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Background - From Launch to PresentThis year, Chefs Adopt a School celebrates its 20th Anniversary. We were thrilled to celebrate with a very special event at St George's School in London, the very first school we adopted. We were even more delighted to be joined by Their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall and a host of the hospitality industry's finest: Heston Blumenthal, Raymond Blanc, Albert Roux, Brian Turner, John Williams, Gary Rhodes and Cyrus Todiwala to name but a few. The day was capped off by The Prince of Wales' speech, where he commented that Chefs Adopt a School should be the model that is used across the country. You can see all the action of the day in this video (press the Originally conceived in 1990, a nationwide day of taste on 18th October 1993 officially launched Chefs Adopt A School. Since then the project has grown to include 5 year olds and GCSE-level students, as well as the 8-11 year old group for which it was originally designed.
Chefs Adopt a School has also been robustly evaluated - most recently by Genecon who looked at Chefs Adopt a School in the North West - and the results speak for themselves. Read/download the report and executive summary We have also been evaluated by City University's Food Policy Department - head, Professor Tim Lang. Read the executive summary here. For the full report, please contact the Chefs Adopt a School programme manager. caas@academyofculinaryarts.org.uk The project's continuing success depends largely upon the support of our industry, the schools and the media, to promote this opportunity to address and ultimately change Great Britain's reputation for culinary apathy through its school children and our top chefs. It is all about children, changing attitudes, and a formal policy for the future of healthy eating. Those in the industry currently working in partnership with Chefs Adopt A School include: The Savoy Educational Trust, The Worshipful Company of Cooks, Meyer Prestige and Hilton in the Community, all of whom continue to share a commitment to excellence, quality and mutual goals.
The Curry Report (2002) concluded that "the bottom line is that food skills and nutritional knowledge are vital if we are to stem the trends which are undermining the health of our nation. We are also proud of the recognition accorded to us by our peers in the industry, which include:
"The (Adopt A School) Trust seeks to teach the importance of nutrition, hygiene, health and cooking as a life skill. Food is a holistic educational experience.a most important and yet neglected part of the education." "THANK YOU! Thursday was great. It was the best day of my life. My best bit was eating vanilla jelly. I also learnt where my taste buds are.please please come again!" "Thank you for your fun and exciting afternoon. The food was so delicious that my tast buds are still tingling now.I was wondering how you get into cooking because I want to become a chef when I am older, so please reply to me and tell me the answer." "I have learnt how to cook pancakes and before I didn't know how to cook anything. I love learning!"
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Studies have established the links between behaviour, obesity and a 'processed' diet full of additives. The government believes that combining a healthy diet with physical activity and sport helps us to develop a healthy lifestyle that will protect us in adulthood.
