The beginning of the rite of passage begins with the diet. ISA Wuhan believes that the cultivation of a school's culture starts from the details, and the establishment of a healthy, balanced and nutritious food culture is one of the most important parts.
Therefore, ISA Wuhan school canteen takes students at the centre, provides students with nutritionally balanced meals and a good dining environment from the perspective of students' growth needs, and creates a unique campus food education culture through the monthly global food theme activities, dietary lectures and International etiquette training class, etc.
The school canteen can accommodate about 500 people at the same time. The canteen has a dining area for primary and secondary schools, a buffet area, and a coffee and pastry making area. Furniture has been purchased according to age groups, and to prevent students from scratching, every sharp corner has been rounded off, and non-slip tiles have been used on the floor.
The canteen is equipped with modern kitchen equipment such as automatic ordering and settlement system, automatic recycling system, automatic dishwasher, kitchen waste classification system, etc. The restaurant sets up special catering in consideration of the habits of different nationalities, and provides with healthy Chinese food, Western food, pasta, and pastries, aiming to satisfy every taste bud from all over the world.
Equipped with the world's most advanced and high-tech catering kitchen facilities, it can simultaneously meet the needs of multiple disciplines or venues, such as the Principal's Dinner, baking classes, food culture cultivation classes, International dining etiquette training, and the school's open day, etc., and incorporate the inclusive, diversified and integrated IB philosophy education into each meal of students.
The canteen is catered by a Fortune 500 catering company, with service to students at its core, and strict management for safety and nutrition at the tip of the tongue, eliminating pre-prepared dishes. The school employs catering officers with rich experience in food safety management to ensure the quality of all ingredients from the screening of raw materials and quality control. At the same time, a professional nutritionist is equipped to scientifically make weekly menus and issue nutritional analysis reports according to the needs of students' healthy growth.
ISA Wuhan canteen has a stable and reliable procurement system with traceability of ingredients and raw materials, an independent logistics platform, and co-operation with international famous brand superstores as well as domestic excellent green and organic farms direct sourcing suppliers, to ensure the fresh delivery of ingredients every day, and to ensure the traceability of each and every ingredient.
At ISA Wuhan, the canteen is not only a place to eat, but also a multi-functional and comfortable living space for relaxation, socialising, learning and broadening students' horizons.
Monthly global food festivals, such as the Italian Food Festival, the Spanish Food Festival, the Mid-Autumn Festival, etc., are held in the dining hall, allowing students to taste flavours from all over the world and learn to appreciate different cultures around the world. Regular diet and nutrition classes, boarding dinners, birthday parties and Open Mic during the lunch time are also held in the dining hall, adding a warm campus memory to students' after-school life.
