School Lunch at Private Schools

[Anonymous]

our lowly parochial school serves all manner of hot lunches that i would have been thrilled to eat through a combination of a food service outsourced caterer and the kitchen's own cooking

[Anonymous]

OP again. It seems like the common factor in having decent lunches is an on-site kitchen. I'm afraid that's where we're going to run into problems. Still, it seems like a compentent caterer could work with this situation?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think I remember that Maret uses Ridgewells or one of the high end caterers?

Ridgewells offers many levels of service. Employing a high-end caterer does not guarantee good or healthy food (as I've found out at my kids' school).

[Anonymous]

I do not know who does the NCS catering but my daughters always say the food at school is better than the food I make at home! They also have a good salad bar with "specialty" salads made every day - this orzo, feta and spinach or salsa garbonzo bean... I am sure you could call the school to find out what company they use. They only have pizza/chicken nuggets/hot dogs about 1x each per semester.

[Anonymous]

Oh and regarding the "no meat" days, my US daughter reported NCS does not do meat on Friday because meat isnt "green" - I guess it leaves a big carbon footprint? who knows, maybe the whole no meat thing is trendy?

[Anonymous]

Yes, it's been widely reported and researched that the single biggest-impact thing you can do to reduce your carbon footprint is to quit eating meat (or reduce the amount you eat).

[Anonymous]

Does NCS have an on-premise kitchen that is used daily for preparing these lunches?

[Anonymous]

... it does. i am sorry i did not read through the complete post! good luck finding a good fit for your school!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh and regarding the "no meat" days, my US daughter reported NCS does not do meat on Friday because meat isnt "green" - I guess it leaves a big carbon footprint? who knows, maybe the whole no meat thing is trendy?

NCS is also a Christian school (although it obviously is open to admitting non-Christian students), which suggests that meatless Fridays might also be a take on Christian traditions of not eating meat on Fridays. Many Christians (Catholics, in particular) will eat only fish on Fridays. Of course eliminating meat has its environmental benefits as well.