Ep2. Putting British food on school menus – the experts have their say.

This episode focuses on education catering and Derek Wright is joined by Rob Cass from the Academy at OCS, Katherine Breckon development and training chef at North Yorkshire Council and Jacquie Blake OBE and former Chair of the Local Authority Caterers Association.  They discuss their work within education catering, why they care about sourcing British food and how they will be taking part in this year’s British Food Fortnight. Ben's recipe can be found here recipes-mains (lovebritishfood.co.uk)Chapters 00:00 Opening introduction01:09 Derek's introduction 03:20 Jacquie introduction04:36 Rob introduction 06:27 Kath introduction 07:58 Jacquie's OBE presentation09:46 Rob’s involvement with the chefs academy 12:39 The Fish and Ship festival in Whitby18:15 Jaque outlines the changes she has seen within the catering industry over time. 22:14 What’s OCS current development plan involves29:45 Love British Food Fortnight plans.34:09 Derek's summary of the interview and more information about British Food Fortnight35:50 Ben Bartlett ‘in season’ review and recipe. 38:34 Closing piece from Derek