Education

Worcester is one of 29 specialist centres and partnerships comprising School FEAST, (Food Skills and Excellence Training) and is the second specialist training centre for school cooks in the West Midl

The club recently invited key stage 4 food technology students to spend one of their lessons in their kitchens.

The website will be targeted at parents so they can pay online and obtain information about primary school meals.

The voluntary scheme, which has the working title 'Healthier Food Mark', is being set up by the Department of Health, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Food Standards Agen

The Enhancement model is the next stage of the programme, which is a Government flagship scheme now celebrating its tenth anniversary.

Split into two teams, the teenagers joined Hilton head chef David Gale and Des Norton from The Manchester College as they battled it out in the kitchen to cook the best three course lunch.

The Premier Foods home economist team has a combined industry experience of more than 200 years.

The report concludes that the pilot was a great success.

Latest figures just released reveal the current uptake has soared to a borough-wide average of around 75% – compared with 51% of children last year who were either having a free school meal or payin

Cucina's professional and innovative approach, which includes appointing a head chef to oversee each site and offering an educational food service which links the classroom to the kitchen, has helped