|
|
How Schools can take part
|
Hundreds of schools use British Food Fortnight as an opportunity to teach young people about food: about the diverse and delicious range of food available, the benefits of healthy eating and about the pleasures of eating quality, fresh, seasonal and regionally distinct produce.
This year British Food Fortnight has again placed a special emphasis on teaching young people how to cook and invited all schools to incorporate food and cookery activities within their curriculum teaching. Schools were invited to teach children how to prepare simple meals during the Fortnight using the best of Britain’s in-season produce.
In an exciting development, cooks and chefs across the country signed-up to work with schools during the event to help teachers organise practical cookery activities. The aim is to emulate the French who send 3,500 chefs into schools every October to teach children about the delights of their national cuisine. Organisations representing over 9,000 chefs volunteered their support.
|
|
...for schools
|
200 schools are being kitted out with class sets of Kenwood cooking equipment. Your school could be one of them if you enter our ‘Cook for Life’ Challenge. The closing date is Friday 17 October. To download an entry form please follow this link
|
|
 The British Food Fortnight ‘Cook for Life’ Challenge in 2008 will again be sponsored by Kenwood. You will be able to download details of the competition and an entry form in due course.
***STOP PRESS*** STOP PRESS***STOP PRESS***
Small aprons have been mistakenly sent out to all winners of the Cook for Life Challenge 2007. Larger aprons will be sent to secondary school winners in due course. We are sorry for any frustration and inconvenience that this has caused.
|
|
|
Congratulations to Greencroft Community School, Stanley, Co. Durham – the national winners of the 2007 British Food Fortnight ‘Cook for Life’ Challenge sponsored by Kenwood. |
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Please follow the links below to download examples of how schools have taken part in British Food Fortnight in 2007.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Hundreds of schools – Primary, Secondary and Special Needs schools - invited chefs into the classroom to give cooking lessons, visited farms and allotments and toured local butchers, fishmongers and greengrocers as they took up the challenge to include food and cookery within their curriculum teaching during the Fortnight. Irish, Scottish and even some overseas schools participated for the first time.
A total of 66 schools in the UK are being rewarded for their efforts with class sets of Kenwood bakeware, smoothie makers, aprons and scales so that they are fully equipped to teach pupils how to cook long term. The national winner, who will also receive a top-of-the-range Kenwood chef, is… Greencroft Community School, Stanley, Co. Durham. Follow this link to read what Greencroft Community School did during British Food Fortnight.
The British Food Fortnight ‘Cook for Life’ Challenge in 2008 will again be sponsored by Kenwood. You will be able to download details of the competition and an entry form in due course.
To read about what schools did in 2007 please follow this link .
Please follow this link for free Kenwood 'Cook for Life' resource materials. |
|
|
The organisers of British Food Fortnight have updated their schools resources for 2007.
‘Putting the Ooo back into food: A Resource Pack for Schools’ - This pack is designed for those who want to teach young people about food, but do not know where to begin. It contains lessons and activities for each curriculum subject with details of where to obtain the resources to support them; in-season recipes; plus contacts of organisations that can offer activity-based support and learning facilities to help you. To download a copy, please use this link. ‘Putting the Ooo back into food: A Guide to including Cookery within the National Curriculum’ - The organisers of British Food Fortnight have worked with experts in education and culinary fields to produce a guide to incorporating cookery within the national curriculum. The guide gives practical advice on how to organise cookery activities for young people. It also contains examples from schools that have successfully incorporated cookery within their curriculum teaching; ideas for cookery lessons for early years, primary and secondary children and contacts of organisations that can help you by providing chefs who can visit your school to give cooking demonstrations and assist with lessons. To download a copy, please use this link. Put the Ooo back into food it’s British Food Fortnight! To download a six-page guide to taking part in British Food Fortnight that includes examples of how schools participated last year and for details of how to take part in the British Food Fortnight ‘Cook for Life’ Challenge, sponsored by Kenwood, please use this link.
To order a hard copy, please use this link to our contact details and our e-mail contact form.
|
|
| |
|
|
To advertise here ....
To advertise on this website please email us: click here
|
|
|
