Food at ITC

[Dot]

What is the food actually like during basic training considering the vast amount of cardio you’ll be doing?

 

[Tony_m]

You’ll scoff like a dog eating a hot sausage and be grateful for it. Fuck any fancy diets you’ll be fuelled on chips and beans

 

[Fisherman]

Meals are pretty rushed. Breakfast you have a choice of either bacon, sausage, eggs, fried toast and beans or porridge or cereals. Lunch , dinner and NAAFI break is a mix of all sorts but the food is great

 

[Chelonian]

Fuck any fancy diets you’ll be fuelled on chips and beans

This. In a nutshell. Carbs eaten at the speed of a thousand gazelles.

 

[Mackers]

Lads will always slate the food but when you are fatigued and hungry it always tastes good, trust me.

 

[Brixstix]

Once in battalion do you cook for yourself or is food still cooked for you ?

 

[Tony_m]

There will be a cookhouse on site run by Sodexo. Cheap as chips but there will also be kitchen areas in the blocks with hobs, ovens and microwaves.

 

[MickyK108]

What is the food actually like during basic training considering the vast amount of cardio you’ll be doing?

Food at the cookhouse is actually quite nice but you will have to learn to eat a lot in fast time as some days you will only get 5-10 mins to get it into you especially with the new social distancing rules by the time you get to eat you have to be back out on the lines

 

[Dot]

What sort of options do you get and how often do you actually eat? Is it breakfast , lunch and dinner or is there more breaks?

 

[MickyK108]

What sort of options do you get and how often do you actually eat? Is it breakfast , lunch and dinner or is there more breaks?

Breakfast: 2x Sausages 2x bacon 3x Hash-browns with the options of fried eggs, fried bread, beans and yogurt

Lunch: This is different everyday which can range from pasta, chips, chicken, burgers, yogurt or fruit etc

Dinner: Burgers, pork, chicken, pasta, chips, curly fries, fish, pizza etc plus vegan options

you will also on nights you had pt get extra wee snacks like fruit yogurt bars and some either orange/apple juice or chocolate milk.

If the section commander on duty that night is in a good mood and you ask nicely you may get took down to the naafi with your platoon but later on in training you will be able to go by yourself