CATERING

Haberdashers' Academies Trust South has teamed up with Innovate Catering to provide a nutritionally balanced meal that is exciting for our pupils.

Innovate Catering

We are excited to introduce Innovate, our new catering team at Haberdashers' Borough Academy, starting this September. Renowned for providing fresh, high-quality food to schools, Innovate is committed to delivering nutritious and delicious meals.

Our aim, along with the school’s, is to provide all students with an exceptional catering experience. Our very talented Executive Chefs and fantastic catering teams will be serving exciting menus packed with healthy ingredients, that are full of variety, and with loads of interesting new things to try. It's important that the food tastes as good as it looks, and we're sure you won't be disappointed.

Yours sincerely, Warren Hoile

Senior Regional Operations Manager

Innovate Menu

Innovate has long been considered the most inventive school caterer and that’s because we’re very clear about our food. All our dishes are prepared every day using quality, fresh and seasonal ingredients that are responsibly sourced. As well as ensuring the food on the plate is healthy, we want our customers to understand the importance of eating the right foods and help them with their food and nutrition journey

Here’s a bit more on what to expect from our menus…A variety of healthy, tasty main meals prepared fresh every day from carefully selected ingredients.

Main meals – From traditional classics to new flavour combinations, daily options include meat and vegetarian dishes served with vegetable sides and desserts.
StreetVibes – Is our range of globally inspired food is packed with textures and flavours from different countries.
Naturally – Offers a variety of sweet and savoury vegetarian and vegan dishes and snacks such as wraps, salads, fruit pots and baked goods.

All our food is Halal with Vegan and Vegetarian options included

innovate halal non restaurant menu.pdf

Each day, students can access a range of hot and cold ‘grab and go’ items or take a seat and tuck into a hearty main meal and dessert.

GRAB & GO MENU - Includes filled baguettes, sandwiches, paninis, burritos and salads to name a few.
COLD DRINKS MENU
HOMEBAKED & SWEET TREATS MENU
DESSERTS MENU
JACKET POTATO MENU
POWER BITES MENU - Recently introduced, our new value range ‘PowerBites’ is perfect for refuelling at mid-morning break or grabbing on the go if you’ve got somewhere to be. Pasta, rice and noodle pots, topped nachos, glazed breadsticks and other tasty snacks are available with every item at just £1.30.

Breakfast

Between the hours of 8:00am and 8:25am students are welcome to come by to our canteen and have some breakfast before the start of their school day.

Students are able to grab a free bowl of porridge and have the choice of extra toppings.

(Extra snack items at breakfast, lunch or break time can be purchased if students have additional funds on their ParentPay account)

Please see below for our breakfast menus;

Blue Dot Meal Deal - 4 items for £2.65

Alongside the main menu offering, we also provide a ‘grab and go’ menu called the blue dot menu. Items can be purchased individually, or as a meal deal, with 4 items for £2.65.

Ask Innovate

Once you’ve tried our service, let us know what you think. Drop us an email at hello@impactfood.co.uk to tell us about your dining experience.

How to pay?

Haberdashers' Borough Academy is using ParentPay to top up school meals.

Parents and carers will be able to top up on their child's ParentPay account and pay for their school meals in advance. You can also view all transactions made by your child within the academy.

Please visit ParentPay and enter the username and password sent to you via email from the school. You will be prompted to change your password when you set up your account.

You can also add multiple children to the same ParentPay account by selecting the add a child button on the top left corner of your home page.

Once you have activated your account, you can make online payments for your child throughout the duration of their academic year.

If you have not yet activated your ParentPay account or do not have login details please contact the school via our boroughreception@habstrustsouth.org.uk and we can resend them to you.

Free School Meals

FSM students will be able to purchase a meal deal or anything up to the value of £2.65 at lunchtime everyday.

A meal deal includes; One hot meal, a piece of fruit and water.

(Extra snack items at breakfast, lunch or break time can be purchased if students have additional funds on their ParentPay account)

If you would like to check your child's eligibility for free school meals, please ensure you have made an application via the link below.

https://apply.cloudforedu.org.uk/ofsm/link2ict

Packed Lunches

We encourage our students to eat a balanced and healthy diet. The Lunchtime Company offers a range of healthy, delicious meals. However, should your child prefer to bring a packed lunch, here are some guidelines we would appreciate you following:

Packed lunches should include:

At least one portion of fruit and one portion of vegetables
A carbohydrate food such as granary bread, pasta, or potato salad.
Dairy food such as milk, cheese, yogurt or custard.
Meat, fish or other sources of non-dairy products.
Drinks should be water, still or sparkling, fruit juice, semi-skimmed milk, yogurt, milk drinks, or smoothies.

An example of a healthy lunch may look like this: tuna or ham salad sandwich, breadsticks with a hummus dip, cucumber or carrot batons, apple, yogurt, and a bottle of flavoured water.

Healthy guidance for packed lunches:

An alternative to snacks such as crisps could be seeds, vegetables, or fruit. Savoury crackers or breadsticks served with fruit or vegetables are also a good choice.
Confectionery such as chocolate bars and sweets are to be avoided. Cakes and biscuits should only be eaten as part of a balanced meal.
Try to avoid processed meal products such as sausage rolls, individual pies, corned meat, and sausages/chipolatas where possible.
Fizzy drinks or energy drinks are not allowed at School at all.

Allergies & Special Diets

Please be aware that some students suffer from severe nut allergies. Please do not put items in your child's packed lunch containing nuts.
We also recognise that some students may require special diets that do not exactly comply with Health In Education standards. In this case, we urge you to be responsible for ensuring that packed lunches are as healthy as possible.

For the reasons above, we ask that students do not share or swap food items