Care Catering in the South West of England

The South West is a beautiful part of the country with a real range of care operations. The focus for the South West committee will be engagement – ensuring that we reach existing members and communicate the benefits of the NACC to new members. Our regional meetings will be designed to be of value and worthy of a day out of providers and suppliers’ busy operations!

Get to know the South West Committee Members:

Rachael Venditti, allmanhall
Chair

As a Registered Nutritionist with a catering background, Rachael feels strongly about the quality and nutritional quality of care catering. The NACC provides valuable support to its members, and she is looking forward to bringing her passion for catering, along with an understanding of nutrition and supply chain to the board.

Josh Hawker, Able Care Homes
Deputy Chair

Josh has joined the NACC to be able to bring a smaller provider’s perspective on some of the challenges facing us all in care catering. He is a firm believer in bringing collaboration to our famously disjointed sector, and hope to be able to bring greater skills sharing amongst the care homes’ departments across the South West.

Adriano Carvalho, Newbury Grove Care Home - Care UK
Secretary

Adriano has joined the NACC board because he wants to help to improve the resident's life in care homes and attracting more people to work in the sector. He is a head chef with 15 years of experience in private care homes. Adriano has a good knowledge of elderly nutrition, dysphagia and how to build strong teams. During his career he has received several awards in the care sector.

We welcome new members, if you would like to find out more about becoming a member of the South West Region or the events we hold, please feel free to contact us.

Regional Training Seminars & Events

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South West Region Winter Seminar 2024

Regional Event for South West

22nd November 2024

The Value of Research to Inform Care Catering

Venue: The Graduate School of Education, 35 Berkeley Square, Bristol BS8 1JA.
We are excited to announce the South West winter meeting which is in partnership with the School for Policy Studies at the University of Bristol.

The day will be engaging, informative and provide lots of opportunities for networking and sharing best practice. We are delighted that the keynote speaker is Dr Angeliki Papadaki, from the University of Bristol.

South West NACC News

Published: 2nd September 2024

allmanhall summarise the Care Home Digest

This summer the much anticipated - and very much needed - Care Home Digest was launched. Before then, no national food service standards existed to support care homes in meeting residents’ nutritional needs.

Premier Partner, Press Release

Published: 28th August 2024

Advance Notice | British Food Fortnight

Love British Food, the campaigning organisation that works at grassroots and industry level to encourage sustainable supply chains, will be organising the 23^rd British Food Fortnight from 20^th September until 6^th October. Every year 1,000s of shops, restaurants, pubs, caterers, hospitals, schools, supermarkets, independent shops and whole communities come together during the national food celebration to showcase the diverse and delicious food we produce in this country. The event reaches millions every autumn and is an excellent opportunity for local communities to get together and celebrate British food.

Press Release

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Rachael Venditti, allmanhall
South West Chair

Josh Hawker, Able Care Homes
South West Deputy Chair

Adriano Carvalho, Newbury Grove Care Home - Care UK
South West Secretary

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