Honest Meals Dorset has been preparing and delivering hot, nutritious meals to day nurseries across Dorset for over sixteen years. Meals are cooked fresh each morning and reach nurseries within forty-five minutes in thermally insulated containers at serving temperature, with a three-week rotating menu that accommodates vegan, vegetarian, halal, and allergy-friendly diets.
Run by Alex De Freitas, a mother and grandmother with sixteen years of experience in nursery catering, Honest Meals Dorset operates from an approved food manufacturing premises at 872 Christchurch Road in Pokesdown, Bournemouth. The business was born from a passion for giving young children access to freshly prepared, nutritious food throughout their nursery day.
Menus rotate on a three-week cycle with seasonal and international influences, and the team works in partnership with educational providers to comply with Early Years healthy eating guidelines. The kitchen operates as a nut-free environment and can safely accommodate even life-threatening allergies, with staff trained in allergen handling and full supply chain traceability in place.
Meals are delivered in stainless steel gastronorm containers inside thermally insulated boxes that maintain food at sixty-three degrees for up to an hour. If children are napping at lunchtime, the food can be safely reheated. Nurseries place weekly orders specifying numbers and dietary requirements, and invoicing runs monthly.
At approximately fifteen pounds per child per week, the service is positioned as comparable in cost to homemade lunchboxes. Named nursery clients include King's Castle Montessori School, Woodlands Day Nursery, and Talbot Park Nursery.