KitchenPod at Coningsby St Michael’s Primary School

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