View more News
Monday, 17 October 2011
Bolton School's Catering Department is the best independent
school catering team in the country and it's official!
Catering Manager, Mrs Karen Riley and her colleague Mr Andrew
Scialipi-Sullivan, Catering Coordinator, represented the team
on Monday evening at a glittering black-tie awards dinner at the 5
star Royal Garden Hotel in Kensington, London. The final
of the 2011 Educatering Excellence Awards saw 350 of school
catering's elite gather to decide the final winners of 13
categories. Bolton School overcame stiff competition in
the shape of Eton College and Cheadle Hulme School.
Mrs Riley said: "It was an amazing evening and we were very
thrilled and very proud to win the award. The prize
is due to the commitment and support of the team and is
a reflection of how hard we have all worked. We were on the
same table as Elaine Long, Head of Bolton's School Meals Service,
who won the Local Authority Caterer of the Year Award on the
night. So a very successful Bolton table! Now the
pressure is on to retain our title for next year!"
The menu for the night had been devised by Executive Chef
Steve Munkley and the evening was punctuated by performances from
the three finalists for the national School's Got Talent
Competition.
Prior to the night Mrs Riley had said: "We have undoubtedly
improved our game over recent years. There have been all
round changes to our branding and we have run more promotions and
theme days for the pupils. We continually seek feedback from
students and they tells us that there has been continuous
improvement in the past three years."
The Catering Department at Bolton School feeds over 2,300
pupils, academic and support staff every day during term-time in
five different dining rooms across the campus. They also
provide high quality catering for a range of events that are held
at the School through BSS Events and Lettings, including weddings,
parties and conferences. Earlier this month they supplied
drinks and canapés for the Tillotson Lecture given by Lord
Sebastian Coe and Sir Philip Craven.
Bookmark with: