Home celebrates winning competition

RESIDENTS and staff at Maiden Castle House in Dorchester celebrated the change of seasons by taking part in an operator’s own Spring Food Festival.

Activities included creating a delicious and nutritious soup as part of a Care South wide competition. Maiden Castle House came first, winning a 5kg Easter egg, with Fremington Manor in Barnstaple coming second to receive a selection of chocolate carrot eggs.

Maiden Castle House chef Maria Barnes spent her free time foraging by rivers for wild garlic to make their soup before residents got stuck in with prepping the vegetables.

Activities lead Emma Norman said: “Everyone thoroughly enjoyed taking part in the Spring Food Festival competition.

“Both residents and staff joined in with making a delicious recipe using special ingredients.

“It was wonderful to have been voted in first place and residents in our care are delighted that their hard work in helping with the soup has paid off.”

The Spring Food Festival was set up by Care South to encourage a weeklong series of inclusive, themed activities including an inter-home seasonal soup competition. This encouraged homes to devise their own recipes with a focus on using fresh, local ingredients and including all residents in the fun.

The Food Festival coincided with

National Nutrition and Hydration

Week which is designed to help raise awareness to understand the importance of nutrition and hydration in health and social care. It was set up with Food, Fun and Friendship at its heart and residents across all of Care South’s homes took part in the occasion.

Mark Wardman, catering operations manager, added: “Our Care South Spring Food Festival celebrated all the delicious, fresh food prepared in our care homes –an integral part of our Food, Fun and Friendship ethos.

“It was great to see so many of our homes taking part and creating some delicious recipes, whilst having lots of fun along the way.”

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