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Photo shows Dan Kranjcic who has set up 'Pinwheel & Co' at Camberwell Girls Grammar. The Cafe serves students gourmet food and barista coffee.
Photo: Scott McNaughton

Founded in 2016 in Melbourne by Chef Dan Kranjcic, Pinwheel & Co is a catering company that mostly services clients in the education industry.

Before starting Pinwheel & Co, Dan spent two decades working in fine dining restaurants. A strong desire to start
his own business, Dan created Pinwheel & Co and recruited a team of former restaurant colleagues
to run the business alongside him.

Quite simply, the team at Pinwheel & Co create exciting venues within the school gates.

Melbourne is the food capital of Australia. Streets are lined with great venues, all providing quality
food and an atmosphere to suit. However, this culture doesn’t exist within schools and
there’s no reason why it shouldn’t!

Our experience in the hospitality industry, coupled with expertise at our craft,
guarantee a product and service that school communities love.

SCHOOL CATERING

Pinwheel & Co provide a one stop shop for total onsite hospitality management within schools.

We work with leading independent schools, saving them money and taking
the stress out of canteen management and event catering.

Cafe / Canteen Management

Pinwheel & Co literally turn the typical ‘school tuckshop’ concept on its head.

We completely transform school cafes/canteens, creating an exciting venue, which very quickly becomes the hub of the school… a place that students, staff and parents all wish to meet…and eat.

Think a modern venue full of vibe. A barista serving coffee and hot drinks how you like. A menu that changes with the seasons. Daily specials. An abundance of delicious fresh food prepared onsite everyday. Nobody will ever get bored or hungry with Pinwheel & Co in charge.

A key difference to other catering companies is that Pinwheel & Co staff are all fully qualified chefs (not cooks) who have years and years of professional experience.

We don’t think of students as ‘kids’ either. Everybody is a customer and everybody is important to the Pinwheel & Co team.

Pinwheel & Co don’t start their day when the first school bell rings and finish when the last bell rings either. We trade all day to provide the following services:

Breakfast
Morning Tea
Lunch
Afternoon Tea
Dinner

From the branding to the on-trend uniforms, the custom food packaging to the ever-changing counter-top displays… nothing says ‘school’ about a Pinwheel & Co cafe.

School Event Catering

Pinwheel & Co have a number of corporate menus which can easily be implemented to suit all styles of events and budgets. The team are also experts at designing a bespoke menu just for your in-house event.

From the boardroom to the ballroom, no school event is too big or too small for Pinwheel & Co.

Special Services

To create a hype and excitement about food among school communities, Pinwheel & Co also offer a number of special services including:

Take Home Dinner Boxes

Life gets in the way sometimes, so let Pinwheel & Co take care of dinner when you can’t by ordering one of their delicious dinner boxes. The menu changes weekly and dinner boxes are ready for collection at the end of the school day. Too easy!

Cooking Classes

Dan has cooked for the stars and run two of Melbourne’s busiest restaurants. So… let him teach your community some of the tricks of the trade through his monthly cooking classes.

EVENT CATERING

Pinwheel & Co like to PARTY!

If we have the time, we accept bookings from both corporate and private clients.

From canapé to sit down, boardroom to conference, engagement to birthday… no event is too big or too small.

In fact, in the past couple of months, we’ve done them all.

Our Events Team are passionate, personable and highly creative.
They have a brilliant energy and their experience in all areas of hospitality guarantees that your
special event is delivered with flair and executed with perfection.