Hotel- & Restaurantskolen appoints Dagrofa Foodservice as its new main food supplier

18 December 2025 | Dagrofa Foodservice

• The Industrial Corner

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Hotel- & Restaurantskolen has selected Dagrofa Foodservice as the new primary supplier of food for the school’s many kitchens and culinary activities. The partnership is not only intended to ensure high-quality ingredients for teaching—it is also designed to bring students closer to the reality they are being trained for.

A new academic year at Hotel- & Restaurantskolen in Valby has just begun, and so has a new collaboration agreement with Dagrofa Foodservice.

Following a tender process, Dagrofa Foodservice has been appointed as the new main supplier to Hotel- & Restaurantskolen, where chefs, waiters, nutrition assistants, bakers/pastry chefs, and receptionists are trained.

In other words, Dagrofa Foodservice is now responsible for the primary delivery of food to the school’s kitchens as well as to the grocery store on campus.

Søren Kristensen, Director of Hotel- & Restaurantskolen, comments on the new agreement:

“I have 150 colleagues who every day are passionate about educating students and course participants to master sustainable gastronomy, culinary craftsmanship, and hospitality. This is only possible if we use high-quality ingredients in our teaching, with a focus on areas such as organic produce, animal welfare, and seasonality. At the same time, we must keep an eye on the economy, and we have found that balance in the new agreement with Dagrofa Foodservice.”

Partnership also aims to make teaching more grounded in reality
The new partnership came into effect on August 1, and a key element is that Dagrofa Foodservice will help make the school’s teaching even more vibrant and relevant.

Søren Kristensen elaborates:

“We must not be a dusty old school. On the contrary, we need to get out there and be an active part of the reality that we are training our students to navigate. Dagrofa Foodservice is a major player in the food industry, and we see it as a clear advantage that we can now draw on their network and culinary expertise.”

On the drawing board are, among other things, a wide range of producer visits, culinary masterclasses with Dagrofa Foodservice’s own specialists in areas such as meat and cheese, as well as a food waste programme.

Asger Rothenborg, Sales and Marketing Director at Dagrofa Foodservice, adds:

“The partnership with Hotel- & Restaurantskolen is not one of our largest agreements, but I have no doubt that it is one of the most important. The students and course participants at the school are the ones who will help shape the Danish food scene in the years to come, and we see it as a great privilege to help secure the foundation for the professional kitchens of the future.”

Hotel- & Restaurantskolen is Northern Europe’s largest vocational school within hotel, restaurant, and tourism, with more than 6,000 students and course participants each year.