Pembroke College
Pembroke College Cambridge
Trumpington Street
Cambridge
C82 1RF
Well done to all involved in achieving the Allergen Accreditation for Pembroke College Cambridge, Pemcat is a great facility that meets the needs of students with allergies exceptionally well. Indeed it has identified with healthy diets based on meat, vegetables and healthy nutrients in order to provide Brain Food!
This level of allergen control and "free zones" is quite unique and sets Pemcat as an exemplar outlet meeting the needs of people with allergies and the EU FIC Law.
The catering department at Pembroke College offers food to students, members of the university , fellows and guests 7 days a week 3 times a day. We offer, cooked breakfast, lunch and dinner cafeteria and formal hall dinners 7 nights a week. The Cafeteria which has a specific allergies free zone welcome any member of Cambridge University. During Term, between breakfast lunch and dinner we have a daily average of 450 people. We host feasts, formal lunches and dinners for college members and guest including dignitaries. We offer fresh cooked food sourced locally, fair trade and allergy free products. We have increased the variety of food served in the cafeteria in order to allow customers to build they own menu. The college is the third oldest in Cambridge and has a great reputation for excellent service and food.
This is a fantastic chef centric facility providing a whole range of cuisine for students and staff as well as functions and events. Pemcat has a dedicated allergen free service area (bar fish) and serves some 1000 meals per day with 250 taking up the allergen free dishes. Indeed the College had initially identified the needs of the growing population of customers with allergies. This was then polarised with the advent of the new EU FIC. The team at Pemcat including Head Chef Seb, Senior Butler Savino and General Manager David were an absolute pleasure to deal with and their enthusiasm and commitment was outstanding. These are serious caterers that take food allergens seriously.
They have also found that the healthy eating agenda is very high amongst customers and the daily Allergen Free menu is certainly very popular.
They utilise purple colour coded equipment and dedicate kitchen utensils for allergen free dishes. The back of house systems were 5 Star Hygiene rated and the team have set up a flow of work areas and practises to avoid any allergen cross contamination. In addition to passing the 45 Allergen Accreditation quality stages they are also very innovative including the easily accessible Allergy Alert cards that customers can collect and present to service staff to ensure special dietary needs are fully circulated throughout the kitchen and back to the customer.
It would be hard to find a scratch cooking, high quality restaurant that caters for so many allergen friendly dishes so regularly, congratulations on your Allergen Accreditation.
