The Kidicater™ "Child Care Catering Pan System" is a
joint undertaking with a Child Care Operator, where Kidicater™
prepares and cooks both hot and cold foods for a menu designed with our
client.
This method of catering allows the Child Care Operator to control costs,
quality, menu planning, nutrition, and meet food regulation guidelines
within a simple and effective joint undertaking with Kidicater™.
Kidicater™ delivers directly to the food outlet in advance
of your service the ready prepared foods.
The Child Care Center simply "heat and eat" or for cold foods just serve.
Menu planning "specialists" are allocated to your project and "recipes
designed for your requirements by our nutritional technology team.
If required food service training and portioning guidelines can be simply
established for your service staff to follow.
Clients not wanting the "full service" may be interested in our cook-chill
bagged products
Your menu is delivered based on the agreed delivery schedule for your
food service to then complete.
Fixed Price
- Menus are calculated seasonally on a total quantity required basis
- Food Costs are allocated to a per Person basis using your portion
standards
- Labour is dedicated to your project and added to the per person basis.
- Includes a contingency cost component for seasonal cost fluctuations
- Kidicater™ production facility overheads are allocated
at the current recovery rate
- Delivery is then calculated and added to the base cost.
Menu planning "specialists" are allocated to your project and "recipes
designed for your requirements by our nutritional technology team.
The menu planning for your child care center needs to include options
and products suitable for the nutritional wellbeing and regulatory obligations
as well as meeting the demands of the parents.
Typical questions from parents:
- Are the varying ethnic groups and cultures catered for?
- What is the policy on hygiene and safety?
- What is the routine for snack and meal times and who provides the food?
- Do children serve themselves or have a choice about how much to eat?
- How do you cater for children with special dietary requirements or allergies?
As the Kidicater™ "Child Care Catering Pan System" is
a joint undertaking with a Child Care Operator, where Kidicater™
prepares and cooks both hot and cold foods for a menu designed with our
client.
Child Care Operators are encouraged to participate in our quality assurance
program.
How it works:
Kidicater™ provides a quality assurance reporting function
on this website for our client operators to report and assist in the development
of a recipe / prepared food item. (click here)
Consumers are also provided with quality assurance reporting facility
on this website (click here)
Information received from both our client operators and the consumers
are collated by our Food Tech staff and used to effect the product development
cycle. e.g the product recipe may specify 10mg of fresh basil herb, where
reports indicate that the basil flavour is too light, hence a formula
change to increase the basil quanitity.
- Prepared-Chilled Foods
Where the prepared fruit and vegetables are shipped in vacuum pouched bags ready to serve. - Cook-Chill Pan systems
Where prepared food is shipped to your venue within a dual microwavable / ovenable gastronorme size pan, labelled and ready to retherm and portion. - Cook-Chill Bagged Products
Where the prepared food like soup, sauces and casseroles are shipped in vacuum pouched bags ready to either bulk heat in bain marie or steamer or decant to smaller vessels for retherm and portion. More Info at Nutrifare - Vacuum Retort systems
Where the prepared food is shipped in vaccuum pouched bags ready to either bulk heat in bain marie or steamer or decant to smaller vessels for retherm and portion from. - Modified Atmosphere Packaging
Where the prepared food is shipped in vaccuum sealed bags ready to decant to smaller vessels or portion from. More Info at Nutrifare - Individually Portioned Foods
Where prepared foods are containerised in dual microwavable / ovenable trays, labelled and ready to retherm and plate or eat direct from.
Following significant experience working within overseas cook-chill facilities, the founders began operation in 1991 following the technology successes in the mid 1980's with both Sous-Vide (cooking in vacuum packs), MAP (modified atmosphere packaging), Cook-Freeze, and cook-chill for hotels and restaurants.
Since 1991, contracted the provisioning of prepared foods to the food service industry, including;
- Aged Care
- Universities
- Colleges
- Hospitals
- Boarding Schools
- Event Caterers
- Hotels and Restaurants
In addition to ready to heat foods, we manufacturer meals and meal components for supermarkets and some very recognisable brands in the FMCG market place.
- 1000's of recipes
- Qualified and experienced staff
- Capacity to produce 30,000 meals per day
- Advanced Food preparation Technology is at your disposal
Kidicater deliver nationwide.
Our Prepared meals are delivered the day prior to your meal service times.
Carefully packed into polystyrene bins with Dry ice (if required) our meals are delivered via refrigerated truck to your Childcare Centre.
Our business also delivers our prepared salads to Supermarkets throughout New Zealand daily.
The following MyPyramid materials were designed specifically for children aged 6 to 11.
MyPyramid for Kids Poster
A 2-sided poster of MyPyramid for Kids. One side of the poster, for younger children, highlights a simplified MyPyramid for Kids graphic. The other side, for advanced elementary students, features both the MyPyramid for Kids graphic and healthy eating and physical activity messages. [PDF]
Tips for Families
A 2-sided MyPyramid for Kids mini-poster with the MyPyramid for Kids graphic on one side and eating and physical activity tips on the other side. [PDF]
A Close Look at MyPyramid for Kids
A step-by-step explanation of the key concepts of the MyPyramid for Kids symbol. [PDF]
MyPyramid for Kids Coloring Page
Black and white line art of the MyPyramid for Kids symbol for kids to color. [PDF]
MyPyramid for Kids Worksheet
Worksheet to help kids track how their food choices match up to the recommendations of MyPyramid. Print out this helpful meal tracking worksheet and set a food and activity goal for tomorrow. [PDF]
Classroom materials
MyPyramid for Kids materials for classroom (click here)
