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ABOUT US The lack of quality in school food has been highlighted in recent years but we have always served fresh food since we started the business over 25 years ago. ANDREW SAUNDERS
For 25 years Independent Catering has been at the forefront of providing fresh and fabulous food to schools.
In 1996 Andrew Saunders founded the company with a vision of creating a service based on great food using locally sourced ingredients and suppliers. The company still led by Andrew, with a team of passionate skilled chefs, now provides a service to over 70 schools in Kent, Surrey and Sussex cooking tens of thousands of meals a day!
We are proud of our environmental and sustainable approach to our menus and food standards which underpins our commitment to fresh, seasonal and locally grown produce. Our commitment to using the best food that Kent, Sussex and the UK can offer lies at the heart of our approach and always has done!
Our core values ensure pupils and school staff receive healthy and innovative menus, served with a smile by our wonderful dedicated team of catering staff.
Our approach is simple! Great food prepared on site delivering fantastic value for money for parents.
The long term partnerships we have with our schools are testimony to our food and service ethos.
WOW! - Andrew, we are slightly stunned and speechless, what an amazing week of food. The presentation, the taste, the quality are all outstanding. At last we have the 5* quality we have been looking for, well done to Chrissie... Our staff and pupils are loving it, the numbers are going up daily and some who have never had a school lunch before are buzzing and excited to get into the lunch queue. Thank you to you and your team, The bar has been set this week, we look forward to it continuing.SCHOOL BUSINESS MANAGER - LANGTON GREEN PRIMARY SCHOOLI particularly wanted to pass on our son's compliments about the food - he said it is 'amazing' and he has been trying lots of new things and reporting back excitedly about them. He's also very keen to get his younger brother interested in following him up to the same school in a couple of years' time, and the food has been one of the main enticements!PARENT AT TUNBRIDGE WELLS GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOR BOYSWe have been absolutely delighted with the outstanding level of commitment and care shown by Independent Catering since we started working with them in Summer 2019. Their on-boarding process was thorough, and we had a few ups and downs with changes of staff and so on, but we were guided and supported through it all by Jo-Anne our Area Manager.
Six months on, we have a fantastic team of committed catering staff in both of our schools, and we continue to be really pleased with the quality and variety of food on offer to our pupils and staff. Independent have been incredibly supportive and responsive to our needs; they are always looking for ways to improve and they welcome our feedback. I would recommend Independent to other schools without a moment’s hesitation.
JENNY GRANT - BUSINESS MANAGER - UNITY ACADEMY TRUSTWe attended your open evening last night with our daughter. The food in the dining hall was amazing and unexpected.NEW PARENTI just wanted to say how brilliant its been working directly with Louise. She is so keen to make sure Jack gets the same options as everyone else and he absolutely loves her food