Cucina - We are delighted to partner with Rushden Academy
Our aim, along with the schools' is to provide all students with an exceptional catering experience. Our very talented Executive Chefs and our fantastic catering teams will be serving exciting menus packed with healthy ingredients, that are full of variety, and with loads of interesting new things to try. It's important that the food tastes as good as it looks, and we're sure you won't be disappointed.
What's on the menu?
Cucina has long been considered the most inventive school caterer and that’s because we’re very clear about our food. All our dishes are prepared every day using quality, fresh and seasonal ingredients that are responsibly sourced. As well as ensuring the food on the plate is healthy, we want our customers to understand the importance of eating the right foods and help them with their food and nutrition journey.
- A huge selection of 'grab and go' items including baguettes, paninis, burritos and salads to name a few.
- A variety of healthy, tasty main meals prepared fresh every day from carefully selected ingredients. The menu will follow a similar weekly pattern, so you know what to expect, providing over 35 choices each day in addition to the ever-popular chef specials, themed events and loyalty schemes.
- Our Street Vibes range, global street food that tours the world. It’s always changing; from Korean fried chicken, Chinese bao buns, to Greek souvlaki, there’s always something new to try!
- A salad bar bursting with flavour, from traditional garden salads through to composite salads with a wide variety of grains, proteins, and dressings
- Theme days we're travelling around the world! We'll go to different regions each half term, with 3 days of special dishes alongside Street Vibes street food for the whole half term. There are also lots of individual special days and promotions that will run throughout the year!
Free school meals
We want to ensure that all of our customers have access to a healthy nutritious meal, with this in mind, we have some meal deals in place. These include the hot main meal offer, a hot wrap or hot chefs special with a hot dessert.
We have also developed our “Blue Dot Deal”, 4 items can be purchased for the free school meal price. Selected hot items such as garlic bread, mini pizza boats, mushroom quesadilla, and selected cold items such as filled rolls, crudites, fruit pots etc. (Usually priced at 90p each) can be bundled together at the free school meal price. However, students can purchase any items they wish that fall within the free school meal allocation, including the breakfast and break time offer at the school.
Did you know that your child might be entitled to free school meals? For more information and details on how to claim, visit www.gov.uk/apply-free-school-meals
ParentPay & Biometric Consent
Rushden Academy is a cashless school and we use ParentPay to process all payments, including paying for your child’s lunch. All new students should receive a letter with an access code to activate your ParentPay login. Once you have logged into the system, you will be able to add money on to your son/daughter’s lunch account and track what they are spending each day.
If you have not received an access code please contact Rushden Academy at .
To pay for food in the canteen, students use their fingerprints. For more information about our biometric system and to give consent for your child to use their fingerprint use the form below.
