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!


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.





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.



Our new and improved Winter School Menu, launching in November
Discover all about our new and improved Winter School Menu - launching in November. More cooking from scratch, even more vegetables, meat-free Wednesdays, recipes from our cooking at home programme and the same healthy and nutrition accreditations as always!
