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We’re excited to bring your the latest news, insights and events from HCL and our industry. We also have interesting reads with regularly added articles and blogs covering a variety of topics.


HCL Welcomes New Executive Chef
David Stanley joins HCL to drive excellence in food innovation and standards . HCL Executive Chef David Stanley HCL is delighted to...
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The source of our love: HCL's Partnership with Bidfood
The Heart of Our Kitchen Our commitment to providing delicious, nutritious meals to schools is made possible through strong partnerships...
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We Love National Apprenticeship Week: Progressing at HCL
We’re spotlighting Helene Walker for National Apprenticeship Week, celebrating how her apprenticeship journey has supported her role.
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What's on our latest Primary School Winter Menu?
As we jump straight back into the swing of things, we thought we’d share our top dishes from our current and standard primary school Winter;
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Supporting Our Kitchen Teams Over the Festive Season!
At HCL, December is always a special time of year, filled with tradition and teamwork. One of our cherished customs is for head office...
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HCL Staff Success: Lin Ferguson
Our final Staff Success Story for 2024 features Lin Ferguson, the Business Support Manager at HCL.
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Belmont School Celebrates National School Meals Week with Superheroes, Songs and Healthy Roasts!
HCL and Belmont School Celebrates National School Meals Week with Superheroes, Songs and Healthy Roasts!
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HCL Staff Success: Anne-Marie Mantey
We are back with another Staff Success story, spotlighting Anne-Marie Mantey, a Contract Supervisor at HCL.
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Potato Patato, Tamayto Tomato! We’re Celebrating Veggies for Vegetarian Week!
It's Vegetarian Week and we're featuring the new veggie-based dishes on our Autumn-Winter Menu.
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HCL: Welcoming Our New CEO, John Want
We are delighted to announce the appointment of John Want as the new CEO of HCL, effective from the 1st of October 2024. John joins us...
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HCL Staff Success: João de Freitas
Find out more about João's love for cooking, balancing family and work life and having a rewarding career with HCL.
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HCL Staff Success: Lindsey’s Story
Welcome to the first edition of our ‘HCL Staff Success’ series, which aims to shine a light on our greatest asset – our people! At HCL,...
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HCL Shines at the 2024 LACA Show
As a proud education caterer, we recently had the pleasure of participating in the esteemed 2024 LACA Finishing Touches Competition. The...
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Celebrating Windrush: embracing diversity and acknowledging history!
We took the opportunity to spotlight Shareen about her connection to the Windrush generation. Read what she's had to say...
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Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of D-Day
The 6th of June 2024 marks 80 years since the Allied Forces landed on the shores of Normandy, France. D-Day was and remains to be the...
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Mental Health Awareness Week (13th-19th of May)
The Mental Health Foundation has themed this year’s awareness week “Movement: Moving more for our mental health”, and a such we’re...
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HCL Employee Wins Salon Culinaire Award
We are thrilled to share that one of many talented employees at HCL, Lisa Miles has recently been honoured with a prestigious Gold Award...
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Embracing Eid: A Time for Unity, Reflection, and Feast
At HCL we eagerly anticipate the chance to share in the vibrant cultural moments that enrich the lives of the thousands of pupils we...
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Delicious New Dishes on our Summer-Autumn School Menus!
Schools and parents have been eagerly awaiting the launch of our new Summer/Autumn menus in our Primary and Secondary schools... And we...
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#InspiringInclusion this International Women's Day
From all of us at HCL, we wish all women a happy International Women’s Day. This year, IWD encourages everyone to #InspireInclusion. As...
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