Apetito begins five-year catering deal today for London hospitals

Apetito has been appointed as the catering provider for The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in London.

The five-year contract, beginning today, will see Apetito working in close partnership with the Trust, to transform the catering operation across the Hillingdon and Mount Vernon hospitals.

Apetito’s offering includes an innovative plated meal solution, designed to enhance the catering system to one of ease and practicality. Meals are loaded onto individual patient trays and inserted into the Compactserv trolley, a Socamel design.

Separate cooking and cooling compartments allow hot meals to be cooked from frozen, whilst elements such as sandwiches and desserts are kept cool on the other side of the tray. Once the process is complete, the trolley can be wheeled onto the ward where trays are simply lifted out and handed to patients as a complete meal.

Several members of the Apetito healthcare team will be on hand to assist hospital staff with the implementation of the new system and will continue to make regular visits.