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Find out about your food or catering options while staying in UCL Accommodation including menus, meal cards and special dietary requirement information.
Catering is available at Ifor Evans Hall and Ramsay Hall. These UCL Halls provide breakfast and evening meals Monday to Friday, with brunch served on the weekends.
Residents will need to make their own arrangements for meals outside of the food service times within their hall.
Please note that there is no food service before the official move-in weekend, on Bank Holidays, College closure days, Christmas break and Easter break.
Menus
Both our catered accommodation halls - Ifor Evans Hall and Ramsay Hall - offer a variety of food, including vegan, vegetarian, fish and meat options. UCL uses Gather & Gather as their catering provider.
- Breakfast
Served 7:45-9:30 Monday-Friday, Students can enjoy a continental breakfast or a full English breakfast, all served with Fairtrade Union Coffee from our artisan roasters in east London, tea and a range of juices.
- Brunch and Dinners
Enjoy delicious and healthy soups, a wide variety of hot meals, a salad bar and much more. Brunch served 11.30-13:30 Saturday & Sunday. Dinner served 17:00-19:00 Monday-Friday.
- Speciality meals
TBC
- Meat sourcing and Halal meat
In line with Company Policy along with the majority of catering facilities, supermarkets and restaurants in England, all the chicken and lamb that we use in our kitchens is pre-stunned before it is killed. The Muslim Council of Great Britain has agreed that pre-stunned meat can be deemed as Halal as long as a blessing/prayer is said at the time of killing. Download the PDF to read the statement in full.
Copies of our chicken & lamb Halal certificates are available to see from the Catering manager should you wish to do so.
- Allergies
Allergies are taken extremely seriously so every meal prepared on site has an allergen note. If you suffer from any allergy, please advise the Gather & Gather Team personally.
Meal Cards
A meal card will be issued for students in Ifor Evans Hall and Ramsay Hall on arrival. You will be asked to show your meal card to the front-line team member at each meal time.
Guests
You will need to speak to the catering team to purchase meal passes for your guests. Please be aware that you are not allowed to share your meal card with anyone, under any circumstances.
Sustainability
Our award-winning catering and hospitality provider, Gather & Gather, is committed to ethical and environmentally responsible catering. They hold a three-star Food Made Good accreditation from the Sustainable Restaurant Association and were awarded UCL's Sustainability Impact Award in 2024 for driving ambitious and innovative progress across their kitchens.
Carbon labelling
All meals made on site are carbon labelled to support low-impact choices. Gather & Gather also track this data and set termly targets for chefs to reduce the carbon impact of their menus.
Responsible Sourcing
Gather & Gather carefully sources ingredients to meet high ethical and environmental standards.
Seasonal ingredients: More than half of all ingredients are seasonal, supporting British producers and biodiversity.
Certified ingredients: All fish served is rated ‘best choice’ or ‘good’ according to the Marine Conservation Society, all our meat is Red-Tractor certified, eggs & milk are free-range, and bananas, tea, coffee, and sugar are Fairtrade certified.
Future 50 ingredients: Ingredients recognised by the WWF for their benefits to human health and biodiversity are featured on our menus and highlighted with the Future 50 logo.
Waste reduction
Material waste: To minimise the negative impact on the environment, no disposable serve ware or individual condiment sachets are used in the dining halls. Kitchens are clingfilm-free, and all chefs are trained to be mindful of plastic-waste.
Food waste: All food waste, including prep, plate, and counter waste, is measured and monitored to reduce food waste where possible. We encourage residents to take only what they can eat.
Find out more about Gather & Gather sustainability commitments and our promise
Packed dinner
If you know you are going to miss your dinner, you can order a packed dinner the day before. Please give the team at least 24h notice. Your packed dinner will include:
- sandwich or baguette
- bag of crisps
- fruit
- confectionary item
- a drink or bottle of water
Please follow the steps below to order your packed dinner.
- Order in advance
To ensure availability please order your packed dinner at breakfast the day before you need it.
- Complete order book
Place your order by adding the following details to the order book in the canteen (servery).
- Date packed dinner required
- Your full name
- Your room number
- Dietary requirements (vegan, allergies etc)
- Collection
Collect your order on the requested day at breakfast. Remember to bring your meal pass.