Pupils slam college dinners: ‘Cold spuds and cheese that is not melted’
- Redbridge Community School, in Southampton, criticised catering firm
- Head Jason Ashley hit out at Chartwells for the meals it was serving youngsters
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Pupils being dished up ‘unacceptable’ meals have slammed the varsity for serving them chilly potatoes and cheese that’s not even melted.
Jason Ashley, head at Redbridge Community School, in Southampton, despatched a letter to oldsters for the ‘unacceptable’ college dinners being served to their youngsters.
In it he savagely criticised catering firm Chartwells, who maintain the varsity’s catering contract, for not with the ability to bake a potato.
He shared grim pictures of the unappetising meals that employees and pupils must eat, which included burnt roast potatoes and soggy-looking carrots.
Schoolchildren additionally criticised what was on supply saying it was ‘not good’ and the tuna ‘does not even style like tuna’.
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Describing the meals to the BBC, one unimpressed pupil at Redbridge Community School, in Southampton, prodded away at his lunch with a wood fork and gave a scathing evaluation
A fellow classmate was left lower than enthused in regards to the roast dinner he tucked into because the ‘turkey wasn’t the best’
Describing the meals to the BBC, one unimpressed pupil prodded away at his lunch with a wood fork and gave a scathing evaluation.
‘Potatoes are chilly, the tuna does not even style like tuna,’ he stated.
‘The cheese hasn’t even melted and it has been sitting there for about 5 minutes. It’s not good man.’
A fellow classmate was left lower than enthused in regards to the roast dinner he tucked into because the ‘turkey wasn’t the best’ and the greens didn’t ‘style like they have been cooked’.
Another pupil stated it was ‘fifty-fifty’ on whether or not they get served up a good meal at lunch break.
Chartwells describes on its web site its meals as ‘nutritious and scrumptious’ for ‘a wholesome physique and thoughts’.
Mr Ashley instructed mother and father within the letter, dated March 12: ‘As the headteacher, you’ll typically hear me say ‘if it is ok for my very own youngsters, it must be ok for yours.
‘Frankly, the meals that’s served within the canteen is totally unacceptable, a lot so, that if my very own youngsters’s college served this I’d be exceptionally sad.
‘Unfortunately, Redbridge Community School has no management over the personal firm Chartwells.
Jason Ashley, head of Redbridge Community School in Southampton (pictured), wrote a letter to oldsters apologising for the ‘unacceptable’ meals being served to their youngsters
Roast turkey dinner which is made by Chartwells being served to pupils at Redbridge Community Staff
One pupil stated the ‘turkey wasn’t the best’ and the greens didn’t ‘style like they have been cooked’
Another pupil prodded at his meals and stated the tuna does not even style like tuna and cheese hadn’t even melted
A pale trying dinner being served on the college which seems to be a Shepherd’s pie
Pie and mash served at Redbridge Community School. Mr Ashley stated the pie served in the course of the college’s “pie week” was of extraordinarily poor high quality
Chips and beans served at Redbridge Community School
‘This firm offers the catering contract for the varsity. Myself and Mrs Wall-Bradfield [the school’s business manager] have been in quite a few conferences (the latest this morning) and I’m merely fed up with the dearth of progress being made.
‘We have concluded with our picture proof that Chartwells do appear to be unable to ‘bake a potato’ appropriately.’
Highlighting one instance, Mr Ashley went on: ‘For instance, not too long ago it was British “pie week” and the pie served was of extraordinarily poor high quality when in comparison with our associate colleges.’
The headteacher continued within the letter: ‘Moreover, for a lot of of our college students, a college meal is so vital to them however I can now not tolerate, present causes and even justify to you the unacceptable nature of the meals.’
He appealed to oldsters for his or her feedback in regards to the meals, saying: ‘Now, I might be fully flawed, misguided, fussy, tough or on a special planet; so I’ll go away you to determine with a collection of pictures taken (and that is served to employees) so that you can make up your personal thoughts.
‘Therefore, I hope that you’re as indignant and as upset as me. For these of you that pay out of your hard-earned wages – I can solely apologise and I’m sorry. However, nothing I appear to do or say makes any distinction and I really feel you’ve got the proper to know.
‘Finally, I hold asking myself ‘how tough is it to bake a potato’? Answers or a postcard to [email protected].
‘Wishing you all the perfect and I sincerely apologise for this failing.’
Redbridge Community School is a blended secondary college.
It beforehand held specialist college standing as a sports activities faculty however now operates as a basis college, administered by the native council and the Reach Cooperative Trust.
A spokesperson for Chartwell’s stated there had been ‘operational and staffing challenges’ on the college in current weeks and it has ‘put in place a challenge staff to rectify points on the web site’.
‘We apologise that on this occasion our normal degree of service has fallen under the excessive requirements we demand,’ they stated in a press release.
‘We are dedicated to working in collaboration with the varsity and are implementing a direct motion plan to rectify these points.’
They added that costs haven’t risen in two years regardless of an ‘exponential enhance in prices’ and their portion sizes haven’t modified.
Roast turkey served with simply two potatoes at Withington Girls School
Sausage and mash served at Withington Girls School
Photos of what seems to be a rooster curry served at Withington Girls School
Another dish which oldsters argue is poor high quality at Withington Girls School
MailOnline beforehand reported how mother and father of pupils at a prime unbiased college had slammed the ‘completely unacceptable’ high quality of their catering.
Around 200 mother and father are calling for pressing modifications to be made at Withington Girls School in Manchester after grim pictures emerged of the meals being given to pupils aged between seven and 18.
These embrace a roast meal which features a small slice of turkey and two potatoes and a really small portion of sausage and mash.
MailOnline was instructed that folks have been complaining to the varsity, which fees £11,910 per 12 months, in regards to the ‘poor meals high quality for years.’
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