Clever Cuisine Colleague

Great food on campus, made simple.

Clever Cuisine Colleague is a flexible meal plan exclusively for University of Reading Employees*. For £65 inc. VAT, you’ll receive 10 meals to enjoy across participating Dining Services locations. The Colleague Clever Cuisine scheme mirrors the student scheme.

It is an easy, great-value way to make the most of campus food—whether you are grabbing lunch between meetings, catching up with colleagues or picking up dinner before heading home. Meal Equivalency applies in our outlets that do not operate Pay-on-Entry – this is the process of using a Meal Swipe for a pre-set bundle of food and drink.

What’s included?

Each meal-plan swipe gives you access to a generous meal at participating locations, including the all-you-can-eat restaurants at Park Eat, Eat at the Square, Wantage (by appointment) and St Patrick’s, as well as selected cafés – Wilderness Kitchen, the Dairy and Oh Crumbs!

Choose from freshly prepared hot meals, salads, plant-based dishes, international favourites and more. Menus change regularly and include clear allergen and nutritional information.

Park House now accepts Clever Cuisine for Colleague Plan holders, but will charge two Meal Swipes for certain dishes including a drink.

How it works

1 – Buy your Clever Cuisine for Colleagues plan for £65 at any Dining Services till point – you need your Campus Card. We will shortly launch an online portal.

2 – Your 10 meals are loaded onto your Campus Card.

3 – Tap your Campus Card at participating outlets to use a meal.

4 – You have until 31st July each year to use your Meal Swipes

No need to carry vouchers or worry about paying at every meal—just tap and enjoy.

Meal Swipes are redeemable in the same way as Clever Cuisine for Students – in bars and cafes please ask what’s included or look for the Clever Cuisine logo.

Good food, better value

Clever Cuisine meals are prepared by the University’s Dining Services team, with a focus on quality ingredients, variety and responsible sourcing. The colleague plan offers a simple way to enjoy campus food at excellent value.

If you need assistance with Clever Cuisine Colleague, the team prioritise face-to-face contact so please visit the Welcome Desk at Park Eat rather than emailing where possible.

Available Now

Clever Cuisine Colleague launched on 21 September.

Our standard terms and conditions apply to Clever Cuisine

Explore Clever Cuisine locations and menus

*Our definition of employee is those with Campus Cards marked as Staff – this Meal Plan is not available to any other type of Campus Card holder.

Not a University of Reading employee or student? We offer bespoke packages for other groups as chargeable service. Please note Dining Services is unable to fund discounts for other groups as our core objective is supporting our students and employees reflecting the University’s Charitable Status. Associate Campus Cards are not accepted. Students need to use the Student Clever Cuisine scheme as they don’t pay VAT.