ABOUT

Founded in 2016 in Melbourne by husband and wife team, Dan and Belinda Kranjcic, Pinwheel & Co is a catering company that mostly services clients in the education industry.

Group Executive Chef & Operations

Dan grew up in Victoria’s Yarra Valley and his love for food and cooking was discovered at an early age. Each weekend he would bake sweets from his grandma’s cookbooks – his favourite being the Pinwheel biscuit.

Before founding Pinwheel & Co, Dan spent two decades working in and running fine dining restaurants in Australia, Canada and London. Throughout his career, he has cooked for some of the world’s most prominent business people and celebrities.

Group Administration & Event Management

Belinda has a strong and diverse background in marketing, communications and event management, holding roles in the tourism, hospitality, medical and education industries.

Prior to working full time in Pinwheel & Co, Belinda spent 16 years working at a senior management level in one of Melbourne’s leading private schools for girls.

Together, Dan & Belinda created Pinwheel & Co to fill a gap in the education catering market.

Their experience in the hospitality industry and deep knowledge of how schools operate, coupled with

expertise at their craft, guarantee a product and service that school communities love.

Fast Facts

Highly experienced team of fully qualified chefs to manage all aspects of catering

Reputation as one of Melbourne's leading education caterers

Offering a broad & balanced menu at an affordable price point

A boutique company, Pinwheel & Co only works with a small number of education clients to ensure quality is maintained.

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, event and corporate 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, professional, 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.