Meals

University College provides 21 meals per week for students.

Meals are served buffet-style in the kitchen, except during High Table dinners or other special events.

Cereals, fruit, fresh bread and spreads are provided in the dining hall daily from 7am-7:30pm, so you can also make snacks outside of these core meal hours.

The meal times each day are as follows:

Weekdays/Saturday

Breakfast: 7:30am - 9:30am

Lunch: 11:30am - 1:30pm

Dinner: 5.30pm - 7:30pm

Sunday

Hot Brunch: 11:30am -1:00pm

Dinner: 5:30pm - 7:30pm

Food intolerances and allergies

Students with food intolerances should make these known on their College application and should discuss their particular needs with the Registrar.

Most dietaries are catered for as standard. Be sure to inform us if your dietary requirements change.

Please note that the College is not in a position to guarantee the safety of residents with severe allergic reactions to particular foods (such as peanuts)

Meal requests

The sandwich bar is available to residents at breakfast service, so if you cannot return to College for lunch you can use the sandwich station to make lunch to take with you.
Residents requiring a cut lunch on weekends for academic or College commitments must make prior arrangements with the kitchen staff.
Sporting teams who require a meal outside of the normal serving time, should also arrange this with the kitchen at least 48 hours prior to the event.

Guest meals

Residents are welcome to bring their visiting friends/family to meals. There's a $10 charge for guests meals.

Have a late lecture/tutorial off-site?

Late dinners can be requested on the UC Resident Portal by 4:00pm for residents whose commitments don’t allow them to eat at the scheduled times.
Late dinners are available for collection from the kitchen from 8:00pm - 8:45pm.
After this time the Dining Hall will be locked and it will be necessary to call the Resident Tutor on duty to provide you with access to your meal.

Please note: if you cannot pick up your dinner before 10:30pm please organise for a friend to collect it on your behalf and store it in one of the kitchenette fridges.

Kitchen Etiquette

If you feel sick, please wear a mask and wash hands before entering the kitchen
Footwear is a requirement in the kitchen
Please return cups, plates and cutlery ASAP
The items in the kitchen are to share, so please don't take whole bottles of milk, bread etc
Please put rubbish in the waste bin, recycling or compost

High Table

High Table dinners are served most Monday nights during the teaching semester. High Tables are a chance for the whole College community to share a two-course meal together and announcements are made about what is happening that coming week. Academic gowns are to be worn by all residents at High Tables.

A number of undergraduate residents are invited to sit at the High Table each night. It is essential that you reply to these invitations from the Registrar by the RSVP date. Drinks are generally served in the Senior Common Room first for staff, RTs, guests, postgraduates and invited undergraduates. All residents are asked to be in the Dining Hall by 6:15pm.

General announcements take place before dessert. After dessert, residents in the body of the Hall are then free to leave. Those on the High Table will be invited to join the Head of College for tea and coffee. These dinners are usually completed by 7:30pm in time for tutorials.

As well as High Table, the College hosts several other formal dinners each year including Commencement Dinner (to mark the start of the academic year) and Valedictory Dinner (to farewell our students at the end of the year).

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