Congratulations to Greencroft Community School, Stanley, Co. Durham – the national winners of the 2007 British Food Fortnight ‘Cook for Life’ Challenge sponsored by Kenwood.

During British Food Fortnight 2007…

• the school invited the local Women's Institute to help them teach pupils how to cook.
• they linked the session to curriculum teaching in an interesting way by preparing dishes that would have been cooked years ago with dishes that are typical of today thus providing a historical comparison and encouraging children to think about food past and present.
• there was a very strong emphasis on sourcing British with pupils shopping for ingredients and buying local wherever possible. As part of this they visited local allotments to teach children about reducing carbon footprints.
• they ate all the food together as a group together with the WI members with the specific aim of encouraging social interaction between generations.
• the teacher put a strong emphasis on 'fun' which is so important when teaching children how to cook.