I went along to the launch of a new school lunch menu yesterday at Castle Donington Community College. This was for a client of ours – Leicestershire County Council School Food Support Service. This was a launch with a difference however with top Olympic hopefuls Henrietta Paxton and Robbie Grabarz in attendance.

The two were on hand to help promote healthy eating and exercise in schools by launching a new lunch menu. Henrietta and Robbie – both in the top three in Great Britain for pole vault and high jump respectively, were on hand to take a PE session and taste the new menu with a selection of excited pupils.

The new menus which have been created by the County Council have also had great input from the Food Group at Castle Donington – a group of elected pupils who get together to create ideas and discuss the design of the menu. The menus are set to be rolled out across Leicestershire after Easter.

The food looked fantastic and included lamb tagine and vegetable cous cous, salmon and broccoli tagliatelli, loaded vegetable pizza and summer fruit pudding – what a treat!

The children loved the food and Henrietta and Robbie seemed to enjoy tucking in as well. It was a great day and Central Television came along too which was fabulous for the school and the School Food Support Service – check out the clip on Central over the weekend.

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