News & More…

With school meals back in the headlines and warnings about shrinking portion sizes, our Chief Executive, Naomi Duncan, calls for action to address the ongoing issues in school food.

Nerissa was employee number 1 at Chefs in Schools. She’s been so influential in how we operate that there was no way a Chefs in Schools cookbook wasn’t going to feature her insights along with some of her most famous recipes!

If you’re trying the injera recipe from Feed Your Family, here’s some top tips from Sara and Charlie.

Our new cookbook which celebrates the great school food being served up in schools – is available to buy in shops and online now.

In the wake of so many complementary reviews from industry opinion formers and thought leaders, thefoodpeople are delighted to launch their 3rd e-book 16 Years in Food & Beverage Trends, with all proceeds going directly to the TFP Foundation & Chefs in Schools.

Belazu, the food supplier to chefs and home cooks, invited us onto Flavour Talks – a podcast all about extraordinary and uncompromised flavour.

Publication day is here!
If you’ve pre-ordered #FeedYourFamily please let us know which recipes you enjoy making at home.

We’re expanding again! This time to the South West – and we’re looking for schools, suppliers and people passionate about food to work with. If you’re in the SW and want to know more about what we do, we have a couple of events lined up.

We welcome the school food policy reforms announced in the ‘Levelling Up’ white paper. It is positive to see the vital importance of school food and food education being recognised when it comes to increasing health and wellbeing.

Chefs in Schools has an exciting opportunity for someone to share their passion for food with the next generation. We’re looking for a chef trainer to join our team, working directly for our co-founder Nicole Pisani, supporting new schools and chefs who join our movement.

Baking bread from scratch is something the primary schools we work with all do. Not only does it smell amazing, but it’s a good way to make savings which can be reinvested in buying better produce. It’s also a neat way of introducing new flavours to pupils.

The team at Neal’s Yard Dairy already do a cheese of the month selection, but this time, for the community box, the purchase also includes a £2.50 donation to a cause close to their hearts.

The Canvin and Catchpole Christmas Hampers are back with a new target to supply 3,000 school meals in partnership with Chefs in Schools and the #giveasausage campaign.

Sabina Nessa was a teacher at Rushey Green Primary School in Lewisham, one of the schools we support. They are a fantastic team and it’s heartbreaking to know they’ve lost a passionate, caring and dedicated teacher in such cruel circumstances.

We are delighted to announce that the Garfield Weston foundation is supporting chefs in schools with a grant of £75,000 over the next three years.

Chefs, students and the Craft Guild of Chefs worked together to put on a pop-up supper club with a difference – serving school lunch to the diners.

Charlie is the Head Chef at Stormont House SENs School, and serves up a vegetarian menu twice a week, investing the savings he makes in better quality meat for the other days.