Naomi Duncan's guest appearances

Naomi Duncan

Doing Good Through Food

Humans of Hospitality

Talking Early Years with June O'Sullivan

Act 2 by Choosing Him Ministries 

Rob Wilson

Cemal Ezel

Helen Browning

Jonathan Downey

Charlotte Riley

David Sax

Jack Stein

Ben Jackson

Gary Jones

Tim Hall

Hamish Martin

Paul Newnham

Chris Davies

Mark Hix

Leslee Udwin

OwlTail

June O’Sullivan meets Chefs in Schools CEO, Naomi Duncan who is leading a new revolution in school food, recruiting and training chefs with pedigrees from some of London’s top restaurants such as Nopi &amp; Noma to take on food and food education in schools. Backed by leading chefs and restaurateurs including Henry Dimbleby, Prue Leith and Yottam Ottolenghi, they have changed the face of school food for more than 10,000 pupils already. As with LEYF’s Chef Academy, they too believe that children have an absolute and vital right to enjoy and learn about fresh, nutritious food - and most importantly, get excited about it! Equipping the next generation with the skills and knowledge to feed themselves and their families well, should be a central part of the education offered in both nurseries and schools. 

June O’Sullivan meets Chefs in Schools CEO, Naomi Duncan who is leading a new revolution in school food, recruiting and training chefs with pedigrees from some of London’s top restaurants such as Nopi &amp; Noma to take on food and food education in schools. Backed by leading chefs and restaurateurs including Henry Dimbleby, Prue Leith and Yottam Ottolenghi, they have changed the face of school food for more than 10,000 pupils already. As with LEYF’s Chef Academy, they too believe that children have an absolute and vital right to enjoy and learn about fresh, nutritious food - and most importantly, get excited about it! Equipping the next generation with the skills and knowledge to feed themselves and their families well, should be a central part of the education offered in both nurseries and schools.

Talking Early Years: June O'Sullivan and Naomi Duncan 

Surely schools are the place to improve knowledge on food, on what we should eat, to inspire a life long love for whole food and to understand the difference between real food and processed food.  To understand that food is essential for life, and that in the modern world nobody should be going hungry.  To try and fathom how on earth it is possible for the same areas struck be food poverty and lack of access to food to at the same time be suffering from diabetes and obesity due to the shocking quality of the food that may be available.  It’s just so bloody obvious.  How on earth have we allowed ourselves to have an education system that spends so little time on the one thing we put in our bodies every single day that nourishes us.  That gives us energy, that fuels our bodies and our minds.  We cannot achieve our potential either individually or as a collective unless we fuel ourselves efficiently. Naomi Duncan and the charity Chefs in Schools are right at the beating heart of this debate and trailblazing some of the improvements that can be made.  They will soon be working with over 70 schools, predominantly in London, but with grand plans to work with, or inspire a transformation across thousands, if not tens of thousands of schools. In this chat we dive into understanding what the problem with school food is, how have we ended up here, what should be done, what can be done and what is being done.  The impact that Naomi and the Chefs in Schools team are having is exceptional and very exciting.  Wether helping get fully trained restaurant style chefs into schools, or working with existing teams, they are focused not only on providing better food in canteens, but working with the curriculum in educating children and inspiring them around what good food can look like.  But whatever you do, don’t call the food healthy, since they have learnt the hard hard way, that can turn the average teenager off.  I hope many of you listening will be inspired to speak to your local schools.  If you are a parent perhaps you can ask better questions of your kids school.  But if you work in the sector, why not reach out to your local school and see if you can help.  I’ve personally found working with my local primary school in inspiring and teaching children about real food and seasonality and presentation and the ethics of food has been hugely entertaining and exceptionally rewarding.   Read about the School Food Plan and visit Chefs In Schools online or follow them on instagram or twitter  

Surely schools are the place to improve knowledge on food, on what we should eat, to inspire a life long love for whole food and to understand the difference between real food and processed food.  To understand that food is essential for life, and that in the modern world nobody should be going hungry.  To try and fathom how on earth it is possible for the same areas struck be food poverty and lack of access to food to at the same time be suffering from diabetes and obesity due to the shocking quality of the food that may be available.  It’s just so bloody obvious.  How on earth have we allowed ourselves to have an education system that spends so little time on the one thing we put in our bodies every single day that nourishes us.  That gives us energy, that fuels our bodies and our minds.  We cannot achieve our potential either individually or as a collective unless we fuel ourselves efficiently. Naomi Duncan and the charity Chefs in Schools are right at the beating heart of this debate and trailblazing some of the improvements that can be made.  They will soon be working with over 70 schools, predominantly in London, but with grand plans to work with, or inspire a transformation across thousands, if not tens of thousands of schools. In this chat we dive into understanding what the problem with school food is, how have we ended up here, what should be done, what can be done and what is being done.  The impact that Naomi and the Chefs in Schools team are having is exceptional and very exciting.  Wether helping get fully trained restaurant style chefs into schools, or working with existing teams, they are focused not only on providing better food in canteens, but working with the curriculum in educating children and inspiring them around what good food can look like.  But whatever you do, don’t call the food healthy, since they have learnt the hard hard way, that can turn the average teenager off.  I hope many of you listening will be inspired to speak to your local schools.  If you are a parent perhaps you can ask better questions of your kids school.  But if you work in the sector, why not reach out to your local school and see if you can help.  I’ve personally found working with my local primary school in inspiring and teaching children about real food and seasonality and presentation and the ethics of food has been hugely entertaining and exceptionally rewarding.   Read about the<a href="http://www.schoolfoodplan.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"> School Food Plan</a> and visit <a href="https://www.chefsinschools.org.uk" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Chefs In Schools</a> online or follow them on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/chefsinschools_uk/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">instagram</a> or <a href="https://twitter.com/ChefsinSchools" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">twitter</a>

#117 Naomi Duncan - CEO Chefs in Schools charity

Naomi is Chief Executive of Chefs in Schools - a charity working to improve the health of children through better school food &amp; education.They realised that the closure of schools would have a disproportionate serious impact on those children for whom free school meals are the main or even only food they receive. Now, Chefs in Schools are working to prevent children living in food insecure households in the UK from going hungry. They are providing free school meals to eligible pupils who are now at home and they’re helping schools to feed the children of key workers too. Please enjoy they episode... if you want to find out more about their current focus and what they do under more normal circumstances please check out their website:https://www.chefsinschools.org.ukAnd if you are in a position to donate anything to help them continue their vital work please consider doing so here:Chefs in Schools - Crowdfunder

Naomi is Chief Executive of Chefs in Schools - a charity working to improve the health of children through better school food &amp; education.They realised that the closure of schools would have a disproportionate serious impact on those children for whom free school meals are the main or even only food they receive. Now, Chefs in Schools are working to prevent children living in food insecure households in the UK from going hungry. They are providing free school meals to eligible pupils who are now at home and they’re helping schools to feed the children of key workers too. Please enjoy they episode... if you want to find out more about their current focus and what they do under more normal circumstances please check out their website: <a href="https://www.chefsinschools.org.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.chefsinschools.org.uk</a> And if you are in a position to donate anything to help them continue their vital work please consider doing so here: <a href="https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/emergency-appeal-for-chefs-in-schools" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chefs in Schools - Crowdfunder</a>

Getting food to vulnerable children while schools are closed - with Naomi Duncan of Chefs in Schools