Food for thought at Kents Hill Park Training and Conference Centre

In 2011 Kents Hill Park Training and Conference Centre signed up to the Government’s Responsibility Deal, championing healthier eating for you, our customers.

To support this we have launched Know Your Food, out new initiative that will put health in the heart of what we do.

Our key commitments to you are:

• Provide full GDA labelling on our food and drink

• Eliminate artificial trans-fats in the food we serve

• Continue our efforts to further reduce the salt levels in our food

• Reduce the calorie content of our recipes wherever we can.

Guideline Daily Amounts or GDA’s are derived from Government dietary recommendations. They provide a guide to how many calories and nutrients we should consume each day for a healthy, balanced diet. We now display the GDA information in amounts and percentage of GDA for calories, sugars, fat, saturated fat, sugars and salt in our restaurant, in a similar format to the information a lot of the supermarkets use. You can use this information to compare the average nutritional content per serving of the different dishes on the menu, helping you to make the choices that are right for you and your diet. 

Artificial trans-fats can be formed when oil goes through a process called hydrogenation, which makes the oil more solid (known as hardening). This type of fat, known as hydrogenated fat, can be used for frying or as an ingredient in foods. Working with our supplier partners, dieticians and Chefs, we have reviewed the ingredients that we use to create our menus and have removed all artificial trans-fats.

We have already done a huge amount of work to reduce the amount of Salt in our recipes, but we are committed to ensuring we continue to meet, if not exceed, the government targets.

Where possible, and without compromising on quality or taste, we will continue to look at ways of reducing the number of calories in our recipes whilst continuing to offer you variety and choice through our menus.

Keep an eye out for the ‘Know Your Food’ board in our restaurant where you will find information around our ongoing commitments to healthier eating and living as well as details about our sustainable sourcing initiatives and promises. 

Kents Hill Park Training and Conference Centre

Kents Hill Park is a dedicated training and conference centre set in a peaceful location yet within easy access to key road (M1 J13/14), rail and airport networks.

Wtih over 70 meeting rooms and 330 bedrooms combined with our onsite AV Production Team to assist in event production, conference organisers can be assured of a successful event.  Delegates have use of our extensive leisure facilities throughout their stay.

17m indoor swimming pool, steam room, sauna, Jacuzzi, fully equipped gymnasium, two squash courts, large sports hall for badminton, five a-side football, short tennis, exercise classes and a beauty treatment room.