Welcome to Coretalk

Welcome to the summer edition of Coretalk. What a busy summer it is in Scotland! After years of preparation, the XX Commonwealth Games are about to take place and the Ryder Cup is just around the corner. Edinburgh is also bracing itself for a bumper summer of culture.

The Food Standards Agency in Scotland (FSAS) has published its research on Eating out of Home and you can read about it here. Find out more about catering industry training courses provided by the Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland (REHIS).

Chefs@School is an initiative run by the Federation of Chefs Scotland, which allows professional chefs to share their knowledge and experience with school children and is inspiring a future generation of catering professionals. Caterers at the Scottish Fire Service College in Gullane pride themselves on providing a diet which helps to keep their customers fit and healthy.

What’s cooking?

On your marks

The healthyliving award team are sprinting flat out to ensure that the XX Commonwealth Games leave a lasting health legacy for Scotland. Glasgow will welcome 6500 athletes and officials from 70 countries, one million ticket holders, 6000 media staff and an additional 400,000 tourists.

The team will be pulling out all the stops to make sure that everyone attending a Commonwealth Games event during the summer can easily find healthy food on their way to, and inside, the venues. The successful master caterers have now been confirmed for the 14 official venues across Scotland. We are working closely with each caterer to assist them in adhering to the aims of the Commonwealth Games Food Charter and provide a healthy, balanced diet across all of their menus to the athletes, workforce and spectators.

In addition to the official venues, we are involved with a variety of exciting facilities in the run-up to and during the Commonwealth Games, including stand-alone training venues, family hotels and festival zones across Glasgow and local businesses. A showcase of Scottish products which embrace the aims of the healthyliving award will be available across a selection of these venues, in accordance with the Food Charter.

The Food Charter provides guidance to suppliers and caterers on food issues, including health, diversity, sustainability and culture, and underpins the Games’ legacy commitment. It aims to become a blueprint for major sporting events held across Scotland beyond the Games, ensuring that healthy, sustainable, Scottish foods are here for the marathon, not just the 100m!

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issue 30:
Summer 2014
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