Queue: Jamie Oliver serves up
Schoolchildren in Greenwich enjoy healthy, fresh-cooked meals made from fresh ingredients, every day.
The healthy menus were first introduced in 2004 with the close involvement of Jamie Oliver who was working on the 'Jamie's School Dinners' TV show.
When the new menus were rolled out, take-up of school meals in primary schools rose initially by 2-3 per cent over the first two years, then levelled out.
The menus mean that many schools in the borough no longer use packaged foods in their school meals, other than tinned tomatoes for sauces and the occasional serving of frozen peas.
All but five of the borough's 88 schools now use the Council's in-house catering service. The service also supplies meals to one private school in the borough and one grant-maintained school in a neighbouring borough.
Around 2.9 million meals are served in Greenwich schools each year.
Dedication and commitment
Cllr Chris Roberts, Leader of Greenwich Council, said: "Both Greenwich Council and our schools remain as committed as ever to healthy school meals, as part of our wider determination to improve the health of our young people.
"With more than three years of experience of the new menus, children, parents and staff now view healthy, freshly-cooked food as the norm and don’t expect to see anything different on their plates.
"The success of our school meals has been achieved through the tremendous dedication and commitment of staff and schools, and with great support from parents and children. We are extremely proud of what’s been achieved in Greenwich, and of the impact that our success has had on school meals across the country."