‘How difficult is it to bake a potato?’: fed-up head hits out at school’s caterers

Letter apologises to parents over ‘completely unacceptable’ standard of food in Southampton secondary’s canteen

A headteacher in Southampton has vented his anger to parents over the poor quality of food served by his secondary school’s contract caterers, saying: “I keep asking myself, how difficult is it to bake a potato?”

Jason Ashley, the head of Redbridge community school, sent parents photographs of school lunches served by Chartwells, the private catering firm, and said “numerous” meetings with the company had failed to bring about any improvements.