Education

While a majority of parents will see the cost of school meals rise below the rate of inflation this September, others will have to pay up to 17% more than this time last year.

The new course - The Knowledge - will run on October 7 and 8 at the state-of-the-art cookery school in Staveley near Kendal, tutored by the new general manager and head chef of the school, Magnus Mumb

The charity's chairman, Rob Rees, said: "There are simple things which can make a huge difference here.

The Cookery School's team will run this one-off session for a limited number of cooks from 3-6pm at their purpose-built training kitchen.

The Institute of Food Research's Tallest Jelly competition is open to schools throughout Norfolk as part of the EDP Bidwells Norfolk Food Festival.

The survey also found one out of five parents under pressure are more likely to give their children sugary cereals, rather than healthier foods, like porridge and wholegrain cereal.

Public health and protection officers have banned street trading during school hours and term times in roads surrounding Porth County Community and Treorchy Comprehensive Schools.

Chesham Grammar has signed up for two more years with AiP, expanding its 12 year relationship with the company, which holds the Bronze Food for Life Award. AiP will be investing in brand new kitchen e

3663 was awarded the contract in April and has the option to extend for an additional year.

The K2N software programme calculates nutritional values of recipes and menus and is available to customers of selected Country Range Group members.