As they get close to celebrating 16 years of supporting clients and inspiring improvement in catering-related procurement, allmanhall is delighted to announce the appointment of Katrina Lane to the position of Senior Client Relationship Manager as part of its continued commitment to expanding its team of professionals and providing supporting school catering teams with hands-on advice and experience.
Katrina’s introduction to catering began at the age of eight, helping with her family’s catering business, chopping parsley and folding napkins, which fostered her hands on approach. Since then, Katrina has, professionally, acquired a raft of knowledge and experience from across the catering spectrum. Most recently, Katrina spent four years at Winchester College as Head of Catering and Hospitality, where she was responsible for nutrition and menu planning, and managing all aspects of a very unique and complex catering provision.
Her extensive experience will be hugely beneficial to school catering teams working with allmanhall, as she embarks on a new chapter and takes on this new client support role at the leading food procurement provider.
Commenting on her move to allmanhall, Katrina said, “I am looking forward to using my wide range of catering experience to help provide the best service to allmanhall’s clients. Having worked in every element of the catering operation I understand and can empathise with the pressures being faced. By working alongside clients, I can communicate to them changes in the marketplace and help to manage their spend.”
Her remit at allmanhall will see her looking after school clients’ needs on a daily basis, building relationships, managing suppliers, and supporting catering teams with catering consultancy and with their food purchasing in these challenging times.
Jo Hall, one of the directors at allmanhall adds to this saying “Katrina is such an exciting addition to our team of passionate, knowledgeable and experienced experts. Our school partners are going to gain so much from the plethora of experiences she has had in an array of catering settings and sectors. Katrina’s joining our team underlines our ongoing commitment to supporting relationships which truly benefit schools, at a time when many other organisations are scaling back this valued support.”
