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Care home catering made simple.

From your first tasting to launch and beyond, we work alongside your team to make introducing your new meal service simple. With expert training and ongoing support, we help everything run smoothly, so your team can focus on what matters most, your residents.

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Our solution

The best of both worlds

Our approach combines the familiarity and care of your in‑house team with the quality, expertise and support of an experienced care home catering partner. So you can serve delicious, nutritious meals with confidence, in a way that works for your residents and your home.

In House

  • Control
  • Flexibility
  • Cost
  • Ease
  • Quality
  • Safety
  • Sustainability

Prepared Solution

  • Control
  • Flexibility
  • Cost
  • Ease
  • Quality
  • Safety
  • Sustainability

Our three-step approach to helping you.

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1. Initial tasting and audit.

 

We take the time to understand your home, your team and your residents' needs. This helps us understand what's working well and identify opportunities to enhance your meal service. We'll then work through menus to give you a real flavour of what we offer.

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2. Planning, preparation and training.

 

With meals developed by our chefs and dietitians, we'll help you plan menus that reflect residents' preferences and needs. Our practical training gives your team the confidence to manage every aspect of the meal service, from ordering and storage to cooking and serving.

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3. Launch and ongoing support.

 

Once launched we’ll listen to feedback and make any necessary adjustments. Our dedicated support will help you control costs and reduce waste. While regular menu reviews ensure you keep meeting all your residents’ dietary requirements.

Delivering benefits at every level.

Operational efficiencies.

  • Less pressure on your teams.
  • Simpler kitchen operations.
  • More time to care.
  • Consistent meal quality every day.

Business benefits.

  • Better value from your catering budget.
  • More efficient use of staff time
  • Reduced investment in kitchen equipment.
  • Predictable, manageable costs.
  • Confidence in food safety and compliance.
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See the difference in action.

Discover how Cherry Holt Care Home improved mealtimes for residents while making day-to-day catering easier for its team.

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FAQs

Your questions, answered.

We work alongside your team from the very beginning. We start by getting to know your home, your residents and your current catering operation. From there, we help plan your menus, prepare your service and train your team before launch, with ongoing support afterwards.

We support your team with the practical training they need to deliver the meal service with confidence. This includes menu planning, ordering, cooking, storing and serving meals, with continued training and expert support once your service is up and running.

Yes. Our chefs and nutrition experts create menus to support a wide range of dietary requirements. Our ranges include Texture Modified, Energy Dense, Finger Food, Cultural and Free From meals, helping more residents eat well and enjoy mealtimes with dignity.

Our partnership continues long after launch. We listen to feedback, review menus and provide ongoing support and training to help your service run smoothly, meet residents’ dietary requirements and adapt as needs change.

Our service is designed to make care home catering simpler to manage. It can help reduce pressure on teams, control costs and food waste, simplify kitchen operations and give your team more time to focus on care.

The first step is an initial tasting and review of your current catering operation. We’ll get to know your team, systems and menus, then work with you to plan the right approach for your care home.

Take the first step today

Book a free, no-obligation, discussion with our team today.