwell Tart on offer from Basildon Lower Academy in Essex.
2 – Bearing gifts. The team bringing Pudsey to Basildon Lower Academy in Essex.
3 – Catering Team at Bexley Business Academy in Kent with their Pudsey cake.
4 – Pudsey cake kidnapped by teacher to take home from Bexley Business Academy in Kent.
Cucina Restaurants Ltd. was founded by Steve Quinn, a food and support services professional with 26 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.
Cucina provides restaurant quality food and have installed professional chefs to run its operations at the new contracts.
All food is made from scratch in Cucina’s kitchens with chef theatre, ranging from homemade breads, fresh soups, delicious yoghurts, wholesome sandwiches and salads to fresh pizzas baked in professional pizza ovens. Cucina even makes their own tomato ketchup and mango chutney and are constantly updating their menus incorporating ‘stealthy eating’ and fresh ingredients to keep pupils and staff happy at all restaurants.
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The School Food Trust has published a case study about Cucina’s work ‘Cucina Catering – inspiring dissatisfied students to give school meals a try again’. It is published at:
http://www.schoolfoodtrust.org.uk/school-cooks-caterers/case-studies/topic/16/increased-uptake-financial-success/5/0/cucina-catering-inspiring-dissatisfied-students-to-give-school-meals-a-try-again
Steve Quinn is a consultant on the School Food Trust’s Caterer’s Forum. More information at: http://www.schoolfoodtrust.org.uk/school-cooks-caterers/for-school-cooks-caterers/caterers-forum
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