Newport's Tops Day Nurseries Introduces Game-Changing Menu for Children

Newport's Tops Day Nurseries has announced the launch of its innovative and nutritious new menu.

'Game Dishes' was designed to captivate young taste buds while providing unmatched nutrition and aligning with the nursery's sustainability mission and ethos.

It is among the first in the sector to make the move and put wild meat on its menu.

Working in collaboration with Eat Wild, the development board for all wild meat in the UK, Tops Day Nurseries has developed five different wild meat meals which will be incorporated into the nursery’s menu.

Across the 32 sites, the children will be provided with wild meat meals twice within a three-week cycle, totalling 3,000 wild meat meals per month.

The inspiration behind this new menu comes from a strong belief in the nutritional value and benefits of game meat.

Pete Ttofis, Catering Manager at Tops Day Nurseries, said:

"The variety and how natural (wild foods) are appealed to me as I knew it hadn't been subjected to courses of intense growth hormones or antibiotic treatment and is left to roam freely eating natural foods within its natural environment.

"After a bit of exploring, it was discovered that the nutritional value of game was excellent, and contained less fat, as much protein and nutrients like vitamin B-12, iron and zinc as typical household meats.

"By switching to game meat this contributes to the protection of diverse species in their natural environment, aligning with Tops Day Nurseries sustainability mission and ethos."

To familiarise the children with new flavours, the group has incorporated wild foods into familiar dishes. Dishes such as venison bolognaise, and garlic bread will appear on our winter menu.

You can view the menus and read recipes here.