This collaboration gives eight adult learners the opportunity to join King’s Food kitchens for a week of hands-on work, learning directly from chefs. King’s Food says it is about opening doors, sharing knowledge, and helping people discover what it takes to succeed in the hospitality industry.
The students will learn about plant-focused, nutrition-based menu design, which is central to the Healthy Plate Healthy Planet programme. As they practice food safety, pick up new cooking skills, and learn to work in a busy kitchen, they also see how chefs make sustainability and nutrition part of daily service.
Lewis Linley, group head chef of King’s Food, said: “This partnership has been a real boost. It gives students hands-on experience in a busy catering environment and helps us grow future talent. Collaborations like this strengthen the industry and prepare chefs for the realities of modern hospitality.”
This collaboration is about building bridges between education and employment and giving people the chance to discover what they are capable of and the beginning of something genuinely exciting for their futures and potentially transformative for the sector as a whole.
Vince Kelly, manager of the Hospitality Skills Academy, added: “Having employer partners like King’s Food gives these adult learners an excellent opportunity to learn from industry professionals and see first-hand the application of more plant centric nutritionally informed menus.
“Culinary Medicine’s Healthy Plate Healthy Planet Skills Bootcamp is the first step towards reimagining culinary curriculum on a larger scale by informing the chefs and hospitality specialists of tomorrow to rethink what they put on the plate.”