Roll up, roll up, for Christmas dinner!

The best school roast dinner of the year is on its way… next week is Christmas dinner week!

It has no doubt already been a busy time for your school, with Christmas activities keeping your staff on their toes, happy that at least some events such as nativities, school plays, Christmas jumper days and festive fayres have been able to take place this year.

But the highlight of the seasonal celebrations – and a sign that the end of term is fast approaching – must be Christmas dinner.

Warwickshire-based school caterers, Educaterers, who will be serving up a delicious Christmas dinner to many of our schools this year, are reminding headteachers to let parents know about the special menu options and what days they’ll be served on.

Perhaps you could share the special Christmas lunch menu in your school newsletter, on your social media channels or website, or send an email out to parents to remind them.

Quite often, pupils who don’t normally have school dinners will want to get involved and have lunch on that day.

Pupils who usually choose either a meat or vegetarian option will also want to know what their options are on Christmas dinner day, so they can choose the meal that they would like best.

This year’s Educaterers Christmas menu choice for primary school pupils is either roast turkey breast fillet with sausage and bacon roll, sage and onion stuffing and gravy, or roast Quorn fillet with sage and onion stuffing and gravy. Both options will be served with crispy roast potatoes, garden peas and baby carrots.

The all-important pudding will be either ice cream or a homemade chocolate cracknel bauble.

Secondary schools that receive Educaterers meals aren’t missing out on delicious Christmas food either!

A special German Christmas Market menu is available every lunch time which includes Bratwursts or vegan Frankfurters with fried onions, mustard mayonnaise and ketchup in a pretzel hot dog bun, Currywurst with fries and winter slaw, cheese and ham crepes and cheesy garlic bread.

For those secondary pupils who want a sweet treat, Educaterers are serving up waffles, iced gingerbread, Christmas Panetone, and hot chocolate with cinnamon and whipped cream.  

By the end of next week, Educaterers will have prepared a tasty Christmas lunch for the multiple schools they cater for across Warwickshire, Coventry, Leicestershire, Birmingham and Oxfordshire.

As always, Educaterers’ kitchen teams will be getting everyone in the mood for Christmas by dressing up and wearing Christmas jumpers and Santa hats to serve the pupils their lunches. 

The whole Educaterers team would like to wish all schools a very Merry Christmas and thank you for your support in 2021.