Education

On 24 March 2009 Waltham Forest Council became the first local authority in the UK to ban fast food outlets from opening within 400 metres of schools, leisure centres and parks.

A major new report from YouGov SixthSense on the snacking habits of adults and children in the UK reveals that over half of adults in the UK (55%) snack on fresh fruit in between meals.

The pilot, which offered children in 20 local primary schools all meals for £1, saw school meal take-up rise from 6,360 a week to an average of 11,242 during the first half of the spring term.

Tom Lawson, Matt Headford and Camilla Dignan were judged best in class for their gold standard menu and skills at a live cook-off held at Hotelympia on 3 March. Coached by Mick Burke, catering lecture

Executive head chef Ian Morgan, Daniel Boniface, Cucina Group chef for Cambridge and Andrew Wilcock, head chef at Esher High School in Surrey, won golds at the Salon Culinaire. All three chefs are mem

Willcox was one of 10 chefs who competed in the final, representing Sodexo's healthcare, education, defence and corporate services segments. As part of the competition, chefs had to prepare and presen

The move to appoint Accent is designed to ensure that all pupils, aged between three and 11 years, will have to opportunity to benefit from healthy, tasty, well prepared meals each day at an affordabl

This year food adventurer and Gastronuts presenter Stefan Gates is challenging young cooks to 'Create a dream meal for you and your friends'.

Their stand (S2560) at this show will be showcasing the brand's latest developments in handheld snacks with live demonstrations and product sampling. In addition next Wednesday will see McDougalls ded

The School Food Trust is warning that the huge amount of time, effort and money that has gone into transforming school food over the last five years is in danger of being wasted unless schools ensure