School catering in buckinghamshire

Nutrition and safety standards assured

At AiP, we offer freshly prepared and healthy catering for schools in Buckinghamshire. Our on-site and off-site services bring lunchtime to life with bespoke menus featuring tasty, locally sourced, and balanced school meals.

We deliver the highest nutritional and safety standards for school catering. Our food development team collaborates with expert nutritionists and top chefs to curate tried and tested recipes. A rigorous process from the kitchen to the plate, ensures every meal is superior in nutrition and flavour. We take allergen management seriously, and our stringent approach ensures that all students can enjoy food safely.

Food smart

Built for primary school pupils, Food Smart is about having fun with food, investing in dining spaces, and offering engaging menus.

Kitcheneers

Retail-focused, our secondary school offering is a fresh approach to health and wellbeing with our health by stealth programme.

Sixth form

Learn more about our world flavour food offer, designed especially for sixth-form students expecting high street café culture.

Sustainability initiatives

- Sourcing our ingredients locally, we save food miles while retaining peak freshness. Our menus incorporate in-season produce. With free-range eggs, British Red Tractor-certified meat and MSC-certified fish, we choose ethical and sustainable suppliers. We’re committed to carbon neutrality by 2025 and reducing 90% of greenhouse gas emissions by 2045 with targets vetted by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). We’re constantly seeking new ways to promote healthy eating and our chef-led workshops engage children throughout the academic year.

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Allergen management

- Our accountable food safety policy has a meticulous allergen management policy. We offer allergen-free options in our school catering solutions for schools. Cooked, labelled, held and served separately with separate utensils and plates, we pay due diligence to allergen management across the meal process.

- Our teams work with schools to accurately identify children with special dietary needs with vegetarian/vegan options and halal meat. We’ve made meal pre-ordering easy with School Food United, our online system for parents to safely and conveniently order school meals for primary school children.

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Food safety and nutritional standards

- At AiP, our chefs train from the British Nutrition Foundation (BNF), which enables us to continually enhance the nutritional value of our school meals. Our ISO accreditations include ISO 14001: 2015, ISO 9901: 2015 and ISO 45001: 2018.

- Our child-friendly menus feature freshly made meals adapted to each age group, promoting balanced nutrition that surpasses School Food Standards and that are compliant with the School Food Plan. AiP aims to consistently raise nutritional benchmarks in Buckinghamshire schools through our catering services.

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Why work with us?

To exceed all nutritional standards
Producing delicious freshly cooked meals
Creating a Home from Home experience
Providing a fun environment for the pupils
Delivering a packed schedule of theme events
Employing happy friendly smiling staff
Offering a range of special offers
Introducing gardening and cookery clubs
Facilitating competitions, prizes and rewards
Inviting parents in for lunch
Working in partnership with the school
A friendly and open management style

Nutritionally-balanced student meals for schools in buckinghamshire

Our healthy, flavourful and sustainable school catering in Buckinghamshire, helps children reach their full potential.

AiP aims to foster healthy eating habits in every child through our meal plans that are delicious and freshly made. Food safety and allergy management are paramount in our operations, guaranteeing pupil well-being across schools.

Awards and accreditations

Let’s create food experiences that help every pupil thrive.

Frequently asked questions

What services do you provide in Buckinghamshire?

We offer three catering programmes, Food Smart, The Kitcheneers and Sixth Form, each presenting healthy and diverse school meals. We offer these programmes on and off-site to fit the needs of each school, providing customizable menus that can be tailored to the school’s culture.

How do you support the local communities of Buckinghamshire schools?

By sourcing our ingredients locally, we cut down on food miles and waste while supporting local suppliers in the community. Within schools, we are determined to reflect the community our pupils live in by creating vibrant food experiences that benefit pupils and their families.

How do you promote sustainable catering services in Buckinghamshire?

Our menus follow in-season produce through seasonal menus. This helps us cut down on our food miles and waste. We are constantly seeking new ways to promote healthy eating through sustainable practices.

How do AiP accommodate pupils with special dietary requirements?

Our teams follow stringent allergen management policies to ensure that mealtimes are safe and healthy for all pupils. Using our primary school meal pre-ordering system with School Food United, we are able to accurately identify children with dietary needs and provide tasty vegetarian, vegan and halal alternatives.

How do you implement School Food Standards in Buckinghamshire schools?

Our catering programmes go far beyond the National School Food Standards. Through ongoing projects, we aim to push these achievements further with help from our expert nutritionists and top chefs to ensure every meal is superior in nutrition and flavour.