The Offer
Culinera are really excited to welcome you to the brand new restaurant at Ashlyns School. We have re-vamped the restaurant and created an offer full of variety and freshness. All of our food options are hand made from the talented teams at each school. You will be able to choose from a wide range of hot and cold options which have been freshly cooked each day! Options include our showcase WOW main courses, stretched ‘sourdough’ pizza, hot pots, fruit, and layered desserts. We have lots of vegan, vegetarian options as well as free form items.
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Students will have access to the restaurant at breakfast, break and lunch time. They will have the flexibility to purchase a variety of items including hot and cold meal deals as well as snack and breakfast items (at break time). Students who are entitled to Free School Meals can have ANY two items (apart from two cakes) at lunch time.
We have not forgotten our Sixth Formers – we have an all-day offer coming your way with speciality coffee, deli style service as well as main meals. We have a plan in place to make each outlet shine so watch this space!
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Please see below dates for each menu rotation.
Week 1 - 31/10, 21/11, 12/12, 09/01, 30/01, 27/02, 20/03, 24/04, 15/05. Week 2 - 07/11, 28/11, 19/12, 16/01, 06/02, 06/03, 27/03, 01/05, 22/05. Week 3 - 14/11, 05/12, 02/01, 23/01, 20/02, 13/03, 17/04, 08/05, 29/05
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*Please note that coffee products are only available within the Sixth Form cafe.
Do you have a special diet or allergy?
At Culinera, we train and develop our team to ensure they know all about allergens. Look out for the team members wearing a pink badge – this means they are an Allergy Champion and can help you make the right choice.
We use a wide of range of ingredients which means there may be traces of various allergens present across our product range.
We are here to help – so any questions just ask our Chef or Allergen Champion.
We are a cashless
caterer
You will need to be registered on ParentPay for your child to purchase any items from the restaurant. Your child will not be able to purchase items in the dining halls without sufficient credit on their account. We do not accept cash payments, we do offer access to the PayPoint service, which can be used to top up accounts with cash - please contact the school Finance Office at finance@ashlyns.herts.sch.uk for more information.
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Please note, if you have more than one child, you will need to purchase credit for EACH of your children for them to be able to purchase meal items.
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In addition to this, Sixth Form students have the option to pay by contactless using credit/debit card, apple/android pay.
Free school
meals
If your child is currently entitled to Free School Meals, then they will receive an amount each day onto their till balance.
How it works:
- Credit is allocated to the balance each day
- There are two ways for the balance to be spent. Either Students can purchase items individually up to the value of their FSM OR across the restaurant at lunch time and purchase ANY two items, regardless of tariff (but not two cakes!) Click to find out more.
- We also offer a free breakfast every day. Click to find out more.
Parents of secondary school children entitled to FSM can purchase extra meal credit if you wish your child to purchase additional items, for example snacks.
To check if your child is eligible for Free School Meals, click here.