I wanted to let you all know of my positive experience about the school catering for my vegan twins. I met with someone from the catering company and the lady who is actually in charge in the kitchen.
My children can eat interesting and varied vegan meals every day from within the existing food provided - but we agreed a menu with a few variations that will be better.
The staff were fantastic and thought providing vegan food would be no problem.
I found out that already:
- Butter is not used in the kitchen it is all vegan margarine
- All biscuits / cookies / flapjacks / crumbles are made on site and are already vegan.
- The gravy is Vegan.
Mentioned in another thread. Yes some of the meals will not have a high protein substitute, but I do not think that matters as I feed them before and after school and I have the menu so I know what they had at school dinner.
The catering company provide meals to 100 schools across Kent - so I am sure other families might benefit from my experience.