Healthy and delicious
meals for everyone

A balanced and responsible diet

At our English residential summer school, we provide a balanced, healthy diet for our pupils with plenty of fresh, enjoyable food. Food is included in the course price.

We serve three main meals each day – breakfast in the morning around 08:30am, lunch around 1pm and dinner around 6pm. We also have a mid-morning and mid-afternoon breaktime with snacks and refreshments. See our timetable for more about our daily routines.

Fruit is available throughout the day and there are water fountains around the campus. Anyone who needs a re-usable water bottle can have one of our blue ECS bottles to keep and reuse throughout their stay and beyond.

Meals are served in a bright, modern canteen overlooking the beautiful green school grounds. At every meal there is a choice of hot and cold dishes and our house parents assist the younger children in making a balanced choice.

To give you a good idea of the range and quantity of food available each day, watch this short video showing a lunchtime spread at ECS summer camp 2023.

Inclusive food for everyone

At ECS we want everyone to feel welcome and included. This can be especially important at mealtimes, when all our pupils come together to eat and socialise. We teach open mindedness and respect for difference, and are more than happy to cater for different diets.

Pork products are clearly labelled and there is always a no-pork alternative. We serve a vegetarian option at every mealtime and our catering team can prepare food for other dietary requirements such as allergies, no-gluten or no-dairy diets. Please contact us well in advance to make sure we can provide suitable snack and mealtime options for your child.

In order to improve our environmental impact, we are also making an effort to serve less meat and more plant-based food.

Like many others, when we heard about the impact of animal agriculture on the climate, we decided to start making a change for the future of our children and all the children on our courses. We are reducing our meat consumption both at home and on our courses.

Raising animals for meat and dairy is a very large source of emissions. It also leads to deforestation, land degradation, loss of biodiversity and water pollution. So, as a school that takes our environmental responsibility seriously from the local environment our pupils enjoy each summer to the environmental impacts on people around the world, we recognise the need to improve the environmental impact of our catering.

Trying new things is part of the ECS summer experience and that includes food – from mealtimes to baking and cookery workshops. What's more, well-planned plant-based meals are also very healthy and inclusive for everyone.

Dinner

Our evening meal always includes choice between two hot dishes as well as a selection of sides at the salad bar. Dinner options include fajitas, pizza, pasta, chili and burgers.

Salad bar Fresh vegetables such as cucumber, lettuce, tomatoes Cold meats such as sliced beef, sausage, shrimps, tuna, ham Coleslaw Roasted butternut squash Greek salad Mozarella Cannelloni beans Beetroot and pumpkin seeds Grated carrot and caraway Chickpea salad Quinoa salad Black bean salad Grilled cauliflower Couscous and roasted veg Beetroot, onion and sweet potato salad Oils, sauces and vinaigrettes

Mains Cauliflower and potato curry Sweet and sour curry with rice and prawn crackers Fish pie with spicy wedges  Fajitas with guacamole Pizza bar Penne Arabbiata and penne A’Matriciana  Burgers, sausage or kebab with potato salad and buns Pasta with roast veg and a choice of sauces  Mushroom Stroganoff with garden peas Bean chilli with sweetcorn and spicy wedges

Desserts Chocolate mousse Assorted doughnuts  Chocolate eclairs  Strawberry cheesecake  Chocolate crunch and raspberry sauce  Ice cream  Banana milk shake