Kenwood is celebrating over 60 years of revolutionising food preparation and cooking in the home. As a company with a British heritage, we appreciate the benefits of promoting healthy food choices, using fresh, local produce to provide the nutritional balance required for a child’s daily diet. To celebrate this anniversary, we have developed this online Cook for Life resource and are sponsoring the British Food Fortnight Cook for Life Challenge.
Kenwood Cook for Life Challenge
Running from 19th September to 4th October 2009 and now in its eighth year, British Food Fortnight is the biggest national celebration of the diverse and delicious range of food that Britain produces. The event’s initiative invites cooks and chefs to work with schools to teach children how to cook. This year, organisations representing over 9,000 chefs have volunteered to take part. Retailers, farmers and producers are also signing up to participate.
At Kenwood, we are keen to support this initiative by sponsoring the competition to find out what activities schools are undertaking for British Food Fortnight.
Find out how your school can enter the Cook for Life Challenge
To find out more about the British Food Fortnight and for additional activities and recipes visit www.britishfoodfortnight.co.uk
Kenwood Cook for Life Resource
To complement the Cook for Life Challenge, Kenwood has developed this online cross-curricular resource to enrich Primary schools’ delivery of Food Technology. The resource is FREE to register and download and explores creativity in the kitchen using the themes of Lifestyle, Food Culture and British Produce in support of a number of Primary National curricula objectives.
New for 2009
For 2009, we have created a new on-line theme of 'Food History' including source material covering 'Food through Time', 'Food in Britain since the 1930s' and 'Food and the History of the wider world'. Alongside this new theme, we have created additional cross-curricular activities across History, Geography, English and Design Technology suitable for the classroom including:
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Famous people – using famous people as a starting point for pupils to learn about history/past events and lifestyles. This section will explore seven famous people from different eras linked to both the curriculum and food e.g. Scott of the Antarctic and his food for fuel, rations and calorie consumption on his epic journey.
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Periods in UK history – looking at periods of time, reflecting on key events and differences through the ages. In this section, pupils will look at changes in food availability, advances in cooking methods and changes in traditions in four sections:
- The Tudors – explorers and period food facts
- The Victorians – rich and poor
- Britain since the 1930s – rationing in WW2 and developments in food preparation using Kenwood's history
- Roman Britain – food on the move and feeding an army
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History of the wider world – comparing and contrasting the lifestyles of ancient civilisations with that of today. This section will contain four sub-sections, which will allow pupils to explore food production and preparation within these periods:
- The Aztecs
- The Indus Valley
- Ancient Egypt
- The Assyrian Empire
Plus, we have also enhanced the following sections:
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An image bank – we are adding to the image bank including historical images of Kenwood products and customers using them to reflect the changes in technology through the ages for use as stimulus material within the classroom.
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Healthy balance food pyramid – we are enhancing the healthy balance plate to outline the recommended portions per day and to help schools enter the BFF ‘Cook for Life’ competition. We have also included the food pyramids of different civilisations so that pupils can compare and contrast the diets in relation to their own.
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Recipes – we are increasing the recipe section by introducing a selection of traditional recipes that could be made within the home or school.
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