Ready, steady, cook at Wargrave Robert Piggott Infants
It was tasty tucker all round when children at Robert Piggott CE Infant School, Wargrave were dished up some delicious lunch by Wokingham Borough Council’s executive member for corporate services on Wednesday, as part of a special ceremony to mark the opening of the school’s new kitchen.
Cllr Rob Stanton donned his apron and cook’s hat to serve up veggies to children at the school in Wargrave as part of the lunchtime celebration to mark the official opening of the kitchen – which underwent a full refurbishment this summer.
Staff, children and representatives from Edwards & Ward – the Wargrave school’s catering contractor – all tucked in to a healthy lunch after Cllr Stanton cut the ribbon to open the kitchen. The new facility has been opened just in time for national School Meals Week, which will be encouraging children up and down the country to leave their lunchboxes behind in favour of a nutritious hot school meal from October 13 to 17.
More than 65 per cent of children at Wargrave Robert Piggott Infant School have a meal every day and now that a £60,000 kitchen refurbishment has just been completed, the dinners are set to get even more popular.
The new kitchen boasts top of the range catering equipment and has new appliances to help the school cooks ensure all the meals are healthy and nutritious but yummy at the same time.
Improvements to the kitchen include a new combination oven to replace the old fryer, a new ventilation system, a new dishwasher and increased refrigeration and work surfaces. The kitchen has also been fully redecorated.
Children at the Wargrave school, who have been dished up tasty lunches from the kitchen since September, have praised the new system.
Isabella, who attends Robert Piggott Infants, said: “I like the new kitchen because you can put your tray on the tray rack like in a café.”
While classmate Henry said: “"I like the new shutter because when it goes up you get a nice surprise about what dinner it is going to be."
But it’s the Yorkshire puddings that get Lucy’s vote on the delicious school meals, she said: "The Yorkshire puddings are really nice I have written to the cook to tell her that.”
Cllr Stanton, said: “I was really pleased to be able to officially open the new school kitchen at Robert Piggott Infants on Wednesday, as it is a great facility for the school. The school dinners are very popular with the children, and after having a taster myself I can see why so many are queuing up to be first in line for lunch!
“I’m also pleased to see that Edwards & Ward are already exceeding the new nutritional standards set out by the government in September, and that above all our schoolchildren are enjoying healthy and nutritious lunches. I also had lunch with the headteacher and very nice it was too, we both enjoyed it very much.”
Caroline Lyons, contracts manager for Edwards & Ward, added: “The improvement has created a wonderful working environment for the catering team. The team have worked together for a number of years and I am sure that the remarkable improvement to the surroundings will make their jobs a lot easier with all the new up-to-date equipment”.
Cllr Rob Stanton donned his apron and cook’s hat to serve up veggies to children at the school in Wargrave as part of the lunchtime celebration to mark the official opening of the kitchen – which underwent a full refurbishment this summer.
Staff, children and representatives from Edwards & Ward – the Wargrave school’s catering contractor – all tucked in to a healthy lunch after Cllr Stanton cut the ribbon to open the kitchen. The new facility has been opened just in time for national School Meals Week, which will be encouraging children up and down the country to leave their lunchboxes behind in favour of a nutritious hot school meal from October 13 to 17.
More than 65 per cent of children at Wargrave Robert Piggott Infant School have a meal every day and now that a £60,000 kitchen refurbishment has just been completed, the dinners are set to get even more popular.
The new kitchen boasts top of the range catering equipment and has new appliances to help the school cooks ensure all the meals are healthy and nutritious but yummy at the same time.
Improvements to the kitchen include a new combination oven to replace the old fryer, a new ventilation system, a new dishwasher and increased refrigeration and work surfaces. The kitchen has also been fully redecorated.
Children at the Wargrave school, who have been dished up tasty lunches from the kitchen since September, have praised the new system.
Isabella, who attends Robert Piggott Infants, said: “I like the new kitchen because you can put your tray on the tray rack like in a café.”
While classmate Henry said: “"I like the new shutter because when it goes up you get a nice surprise about what dinner it is going to be."
But it’s the Yorkshire puddings that get Lucy’s vote on the delicious school meals, she said: "The Yorkshire puddings are really nice I have written to the cook to tell her that.”
Cllr Stanton, said: “I was really pleased to be able to officially open the new school kitchen at Robert Piggott Infants on Wednesday, as it is a great facility for the school. The school dinners are very popular with the children, and after having a taster myself I can see why so many are queuing up to be first in line for lunch!
“I’m also pleased to see that Edwards & Ward are already exceeding the new nutritional standards set out by the government in September, and that above all our schoolchildren are enjoying healthy and nutritious lunches. I also had lunch with the headteacher and very nice it was too, we both enjoyed it very much.”
Caroline Lyons, contracts manager for Edwards & Ward, added: “The improvement has created a wonderful working environment for the catering team. The team have worked together for a number of years and I am sure that the remarkable improvement to the surroundings will make their jobs a lot easier with all the new up-to-date equipment”.
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