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Join our next free webinar - Inside the inspection: what great food & mealtime practice looks like in early years on the 20th October at 7pm

Join our next free webinar - Inside the inspection: what great food & mealtime practice looks like in early years on the 20th October at 7pm

Join our next free webinar - Inside the inspection: what great food & mealtime practice looks like in early years on the 20th October at 7pm

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Join our next free webinar - Inside the inspection: what great food & mealtime practice looks like in early years on the 20th October at 7pm

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Outstanding nursery meals made simple

We help nurseries build happier mealtimes, calm kitchens, and a food culture parents trust.

At the heart of what we do are our freshly prepared, deliciously healthy meals, created especially for early years children. We deliver and we pack everything away ready to make life easier for your team - you might call us the food fairies.

Behind the scenes, our awesome team of early years food and nutrition experts take care
of everything for nurseries, from allergy management and balanced menus all the way to providing smoother kitchen systems and expert support. Our aim is to help nurseries simplify mealtimes, reassure parents, support busy teams and serve meals children love.

Thoughtfully designed nursery menus

From colourful breakfasts to comforting lunches and summer plates, our menus are designed to bring variety, balance and plenty of joy to nursery mealtimes.

Packed with nutritious, tasty, child-friendly dishes and planned with expert care, our menus help children build positive relationships with food while giving parents and nursery teams complete confidence too.
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Our food heroes

Nursery Kitchen doesn’t replace nursery chefs, it champions them. Because with the right support, their role can go beyond cooking to create a long-lasting positive impact on the children and nursery. Our Food Hero programme is designed to bring confidence, consistency and pride into nursery kitchens, helping teams create kitchens that don’t just function, they thrive.
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We handle the tricky bits behind the scenes
Combining nutritional expertise with real nursery experience, we take care of the complexities of nursery catering, from allergy and dietary management and menu planning to compliance, ingredient sourcing and cost control.
Your food hero keeps things running smoothly
At the heart of your kitchen, a dedicated food hero helps bring calm and confidence to every mealtime. With practical systems, clear guidance and expert know-how, we work alongside food heroes to help everything feel more organised and easier to manage day-to-day.
Delicious meals arrive to make life easier
From familiar favourites to exciting food adventures, we help nurseries create mealtimes children love while encouraging healthy growth and development along the way. We’ll create your bespoke menu, lovingly prepare all your delicious dishes using the best ingredients, and deliver everything ready to be cooked in your kitchen with ease.
Everyone feels the difference
No stressful menu planning, confusing processes, or kitchen chaos, just tasty meals and simple ways of working that help your kitchen stay consistent, efficient and enjoyable to run. Parents feel reassured, teams feel more confident, kitchens run smoothly, and nurseries build a food culture they can feel truly proud of.

Delightful reviews

Their customer service is second to none

"Nursery Kitchen continue to demonstrate a fantastic service. The product quality is consistently outstanding, exceeding our expectations every time. We have been fortunate enough to work in partnership with them to gain our menu accreditation which we are all very proud of at Lawn Lane Day Nursery. Their customer service is second to none, always going the extra mile to support our children, families and team- Thank you Nursery Kitchen!"

Chloe
Nursery Kitchen have been amazing

"Nursery Kitchen have been amazing at supporting us to achieve accreditation on our menus allowing us to provide varied, balanced, sustainable, and nutritious meals for all of our children at Gershwin Park. We have received advice on how we can build our menus as well as supporting us with children with allergies and dietary requirements. Thank you!"

Brogan Hughes
Exceptional!

"Exceptional! From menu planning, dietary needs, variety, resources and food quality - nothing short of the best. The support for the nursery and the parents, with advice and training in fantastic. So quick to respond and they want to deliver nothing short of the best! Thank you!"

Emma Morris
I cannot recommend nursery kitchen enough!

"I cannot recommend nursery kitchen enough! I have recently joined a few of the amazing webinars put on by nursery kitchen! The staff are friendly positive and super helpful in all that they do. They have also recently supported us with a range of different dietary and nutrition questions and also providing additional knowledge to our team! The best food provider I have used for our nursery as the food is healthy nutritious and safe for even our youngest children. We have even recently gained a certification for our menu through them as well!"

Laura Clarke
One of the best changes our setting has made

"One of the best changes our setting has made. Healthy nutritional meals for the kids to love and enjoy. It started off difficult but didn't take long and now all the children love the meals."

Victoria Vaughan
They’re reliable, consistent, and excellent in every area

"We couldn’t be happier with the service they provide—they’re reliable, consistent, and excellent in every area.

