MAGAZINE
Following an incredible summer, I type this the day after the bank holiday weekend, with the weather finally altering towards the autumnal. This means that the kids are preparing to return to school – or banging in a 100th-minute winner for Liverpool against Newcastle last night.
We have both of these areas covered for you this issue, as the start of the football and rugby seasons means the return of our annual feature putting stadia and arena catering through its paces (see page 47).
On the education front, meanwhile, we bring you a hat-trick of articles, led by our report into the goings-on at the recent LACA conference (page 24). The event saw the launch of its latest Cost of Living and Supply Chain Survey, which produced some extremely interesting findings. And, if that weren’t enough, we also focus on meat-free Mondays in schools (page 22) and hear from our education expert (page 32).
All that and I haven’t even gotten to the fact that we have revealed the sweet 16 chefs who will be competing at the 2025 StrEATfood Awards. Go to page 28 to find out who they are – and to streatfoodawards.co.uk if you would like to apply to join them on the big day!
