What makes our High School food offer, Fresssh, so popular is that we listen to student feedback so we can tailor the menu to suit their evolving tastes. We are finding more of a demand for a variety of plant-based dishes for those adopting a more flexitarian-style diet. We also have requests for more World food dishes as well as easy to eat hand-held street food options. We have taken this feedback onboard and look forward to introducing several new dishes on the new Fresssh menu which launches after February half-term, including Singapore noodles, beef Empanada, falafel burger and Mediterranean rainbow of vegetables.

We are looking forward to World Book Day on 6^th March as this is a firm favourite in the school calendar. We have a fun menu themed around David Walliams’ brilliant books, including ‘Royal Beast of a Feast’ meatballs or plant balls in tomato sauce, ‘There’s a Snake in my School!’ spaghetti, ‘Mr Stink’ garlic bread and ‘Little Monsters Rule!’ peas and sweetcorn followed by ‘Code Name Bananas’ chocolate and banana cake. We cannot wait to see what characters some of our amazing kitchen teams dress up as for the occasion!

We continue to uphold our Flourish pledge of involving our young customers in our menu development. Flourish is a child and young people partnership strategy by Norfolk Children’s Services, working to make Norfolk the best place to grow up in. We attend many student councils and have been gaining feedback on new recipes and products for the next Spring/Summer Primary School Menu. The tasters have included blueberry cupcake, carrot cake, chicken fillet bites and lasagne. We have also listened to recent parent feedback about the structure of the menu, so we are excited to share the new menu soon!

Until next time,

Norse Group’s Catering Team