Fiona Hamilton-Fairley Explained

Fiona Hamilton-Fairley
Birth Date:1963
Birth Place:England
Style:Children's cooking
Children:3

Fiona Hamilton-Fairley (born 1963)[1] is the founder and CEO of The Kids' Cookery School in Acton, West London.[2] She founded the cookery school for children in 1995 and she has authored three books. She was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 2019.

Career

After completing a Cordon Bleu course, Hamilton-Fairley worked as a chef, and founded and managed her own catering company, Corporate Catering Company.[3] Hamilton-Fairley's vocation for teaching cookery was sparked in 1987 when she began to teach adults how to cook in a number of adult educational centres in London boroughs.

The Kids' Cookery School

Hamilton-Fairley founded The Kids' Cookery School (KCS) in 1995, raising funds to build the purpose-built teaching kitchens in Acton, West London.[3] Children aged 3-16 years old attend for practical cookery lessons, where they learn to cook healthy food from fresh ingredients.[3] 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.[3] 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.[4]

KCS offers assisted places and includes children who are disengaged with or excluded from education, or who have disabilities or special needs.[3] [5] The main focus is on savoury food that children will eat,[6] [7] with instruction in safety[3] and familiarity with raw ingredients.[6]

In 2009, Hamilton-Fairley's 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.[8]

In 2018, Hamilton-Fairley continued to advocate for children learning to cook. She has said that for two decades children were not taught to cook is schools and now they are a generation that lives on junk food.[9] Hamilton-Fairley has been called a children's cooking expert.[10]

Funding

The school is a registered charity and relies on donations from charitable trusts, companies, individuals and government.[11] [12]

Awards

Books

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Battersby . Kate . Big rewards for little chefs . 10 August 2019 . . 27 March 2004.
  2. Web site: At this school, the food is part of the curriculum. Knox Merrill. Mary. 20 March 2007. The Christian Science Monitor. 11 August 2010.
  3. News: Gould . Kevin . Karmel . Annabel . We can all go to work on an egg . 10 August 2019 . The Daily Telegraph. 31 August 2002.
  4. News: Giving your kids a taste for cookery is teaching a skill for life . 10 August 2019 . . 31 October 2016.
  5. News: Ramrayka . Liza . Central eating. Kids' Cookery School, west London . 14 August 2019 . The Guardian . 16 October 2002 . London, England . GS15-16.
  6. News: Boseley . Sarah . Let loose on veg . 14 August 2019 . The Guardian . 19 November 1996 . London, England . GE 4–5.
  7. News: Can't cook, will learn to cook . . 3 July 2004 . London, England . 11.
  8. Web site: Hamilton-Fairley . Fiona . How to Get Your Kids into Cooking . . 10 August 2019.
  9. Web site: DAVIS . ANNA . Ready, steady... learn to cook! Appeal families get pop-up class . Evening Standard. 9 August 2019.
  10. Web site: Despite the Nation's Obsession with TV Cooking Programmes, Only a Third of Families are Cooking Together Every Month . . wallstreet:online AG . 9 August 2019.
  11. Web site: Kids' cookery classes . deliciousmagazine . DELICIOUS MAGAZINE . 10 August 2019.
  12. Web site: Charity accuses lottery fund of confused priorities . . Guardian News . 10 August 2019.
  13. Web site: Bazaraa . Danya . Children's cookery school founder awarded for going 'above and beyond' . mylondon.news . My London (Reach plc subsidiary) . 9 August 2019.
  14. Web site: Order of the British Empire . . 9 August 2019.
  15. Web site: Hughs . David . Queen's birthday honours list 2019: full list of everyone being recognised this year . . JPIMedia Ltd.
  16. News: Tennant . Jane . Taking it easy . 14 August 2019 . The Sun-Herald . 10 October 1993 . Sydney, New South Wales, Australia . 132.
  17. News: The non-cook's delight . 15 August 2019 . Hammersmith & Shepherds Bush Gazette . 9 September 1994 . 27.
  18. News: Blackburn . Maria . Teaching young kids to cook by the book . 15 August 2019 . . 16 July 2008 . Baltimore, Maryland, US . F5.

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