Education

Elevating school food. Enhancing student life.

Long before school food hit the headlines, MYA was leading innovation in education catering consultancy. With over 30 years’ experience and more than 500 school and university clients, we’re proud to be one of the UK’s most trusted school catering consultants.

From prep schools to universities, we understand the role food plays in shaping student wellbeing, sociability, and academic success. And we know how to make it work, operationally, creatively, financially, and strategically.

As regular ISBA speakers and long-time partners to its member schools, we bring deep sector knowledge and up-to-date insight to every project.

Here’s how we support you:

  • Audit and benchmark your current catering performance
  • Create concepts that transform the dining experience
  • Support school meal planning and nutrition compliance
  • Source and connect you with standout suppliers
  • Manage catering tenders and contractor relationships
  • Develop and upskill in-house teams
  • Plan, design, or refurbish dining facilities
  • Review menus for nutritional impact and balance
  • Build a practical sustainability strategy
  • Optimise housekeeping for hygiene and budget value

Whether you’re a day school, boarding school, college, or academy trust, we’ll help you deliver food that delights—and standards that stand up to scrutiny.

Read how we helped the London Screen Academy deliver first-class, nutritionally balanced meals to every student.

Let MYA make sure you’re not just keeping up—but leading the way.

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  • We recently worked with the team at MYA on a bid for a tender for multiple catering sites. Their proactive, innovative and dynamic approach to the task was a breath of fresh air, and we were able to work systematically through a complex set of designs with an abundance of creativity and design options to consider. Throughout the whole process, the team at MYA were fully engaged and, above all, great fun to work with. I will definitely be working with the team again on future projects and would highly recommend them as design consultants.

    Steven Braithwaite, Managing Director, Somerset Larder

  • We recently had the pleasure of collaborating with MYA on the City of London School for Girls project at the Barbican, London. One of the standout aspects of MYA’s involvement was their swift, detailed, and highly effective coordination of design elements. MYA’s proactive approach, attention to detail, and dedication to achieving design harmony made them an invaluable partner in this project. Their ability to strategically align diverse design aspects contributed significantly to the success of the collaboration, reinforcing the importance of well-integrated teamwork in delivering high-quality solutions.

    Simon Spiteri, Director/Architect, Cowan Architects

  • The team, led by Carla McKenzie, were meticulous in every detail. They modelled the cleaning requirements to deliver the optimum solution for the facilities across EMEA, and really took time to understand the culture of our business. I have no hesitation in recommending MYA and its team – they are dedicated and innovative, and always go the extra mile.

    Natalia Ros Vargas, Office Team Leader, Booking.com

  • Carla and her team have broad experience in the industry. Apart from being very supportive in inventing (new) concepts, they also make use of their many years of experience when implementing these concepts. Their ultimate goal is to let people enjoy honest and good food.

    Marcel Bisselink, Owner, Daily Fresh Food, Galeen, Netherlands

  • Carla and her team worked tirelessly with us to ensure our very international and cross-cultural needs were met with great creativity and skill. They listened to us, responded to our needs and delivered above expectations.

    Angela Hencher, Director of Business Administration, Dulwich College, Shanghai Pudong

  • They are brave enough to challenge others in pursuit of the ultimate solution, whether it be behind the scenes with kitchen flow and catering management, or front-of-house service and design.

    Richard Russell, Catering Equipment Distributor Director, Western Blueprint

  • If all companies who serve the independent school sector had your breadth of vision and openness of mind, I have little doubt that the sector would be a richer and more exciting place to be.

    Phillip Godfrey, Bursar, Halliford School

  • During the negotiation process, Carla’s knowledge and expertise enabled our company to achieve a very strong commercial outcome, and some significant savings were yielded from the exercise.

    Penny Arnold, Commercial & Operations Director, Fusion Lifestyle