Education

Manchester Fayre scooped the prize at the Local Authority Caterers Association Awards for actively promoting the benefits of healthy eating and the need for pupils to learn about healthy and more acti

A decision by the Cabinet will be made to provide a more financially viable system which still delivers high quality, healthy meals.

Derbyshire County Council has decided to keep meal prices at 2009/10 levels when pupils return for the new academic year in September.

Each cook had just one hour to cook a starter and a dessert for a school pupil using fresh ingredients.

Councillors on the Education Committee agreed to the new menus to make school meals more appealing for secondary school pupils in schools where the uptake has been low. Councillor Sandra McDowall, sai

One previous winner is Jeanette Orrey, now a school meals advisor, who helped inspire Jamie Oliver to launch his own campaign on school meals. Last year's winner was John Rankin from Penair Secondary

The number of pupils eating healthy food at school has seen the biggest year-on-year percentage point increase since the height of the school meals revolution. The annual survey of school lunch take u

The event was organised for over 300 secondary pupils at the Lea Green Activity Centre. TV chef Brian Turner, who stars on the BBC's Ready Steady Cook and Saturday Kitchen, was joined by locally-based

The imaginative ideas that got turned into school meals this year included a grilled salmon steak with stir -fried red onions, leeks, tomatoes, broccoli and quinoa dish, lamb and carrot tagine with gr

The owner/chef and general manager of the award-winning restaurant will visit the school tomorrow (Wednesday 7th July). During the day four classes of ten year eight pupils will be taught how to prepa