ALLERGY / SPECIAL DIETS
(Secondary Schools Only)
Culinera understands that food allergens can present serious problems for some of our pupils who eat within our dining facilities.
We ask our customers with special dietary needs or allergies, to speak with our Executive Chef / Manager or one of our ‘Allergen Champions’ (who are wearing a pink badge) on a daily basis to find out which food they are able to purchase for that day, and they will do their best to cater for this. Where possible we may produce a bespoke dish,
if required.
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It is not feasible to share entire menus in advance with customers as we produce a wide range of items and our menus change regularly.
Despite our best efforts, our food/drink is prepared in areas where cross contamination may occur and therefore, we are unable to guarantee that our dishes/drinks are ever totally free from any allergen.
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Despite our best efforts, our food/drink is prepared in areas where cross contamination may occur and therefore, we are unable to guarantee that our dishes/drinks are free from any allergen.
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Culinera will not participate in the reintroduction of allergens or partial exclusion of allergens. For example, we cannot differentiate between cooked, baked or raw egg.
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**Our position on nuts - Culinera does not use nuts in any of the food that we prepare in-house and serve. We are however unable to guarantee that dishes/products served are totally free from nuts / nut derivatives. This is because, ingredients, for example, croissants may be made in a factory containing nuts, bread may be baked in a factory handling nuts, or some production lines may have machines lubricated with nut oil. In some cases and mainly within our Sixth Form outlets, we purchase pre-packaged products which may contain nuts products, for example cereal bars. It is not always possible to list all ingredients in all of our dishes and therefore we ask all pupils with nut allergies to follow our special dietary needs process detailed above, which is to speak with our Executive Chef / Manager or one of our ‘Allergen Champions’ on a daily basis.**
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