What Is It?

tongue Chefs Adopt a School is the Academy of Culinary Arts’ charitable long-term project which, through a ‘hands-on’ approach, focuses on developing an essential understanding of ‘taste’ and teaches children about the pleasures of eating, the provenance of ingredients and the processes by which raw materials are transformed into food. As well as providing a solid basis for learning life skills, it is hoped that this will encourage them to experiment for themselves.

Main Aims of Chefs Adopt a School

To introduce children to ‘real’ food: how to taste and appreciate the joys of eating
To advance the education of children and young persons in food, nutrition, hygiene, health and related subjects
To develop their knowledge of food and food provenance, and understanding of the diversity of foods eaten by different people for cultural and medical reasons.

Chefs Adopt a School endorses the government’s policy on healthy eating, by educating children and young persons in food, nutrition, hygiene, and health. Food and cooking should be included in the national curriculum for children from five years and upwards.

Trustees: Richard Shepherd CBE, Brian J. Turner CBE, Sam Gordon Clark, Sara Jayne Stanes OBE

Chefs adopt a school