Unlike other procurement organisations, we can support your business with a team of industry experts, including nutritionists. Our catering support division extends from providing food contracts and audits to bespoke consultancy and catering solutions.
As a team of experienced catering staff who have worked previously at local authorities, EHO’s and contract caterers, we have a wealth of knowledge in all aspects of catering.
Catering Support Packages
Everyone who runs a catering business is required by law to manage food safety effectively, ensuring the food that you serve or sell is safe to eat.
Food safety means managing everything that happens in your catering business: food handling practices, food procurement, appropriate team training, premises and their maintenance. Confidence in how your employees handle food when unsupervised is as important as the safeguards that you implement and the records that you keep which must prove due diligence should a problem arise – it will be too late after the event.
The catering support team role isn’t just about audit – we can also guide you and your catering manager through the transition to a fully operational in-house catering service. Supporting and assisting you with completion of your own food safety management system (HACCP), allergen management procedures, COSHH risk assessments and catering specific risk assessments & safe working methods.
In addition to catering legal compliance, we can also help and assist with menu planning and compliance, food costs, financial controls and awareness, team development, service development, customer service training, student feedback sessions, annual promotion and activity planning, as well as anything else associated with managing and developing a successful school catering facility.
Dukefield Foodservice offers a comprehensive range of support package options, or bespoke consultancy visits. The level of support offered by each package is tiered which will allow you to choose the option that is best suited to your needs:
Gold +
Our gold standard package consists of 3 full day visits per year which can be purchased over a 1 year, 2 year or 3 year contract and will also include review visits for each day that is completed. You will receive ongoing support from our experienced team throughout the duration of your purchased package. 2 or 3 year packages are invoiced annually and are at a discounted rate. For prices, please contact us.
Silver +
Our silver standard package consists of 2 full day visits per year which can be purchased over a 1 year, 2 year or 3 year contract and will also include review visits for each day that is completed. You will receive ongoing support from our experienced team throughout the duration of your purchased package. 2 or 3 year packages are invoiced annually and are at a discounted rate. For prices, please contact us.
Bronze +
Our bronze standard package consists of 1 full day visit per year which can be purchased over a 1 year, 2 year or 3 year contract and will also include review visits for each day that is completed. You will receive ongoing support from our experienced team throughout the duration of your purchased package. 2 or 3 year packages are invoiced annually and are at a discounted rate. For prices, please contact us.
Bespoke Consultancy
Alternative to our Catering Support Service, we can also offer a Bespoke Consultancy Package to suit your needs. We use a focused approach to target specific areas within your catering operation and can provide a tailored bespoke consultancy over financial viability, service and menu development, staff reviews, full support package to assist new staff members integrating into their new role and halal monitoring.
We will work with you in a variety of ways to improve your catering operations including; menu planning and nutritional guidance, practical advice and recommendations alongside technical audits designed to help you to improve, advise, monitor and review best practice allergen compliance and management, continuous improvement: through on-going work based staff training and identify areas of improvement and enhancing your overall performance.
We can support with providing advice and guidance in recruitment and selection of employees. All of these services are tailored to a package that suits your business needs, they are also available as standalone training sessions which help to address problems either as they arise or as part of planned development programme. For pricing and more information, please contact us.
Additional Services
ECO-FRIENDLY SOLUTIONS FOR FOOD RECYCLING IN SCHOOLS
We can provide some excellent options for recycling food waste produced by schools. Installing the right equipment will not only save money on waste hauling, but also help your school contribute more positively to the environment.
ALLERGEN DAY
Are you confident that you allergen procedures are correct?
Our one-day allergen assessment package will ensure you are complying with all aspects of the Allergen Law (2014) and the new legislation in relation to Natasha’s Law (2021).
EXTERNAL CATERING PROVIDER
We can provide a full non-biased report of your kitchen. We have provided this service for many years in cases where schools have outsourced their catering provision and needed assurance that good practice and compliance is in place. On completion, we supply a full report that supports you should any concerns need to be addressed with your catering provider.
Contact Us
Dukefield Foodservice
Parkside House, 167 Chorley New Road, Bolton, BL1 4RA
Tel: +44 (0) 1204 374 062
Email: info@dukefieldfood.com