The School Meals Service continues to make improvements to our school kitchen facilities. Schools have also been making improvements by using some of the grant money provided by the government.
The investment has over the years included:
- The replacement of many general catering items including slicers, blenders, food mixers, ovens, refrigerators, freezers, etc.
- The provision of dish washer systems Eden Park, St Margaret Clitherow, Upton, Barton, Roselands, Watcombe, Ellacombe, Sherwell Valley, St Margaret’s, Sacred Heart and Preston schools.
- The conversion of St Marychurch serveries into production units.
- New kitchen at Oldway from 7 November 2011 that joins the list of new kitchens or serveries at Eden Park, Brixham CoE Primary and Nursey, Homelands, Collaton St Mary, Kings Ash, Sacred Heart, Torbay and Mayfield Schools.
- New ventilation systems at Sherwell Valley, Eden Park, Ellacombe, Babbacombe and Watcombe schools.
- Upgraded facilities at the following schools:
- Curledge Street
- Ellacombe
- Barton
- Babbacombe
- Queensway
- Roselands
- Sherwell Valley
- Torre
- Upton
- Warberry
- Watcombe
- St Margaret Clitherow
- St Margarets
The introduction of the Zip and Steam System into a number of schools that have servery kitchens in 2009 and 2010. The Zip and Steam System allows for fresh vegtables to be bagged into pouches and then transferred to the servery kitchen. These are then cooked on site using commerical grade microwaves. This procedure prevents any loss in quality in vegetables that might otherwise occur during transort to these schools.
Sacred Heart School was piloted in 2009 and as a result of being successful has since been made available at Priory, Warberry and St Margaret Clitherow Schools.
Contact School Meals Client Officer
Food Safety Team
- Tel: 01803 208007
- Email: food.safety@torbay.gov.uk
- Fax: N/A
