For 28 years Independent Catering has been at the forefront of providing fresh and fabulous food to schools.

In 1996 Andrew Saunders founded the company with a vision of creating a service based on great food using locally sourced ingredients and suppliers. The company still led by Andrew, with a team of passionate skilled chefs, now provides a service to over 100 schools in Kent, Surrey and Sussex cooking tens of thousands of meals a day!

We are proud of our environmental and sustainable approach to our menus and food standards which underpins our commitment to fresh, seasonal and locally grown produce. Our commitment to using the best food that Kent, Sussex and the UK can offer lies at the heart of our approach and always has done!

Our core values ensure pupils and school staff receive healthy and innovative menus, served with a smile by our wonderful dedicated team of catering staff.

Our approach is simple! Great food prepared on site delivering fantastic value for money for parents.

The long term partnerships we have with our schools are testimony to our food and service ethos.

‘As part of my role, I see EVERY type of school across the whole country and am exposed to every school catering organisation that you can imagine and it is very rare that when I visit a school I am genuinely gob-smacked with the quality of the food offering, which I was at Dulverton primary. The food selection that was being served to pupils at Dulverton was some of the best I have seen, the salad bar was bursting with nutrition, with a wide variety rivalling a five-star hotel and the dessert station was so attractive and colourful that it was impossible for pupils not to want to divulge in everything on it!’

Paul Evans MSc, RNutr  – Operations Director, School Health UK

‘What a difference Independent Catering have made to our meal provision since joining us in April 2022. We have seen a dramatic increase in pupil meal uptake and this is down to the fantastic fresh food on offer and the professional and friendly staff.

Thank you Independent for being a part of improving our children’s lives.’

Natalie Coles – Turner Schools

‘I wanted to take the opportunity at the end of term to say a massive thank you to the staff at the Abbey. Paul and his team have been fabulous at meeting my vegan needs (demands!) all year. They have never moaned, always gone out of their way to make me feel included in what ever the main meal is and even researched different products to find the vegan ones!

What is even more amazing is that, contrary to my memories of school dinners 40 years ago, these actually taste delicious! I now eat my main meal of the day at school as I can be confident that I will have a tasty and nutritious vegan meal

I honestly can’t praise all the team enough for their friendliness, inclusivity and skill at cooking hundreds of meals without compromising on quality.

They are all a credit to your organisation.’

Charlotte – The Abbey School

Address
Independent Catering Management Limited
125a St. Johns Hill
Sevenoaks
Kent TN13 3PE

Telephone
01732 746123

Email
info@independentcatering.co.uk