The school had spent years using a transported meals service but was seeing the take up of school dinners dropping
Looking for a solution that allowed the school to produce high quality, fresh, healthy food on-site that would encourage pupils to try new dishes, while also providing the flexibility to change the menu as and when they needed
PKL helped the school through every stage, giving input into the design, and giving the school confidence their finished kitchen was going to be perfect for their needs
The KitchenPod has been aptly-named the ‘Big Red Kitchen’. The building’s colour scheme matched the school colours, to the delight of children and staff
The school now serves lunches ‘family’ style, with platters full of food for the children to serve themselves, encouraging independence, cooperation and reducing food waste
Coningsby saw take-up of school dinners double in the Big Red Kitchen’s first three weeks in operation
The school had no existing kitchen building on site, but wished to bring their meal service in house
Installing a kitchen within their existing buildings was not an option due to space and budget constraints
A modular KitchenPod could occupy currently unutilised land in the school grounds was a good option
The school specified a two unit KitchenPod
After installation, the school was able to employ their own catering team. Uptake of meals has been ahead of predictions, with staff and pupils taking advantage of the high-quality meals cooked on site
A celebration of the new kitchen, with a special Christmas menu, saw 300 out of 360 pupils opt to have cooked lunches