Our Menus
Our menus are thoughtfully planned around seasonal produce and follow a four-week cycle, giving children the opportunity to discover new foods, flavours and textures throughout the year.
Our Head Chef, Patrycja, works closely with trusted local suppliers to ensure we always use the very best ingredients from our local butcher and greengrocer. She is continually exploring new produce, developing special diet alternatives, and creating exciting recipes for the future.
Good nutrition is essential for both the physical and cognitive development of children. Healthy, balanced meals provide the building blocks for growth, support brain development, and help lay the foundations for lifelong wellbeing.
Our nurseries are currently enjoying our delicious Spring/Summer Menu, carefully created for the longer, warmer days. Seasonal highlights include Tex-Mex turkey, warm Moroccan vegetable salad with chickpeas, salmon Jambalaya and many more fresh, flavourful favourites.
You can view our current menu below:
Explore a selection of our most popular recipes enjoyed by children across our nurseries.
Each recipe has been carefully reviewed to ensure it is nutritionally balanced, offering a variety of wholesome ingredients designed to spark children’s curiosity and expand their taste for different foods.
We understand that nutritious meals are essential to a child’s growth and development. That’s why many of our nurseries feature their own on-site Chef, who prepares fresh, high-quality meals every day.
*All our meals, snacks and drinks are included in our fees (only applicable for our standard fees and fees and funding packages)
Meet our Head Chef: Patrycja Kozak
I am Patrycja, Senior Chef at Hungry Caterpillars Day Nurseries. My base nursery is our Acton Park branch but my role allows me to move around the group supporting the catering team. I am on a mission to improve nutritional value of nursery food for children. I am very ambitious in my mission and have a wealth of experience spanning over 15 years. My own children are my biggest source of motivation that drives me to improve the quality of food in early year’s settings.
I have now taken on the role of lead Chef and I am responsible for menu planning, training the team of chef’s, supporting with inspections and paperwork and generally being on hand to advise on menus for particular dietary needs across the group.
Working alongside Patrycja, we’ve got a fabulous team of nursery chefs who cook fresh meals every day at our sites — serving up tasty and nutritious meals to keep your little ones happy, healthy and full of energy!
