Food in the news again…

A couple of news items caught my attention this week. The first is the proposal to offer free school lunches to all children whose families receive Universal credit in England. That’s great as long as the quality of the food is taken into consideration when the costs are looked at. Let’s not go back to re-heated pizzas and Turkey Twizzlers! The second item is a bit more complicated. Essentially we’re being told that obesity should be blamed on the highly processed and refined foods that we’re all presented with. Apparently we can’t be bothered or don’t know how to make wise choices to cook with fresh ingredients. Bring in Henry Dimbleby – the champion of Cookery in schools. He rightly pointed out that many schools don’t offer Food Tech/Home Ec/Cookery in schools at all and they get away with that because OFSTED never look at those lessons. Absolutely true. I know this from experience. I’ve prepared for inspections just like all other subjects, yet never has an inspector crossed my threshold. I even invited one in, as he passed by, but he declined to come in. Bring back proper Cookery lessons so that consumers understand about their food – but train the teachers too! (That’s another story….) x