The Kids' Cookery School
The Kids' Cookery School (KCS) is a cookery school for children aged 3-16 which has charitable status. Children aged 3-16 years old go to KCS for practical cookery lessons, where they learn to cook healthy food from fresh ingredients.[1] The school was founded in 1995 by Fiona Hamilton-Fairley, who raised funds to build the purpose-built teaching kitchens in Acton, West London Acton, London.[1]
Founding[edit]
After a career in the food industry, including a stint as a chef for a Brigadier General in Berlin, Hamilton-Firley decided there as an unfulfilled niche and opportunity to teach children anappreciationfor food and its preparation. ""Theory is important but what is needed is to contextualise cooking," she says. "We offer children hands-on experience in the kitchen but also an eyes, ears, nose and tummy experience."[1]
Activities[edit]
Almost 13, 000 children a year are taught at The Kids' Cookery School. The goal of the school is to teach children healthy choices and teach them valuable life skills.[1] Hamilton-Fairley learned that a majority of parents believed teaching children cooking skills is important, however very few actually have the time to teach their own children.[2] The school is listed in the 2002 Guide to Cooking Schools.[3]
In 2009 The Kids' Cookery School started 'KCS on wheels'. Experienced chefs are sent to communities to bring cooking to children who otherwise might not experience the school.[4]
Funding[edit]
The school is a registered charity and relies on donations from charitable trusts, companies, individuals and government.[5][6]
External links[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Gould, Kevin; Karmel, Annabel (31 August 2002). "We can all go to work on an egg". The Daily Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group Limited. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- ↑ "Giving your kids a taste for cookery is teaching a skill for life". Belfast Telegraph. 31 October 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- ↑ Kaplan, Dorlene (2002). The Guide to Cooking Schools (15th ed.). Shawguides. p. 325. ISBN 978-0945834304. Search this book on
- ↑ Hamilton-Fairley, Fiona. "How to Get Your Kids into Cooking". Huffington Post. Verizon Media. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- ↑ "Kids' cookery classes". deliciousmagazine. DELICIOUS MAGAZINE. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- ↑ "Charity accuses lottery fund of confused priorities". The Guardian. Guardian News. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
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