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Great minds weren’t forged in grease
Child health is at a tipping point
Obesity is one of the biggest crises facing our country, with diet-related disease-causing untold personal misery and costing the NHS £6 billion a year and rising. In the most deprived areas, 1 in 3 children leaves primary school obese, almost double the rates in more privileged areas.
Investing equally in the next generation, equipping every child with the skills to eat and cook real food for themselves, is a proven, vital intervention into their future health, wellbeing and happiness. Yet while the school food system has come a long way, there is still too often beige, boring bad for you food being served up in schools.
“But you can’t change the system.” Nope.
“But good food is expensive”. Wrong again.
“Kids don’t need nice food”. Now that’s just mean.
Better is possible
At Chefs in Schools, we’re delivering clean, healthy, inexpensive, generation-powering, mind-opening, society-changing food in schools – and inspiring and enabling schools across the country to follow our lead.
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New research shows ultra-processed foods make up two thirds of britain’s school meals
New research shows ultra-processed foods make up almost two-thirds of Britain’s school meals. They estimate that primary and secondary school children are getting the majority of their lunchtime calories from ‘ultra-processed’ foods.
Chefs in Schools Turns four: Chief Executive Naomi Duncan reflects
It’s been quite the four years…
Chefs In schools turns 4: why thomasina miers supports us
Our trustee, Thomasina Miers, was instrumental in getting our charity up and running. Over the past four years, no matter how busy running Wahaca or writing cookbooks or putting the food world to rights, or raising a family, Thomasina has been a vocal supporter and always on hand to help.
