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Cater Minds partners with boarding schools to operate their kitchens and dining halls. Our chefs, kitchen brigade and front-of-house teams work on campus every day, so students who live at school are fed well and consistently across every term.
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Cater Minds believes education partnerships must deliver outcomes that extend beyond food, with a clear focus on enhancing student engagement, wellbeing, and campus experience while creating positive environmental and social impact.
12 years
in hospitality and catering
Since 2016
Australian owned and operated
300+
Chefs, kitchen and front-of-house staff employed
1000+
Students served every week across our sites
SERVICES & SOLUTIONS:
Residential Catering
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VENUE MANAgement
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Event Catering
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Deliverable Catering
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Pantry Support
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Boarding schools need a food operation that runs seven days a week, through weekends, public holidays and exam periods. Cater Minds takes responsibility for the whole operation: our chefs cook on site in the school's kitchen, our floor team manages each sitting, and we bring the supply chain, rostering, training and compliance systems of an established catering business.
Back-of-house operation
A head chef, brigade and kitchen hands employed, rostered and trained by Cater Minds.
Allergen Safety
Highly controlled, separated kitchen preparation environments.
Established supply chain
Long-standing supplier relationships, group purchasing and seasonal Australian produce.
Service scaled to the school calendar
Reduced service during holidays and exam weeks, matched to the number of students on campus.
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Families receive the weekly menu, allergen information and a termly dining summary. Whether a family lives two hours away or overseas, they can see how their child is being fed.
menu development:
Cater Minds believes education partnerships must deliver outcomes that extend beyond food, with a clear focus on enhancing student engagement, wellbeing, and campus experience while creating positive environmental and social impact.
Seasonal, Fresh Produce
All dishes prioritise local, in-season ingredients.
Dietary Management
Maximised across all meals.
Halal Meats
All meats except pork are halal-certified.
Nutritional Focus
Menus are designed to meet daily energy, protein, and micronutrient needs for university - aged students.
Allergen Management
Key allergens are strictly controlled with dedicated monitoring of portion sizes, allergens, and nutritional content.
Indigenous Engagement
Cater Minds actively incorporates native Australian ingredients across menus to provide educational, cultural, and culinary engagement, exposing students to authentic flavours while supporting broader curriculum initiatives.
Beyond the dining hall
Formal occasions, boarding house pantries and cultural celebrations are catered by the same on-site team, under the same dietary and food-safety systems.
Formal dinners and school events
Valedictory dinners, house functions, open days and parent weekends.
Boarding house pantry
Breakfast supplies, weekend brunch and evening study provisions for each house.
Cultural celebrations
Through the year we mark significant festivals from the cultures represented on campus with themed dinners, so every student sees their own traditions respected and shares in those of others.
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Monitoring and management
Plate and production waste is weighed and recorded at each service. The data is reviewed weekly with the school and used to adjust purchasing, batch cooking and menu design.
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Portion guidance
Serving sizes are set with our dietitians and adjusted from what students actually eat. Flexible portions and a seconds policy reduce plate waste without leaving anyone hungry.
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Student education
Our on-site team runs waste awareness activities with boarders: visible waste tallies in the dining hall, sorting stations, and sessions tied to the school's sustainability curriculum.
Reducing food waste, together
Working with our university partners, we have developed a food waste program that combines measurement, kitchen practice and student participation. It is now part of every education contract we operate.
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Our commitments
The principles that shape how we source, cook and serve in education settings.
Cross-cultural dining
Boarding communities bring together students from many cultures and faiths. Our menus include halal and vegetarian options every day, observe religious dietary requirements, and rotate familiar dishes from the regions our students come from, so the dining hall feels inclusive rather than uniform.
Respect for Indigenous culture
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land on which we cook and serve. Our menus incorporate native Australian ingredients sourced through Indigenous suppliers where possible, and we work with schools to support NAIDOC Week, Reconciliation Week and curriculum programs through food.
Environmental responsibility
We prioritise local and seasonal produce, responsible packaging and energy-conscious kitchen practices, and provide environmental reporting that schools can include in their own sustainability commitments. Our food waste program is described below.
Ethical and responsible sourcing
We work with long-standing Australian suppliers who meet our standards for animal welfare, labour practices and traceability. Sourcing decisions are documented and available to partner schools.
Standards and duty of care
Boarding is a duty-of-care environment. Our systems are designed to support a school's obligations under the Australian boarding standard and state food-safety legislation, and are documented for accreditation and audit.
Aligned with the Australian boarding standard
Food service records maintained to support boarding accreditation.
HACCP systems in your kitchen
Our food-safety program, staff training and internal audits operate within the school's kitchen from the first day.
Individual dietary and medical profiles
Anaphylaxis plans, coeliac disease, religious and cultural requirements recorded and managed for each student.
Working with boarding staff
Our team shares observations with boarding staff on eating patterns, hydration and students who may need support.
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Cater Minds believes education partnerships must deliver outcomes that extend beyond food, with a clear focus on enhancing student engagement, wellbeing, and campus experience while creating positive environmental and social impact.
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+61 2 9876 5432
Cater Minds are in...
NSW
62 Parramatta Road, Forest Lodge NSW 2037, Australia.
VIC
Shop 40/12-16 Newquay Promenade, Docklands VIC 3008
QLD
32 Berwick St, Fortitude Valley QLD 4006