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HC3S

the County Council's Catering Service



Our Mission Statement

We work with our customers, constantly challenging ideas, to ensure we provide high quality, flexible solutions for your catering needs.

 

Hampshire County Council Catering Services (HC3S) is the main provider of educational catering within Hampshire. HC3S,

  • Provides school meals at 445 primary and special schools and 32 secondary schools throughout the county.

  • Ensures menus in primary and secondary schools meet the current government nutritional standards.

  • Runs a Cook & Eat programme at schools for pupils and parents, with the aim of promoting local produce, reducing obesity and promoting the health and well being of school children using school meal recipes.

  • Provides a catering service to visitors at the Winchester Discovery Centre, Milestones Museum in Basingstoke and the Sir Harold Hillier Gardens and Arboretum in Romsey.

  • Caters for lunches and functions at the County Council head offices in Winchester.

  • Was accredited with the Hyperactive Children's Support Group's Highest Award for Excellence in School Catering in 2005 for removing a number of additives from primary school meals. Re-accredited annually, most recently in 2008.

  • Gained Hospitality Assured accreditation in January 2006 and was re-accredited in April 2008.

For further information about HC3S, please call 023 8062 9388 or e-mail us on HC3S.support@hants.gov.uk

 

HC3S Free Meal Eligibility Checking Service for Schools

HC3S is pleased to announce that the centralised free meal eligibility checking service for schools is now available for all Hampshire County Council schools subscribing to the facility.

An e-mail will be going out to schools shortly giving more details of the service and subscription.

The new free meal application form for this service is now available.

Schools requiring more information about this service, should contact Arthur Cosgrove on 023 8062 7734 or arthur.cosgrove@hants.gov.uk.

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