School Meals

The Refectory

Meet Chef Jackson

I recently retired from the Royal Air Force after 22 years as a chef and was eager to take on a new challenge. I accepted the appointment as Chef Manager at Stalham High School last January and immediately identified that the breaktime food being offered needed overhauling, which I did by making it fresh, steering away from the convenience food, thereby giving the students a more nutritionally balanced range of choices.

Two other members of staff and I set up a project group to find out what the students want in order to further develop the Refectory. I am also excited about getting the students involved in some kitchen workshops I’d like to run, from basic bread making to more complex cooking. I look forward to all the challenges ahead and hope that the Refectory can be used to its full potential by being better incorporated into the students’ education at Stalham High.

What’s new?

I’ve introduced the new spring /summer lunch menu to provide students with a tempting selection of food using seasonal produce wherever possible. The food we serve is freshly made on a daily basis. Each day we offer a combination of traditional and world flavours, either as the main meal or the Grab & Go option. There are also vegetarian and vegan meals available, a jacket potato bar and freshly prepared salad bar available daily.
Alongside the lunch menu, food is served at break time which consists of a main choice of the day i.e. sausage rolls, breakfast muffin etc; a potato choice, a salad pot option (pasta, noodle, rice or cous-cous) and a variety of breakfast choices including porridge and granola with a selection of toppings.

We use local produce as much as possible in all our meals

The red dots highlighted on the map below indicate where our suppliers source some of the produce from. This in turn ensures sustainability, quality produce and supports the local farmers whilst lowering the school’s carbon footprint.

     

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Pay for school lunches online

We are a cashless school and so all payments for food should be made through Arbor. 

If your child does not have sufficient funds on their lunch account to purchase food at break or lunchtime, the School Office will issue them with a slip and ring home to request their dinner account be topped up.

If you find that your child is overspending regularly and would like to put a limit on their account, please email office@stalhamhigh.org.uk with the student's name together with confirmation of the limit you would like placed on their account.  

Please note that if a child's dinner account is more than £5.00 overdrawn and their account has been not been brought into credit despite contact home, they will be unable to make further purchases from the Refectory.