Food Explorers

Every Food Explorer menu is made up of tasty dishes packed full of nutrients, with each meal offering Food Explorers at least 3 of their 5 a day.

Our theme days offer lots of new flavours to explore and include competitions for pupils to win Food Explorer prizes.

Most of our schools will offer three choices of a Food Explorer hot main meal, including a vegetarian or vegan option, a selection of pasta pots, jacket potatoes or a sandwich.

Every Food Explorer is offered vegetables, side salad, bread and drinking water with their main meal. For dessert, fresh fruit and yoghurt is offered as an alternative to the homemade dessert of the day.

Our menus...

Our menus are on a three-week cycle and change every six months; after the Easter holidays to our Spring/Summer menu and after October half-term to our Autumn/Winter menu.

Click on the links below for our Spring / Summer Food Explorer menus and theme days information:

Theme days:

Kick off a Summer of Sports - May 2024
Euro Lunch 2024 - June 2024
Olympic Lunch - July 2024
Fuel the Day - October 2024
Mindfulness - September 2024

As well as the above we have a wide selection of extra theme days available including further sporting events, Foods from around the World and the Harvest Festival. If you have an event or activity taking place in your school please contact the catering team, who will assist and create you a tailored menu suited to your needs.

News

World Book Day

Derbyshire Catering Service were pleased to join the World Book day celebrations earlier this year, it was brilliant to see so many of the teams taking part and the childrens feedback has been excellent, with the pupils enjoying a selection of new products offered during the celebration.

We look forward to seeing how the kitchen teams "Kick off a Summer of Sports" with our May theme day.

Make sure to visit our website for more information and the photographs.

Derbyshire Catering Service retains its ‘Food for Life Served Here’ Awards

Derbyshire Catering Service (DCS) are pleased to advise that all the Primary schools catered for by the Service have been accredited with the Silver ‘Food for Life Served Here’ Award and all Secondary Schools the Bronze ‘Food for Life Served Here’ Award.

The Food for Life Served Here scheme (FfLSH) is a point-based system and the foods served throughout the school day are monitored with points being achieved for sourcing environmentally friendly and ethical foods, ensuring steps are taken towards promoting healthy eating as the easy option and championing local food suppliers.