Recruit your own Jamie

• Organisations representing 9,000 chefs have volunteered to help schools teach children how to cook during British Food Fortnight.  Chefs local to your school have been sent information about working with schools so the chances are there is someone near you willing and eager to help! 


• Contact details of chef and catering organisations that will help put you in touch with a chef plus a list of things to consider when inviting a chef into your school can be found on this link

Don’t fret about saucepans

• If you don’t have the facilities to give a cooking lesson in your school, consider using the kitchen in your local pub, restaurant, church hall...


• Ask for help from local retailers and farmers.  They may be able to supply you with ingredients. 

Seek inspiration

• See ‘Putting the Ooo back into Food - The Case Studies’ for examples of how schools have taken part in previous years.


• Download the definitive guides for early years, primary and secondary school teachers wanting to incorporate food-related activities and cookery within their curriculum teaching:


• ‘Putting the Ooo back into food: A Resource Pack for Schools’ – ideas for food-related activities for all curriculum subjects.


• ‘Putting the Ooo back into food: A Guide to including Cookery within the National Curriculum’ – cookery lessons and activities for early years, primary and secondary children.

Involve parents

For ideas of ways to involve parents click here

Remember to ask for help from local cooks and chefs!