The latest news and headlines from City Catering
We’ve joined the Good Grub Club family!
This summer, City Catering has joined the Good Grub Club family! The perfect blend of both our Lunch Crowd and Cooking at Home initiatives, Milbrook’s Good Grub Club has previously been ran by housing association, Abri who have switched to funding the programme. In partnership with the wonderful team at Colne Avenue Baptist Church we kicked off running the club with a fab session last week.
City Catering staff awarded for their incredible efforts over the pandemic
Last week we got together to celebrate our Staff Excellence Awards 2022, to acknowledge all of our amazing and talented staff and all they have achieved in the last few years. The night was filled with celebrations, fun, and laughter!
How to celebrate the Jubilee with City Catering and Artswork
Celebrate the Platinum Jubilee with charities Artswork and City Catering Southampton, with an exclusive puppetry workshop from Touched Theatre, and free celebratory recipes to enjoy the Jubilee fun at home. Funded by Arts Council England’s Let Create Fund from Hampshire and Isle of Wight Community Foundation.
Partnering with Artswork to celebrate Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
Exciting news! We have partnered with Artswork, another Southampton charity, and together we have been awarded funding from the Arts Council’s Let’s Create Jubilee Fund – administered by Hampshire and Isle of Wight Community Foundation (HIWCF) – to help ensure that creativity plays an important role in local community celebrations for Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
Celebrating Southampton’s City of Culture bid through school meals!
On Tuesday 15th March, participating City Catering Member Schools will have a special and exclusive UK City of Culture 2025 Bid Celebration Menu created and developed in partnership with Southampton’s local BBC MasterChef winner and Southampton 2025 bid Chair of Trustees, Shelina Permalloo.
Help protect our most vulnerable customers from rising food costs
We urgently need to raise £10,000 in 2022 to protect our most vulnerable customers, who are supported by our Care Meals service, from the rising food costs that we are experiencing.
Visiting Sholing Junior’s School Council
We recently visited Sholing Junior School’s school council to listen to their feedback about their school meals!
12,000 Christmas school lunches served across Southampton!
The Christmas lunch is one of the most popular meals in the school meal calendar, and our teams delivered some incredible festive magic for Southampton school pupils this year - serving 12,202 Christmas lunches.