The meals they deliver are always of high quality: healthy, delicious, and thoughtfully balanced to meet the needs of young children. They frequently update their menus to introduce new flavours and adapt to children’s changing preferences and dietary needs, which keeps mealtimes exciting and enjoyable for our little ones."

T O
We love using nursery kitchen at our nursery!

We love using nursery kitchen at our nursery. It's really easy to order the food and the staff are extremely helpful. They have great customer service and are really supportive. The children love the food. I'd highly recommend!

Stef Montgomery
We had clean bowls across the board

"All 6 of our rooms thoroughly enjoyed the meal and children were telling their parents about the “yummy potato and corn” on the way home. We had clean bowls across the board tonight and some very happy parents hearing of how well the food went down!"

Megan, Nursery Manager
He looooves your food!

"My little one is at kinderzimmer and he looooves your food! He is 3 and with more and good exposure he's tried so many new dishes & food again. The food journey is definitely a rollercoaster with a toddler, but with right exposure and no pressure, they will find their way to enjoy new flavours"

Noemi, Parent
I'm convinced he eats better than I do!

"I feel so reassured that Louie has all of his nutritional needs taken care of when he's at nursery. It is great to know that his meals have been so carefully thought out to meet his requirements. I'm convinced he eats better than I do! Even more importantly, he loves the food as evidenced by his daily reports saying he often goes back for seconds!"

Georgia, Parent
Pleased parent

"My daughter enjoys Nursery Kitchen's food at nursery much more than mine at home!"

Parent
No left overs!

"We served farmer sue's chicken stew with crispy bread, and the children loved it, there were no leftovers!"

Little Angels, Marcham
cheese wedges

"The cheese wedges have been a great hit at our nursery!"

Rachel Hine, Nursery Director, Leo's Den Nursery
The children LOVED it!

The children LOVED farmer sue's chicken stew! Some of them even had two bowls!! The dish felt very homey, more like a broth, so that's why the children loved it so much.

Room Leader, Goldsmiths Community Preschool
Raving

Our daughter has your meals at Highwood nursery in Brockenhurst and raves about the mini jackets with sweet chilli chicken.

Parent
The food tastes like it is made with love

Every nursery is unique and, with Nursery Kitchen, every nursery menu is unique. The staff took time to visit us at our setting to help plan the menu and their attention to detail and advice has been amazing.  The food tastes like it is made with love. Nursery Kitchen is much better than our previous food provider.

Rachel, Jellybeans Childcare
Reflects beautifully on us

Thank you for replying to her (a parent) so quickly and helping her out so much, that’s amazing and I really appreciate it as it reflects really beautifully on us! I’m so glad she can see how wonderful your meals are, the children are very well fed and you have food that easily caters to all needs.

Navneet, Nursery Manager
You're my measure

Your food is truly delicious and stands out especially for the veggie content. You’re my measure when touring nurseries and schools!

Pip, Parent
Frustrated parent congratulates

Our son (18 months old) is a particularly fussy eater, but he is doing very well with your meals! Is there any info you can share on how you prepare your meals so we can try and replicate at home!? I’m reaching out as a frustrated parent and am also congratulating you on your success at varying my sons diet away from porridge and pork pies!!

Mr P, Parent
Enjoyable meals

“Grace always comes home telling us tales of the meals she's enjoyed! They are healthy and nutritious”.

Eva, Parent
Great!

“Great food, great service”

Jane Gordon, Nursery Manager, Bright Horizons
Impressed inspector

"We had another food hygiene inspection today! The inspector was very impressed and as always, your paperwork is so easy to use and fill out, it makes everything much more straight forward! He actually said thank you for making this one of the easiest inspections ever and a great start to the week!"

Nav, Nursery Owner
salmon and pineapple thai curry

"It's great that the children can see the fish in pieces."

Jingle Bell House Nursery
Cheesy peasy pasta

“ My little one absolutely loves the meals at nursery. Her all-time favourite is Cheesy Peasy Pasta! “

Ellen, Parent
Cauliflower coconut curry

“ I was wondering if I could perhaps ask for the recipe for the Cauliflower Coconut Curry that is often served? The girls are so fussy but seem to like this one, I’d like to be able to do similar at home! Thank you! “

Twin’s Mum
Vegetarian meals

“ My daughter loves Nursery Kitchen meals, so much so that we have been trying to replicate the meals. As a vegetarian the meals meet her nutritional needs as well as offering her wide variety of flavours. Thank you for the great meals, we look forward to trying new recipes in the future. “

Deenisha, Parent

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