Heartbeat: Hallam Restaurant award for healthy eating scheme
March 26, 2019
The Hallam Restaurant has scooped a silver award for serving up healthy choices. Sandwell Council’s Eat Out Eat Well awards recognise caterers who make it easier for their customers to make healthy choices when eating out.
Hallam Restaurant was selected for dishing up delicious and wholesome meals. Colleagues attended a special staff awards ceremony at West Bromwich Town Hall to collect their gong.
Ilona Peterson, Food Services Manager, said: “This is great news for Hallam Restaurant and for everyone that works hard to make sure we deliver good quality, healthy food to our customers. We have been serving up tasty and freshly prepared food for a while now, so we are very proud to receive this recognition from Sandwell Council.
Our food is low in fat, sugar and salt and we always go for the healthier preparation option. Our deep fat fryer was switched off over two years ago and chips are oven cooked. This is also the case for our breakfast items. We use healthier oils and do not stock sugar-filled fizzy drinks.”
She added: “The Trust has invested in the catering department which has enabled us to refurbish Hallam Restaurant. This provides us with a chance to focus on and improve customer service and satisfaction, whilst increasing our income target.”
Sandwell Council’s cabinet member for public health and protection Councillor Elaine Costigan said: “We’re now in the second year of the Eat Out, Eat Well awards. They’re open to caterers, takeaways and other food retailers that meet healthier eating criteria, have a good food hygiene rating and are compliant with food standards.
“The award aims to encourage food businesses to provide healthier options to customers through the use of healthier catering practices, increasing fruit, vegetables and starchy carbohydrates and decreasing fat, especially saturated fat, sugar and salt.
We also use the scheme to recognise food outlets providing healthier options for children and reward staff training and the promotion of healthier options.”
She continued, “Providing healthy options is also good for business. Research shows that people are looking for healthier options when they eat out. By providing these options, businesses can offer a better selection of food and boost their takings, whilst helping their customers look after their health.
“I would like to congratulate all of the successful businesses who picked up awards last week. They’re helping customers to make healthy choices.”
For more information go to the Eat Out Eat Well website at www.eatouteatwell.org.