Catering
Here at The Ashley Foundation we provide four meals a day. The menu is varied and healthy and is seasonally adjusted.
Missing any meal of the day can mean missing out on the recommended daily amounts of essential vitamins and minerals. This can result in poor physical and mental abilities so we try to promote healthy and balanced diets for all our residents.
Our Catering Manager, Mr Petere Rawcliffe and his team of chef/housekeepers try wherever possible to help those residents with particular strict dietary needs, such as vegetarians, lactose or starch intolerant etc...
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| SATURDAY MEALS WILL USUALLY CONSIST OF PIE, CHIPS, PEAS, ICE CREAM, YOGHURTS AND FRUIT ARE AVAILABLE AS ALTERNATIVE DESSERTS | |||||||||||||||
Housekeeping
Not only do our team of dedicated chef/housekeepers prepare meals and carry out full housekeeping duties, they also provide domestic skills training for our residents to undertake in order to help towards preparing them for independent living. The training consists of the following topics:
Housekeeping
This training is based around the resident being aware of general hygiene around the home (such as cleaning a cooker, fridge and microwave and keeping bins and the surrounding areas clean and disinfected). It will also include the understanding and uses of cleaning products and their storage.
Cooking and Basic Food Hygiene
The resident will learn how to prepare inexpensive, simple but nutritious dishes and be advised on dietary needs. This training will also include advice on how to store and cook frozen foods safely and how to safely re-heat and store chilled and cooked foods. It will also involve personal cleanliness in the kitchen and how to avoid food poisoning and cross contamination.
