| Carford worked alongside Carter Community Sports College in Poole to design and install the kitchen with new cooking equipment, cold room, dishwasher and bespoke stainless steel tabling. Ten specially-designed individual training workstations with sinks were installed in the main kitchen for students to gain career-based NVQs in food preparation and cooking. Students will start at the workstations and then progress to help producing the main school meals. | |
The school formerly used contract caterers for its school meals but has now employed its own chef/catering manager, Paul Wallington, and introduced all-new healthy eating menus.
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The £60,000 refit - which has revamped the dining experience for staff and students alike - was achieved in conjunction with Bournemouth & Poole College and a grant from the Learning Skills Council. Now the school can offer NVQs as a satellite site for the college, which will provide lecturers and assessors. After leaving school the students can attend the college for further career training. |
Director of Sports, Sean McCrory, who projected-managed the installation, said: "We don't know of another UK school that is training students within its commercial kitchen. Carford was superb at every step of the way in helping us design and install the kitchen to suit both purposes."
