Knowing how your food is produced and where it comes from is important when choosing what you like to eat. Throughout the UK different types of food are grown, reared or made - each with their own regional or local characteristic. This year's challenge celebrates the diversity of foods from around the UK.
NEW! There are now support resources at the end of this page to help you run this challenge at school.
The schools challenge:
Create a 2 course meal (a main meal and a dessert) that can be shared with your friends and that uses local/regional ingredients from where you live. You should follow healthy eating guidelines.
All entries should have:
- recipe names
- photographs of the final dishes
- a list of the ingredients used
- a list of the equipment used
- how you made the dishes, i.e. a particular method
- an explanation of why you used the ingredients, i.e. how they link to local/regional
Be creative! Why not ...
- visit and work with a local farmer?
- use fruits and vegetables grown at school, home or a local farm?
- find out about traditional recipes and ingredients from your area?
- talk to local/regional food producers about what they make, e.g. cheese making?
- make links with local food suppliers?
Prizes
Judges will be looking for the best recipes that show the use of local/regional ingredients and any links that you've made. There are regional prizes for the best primary and secondary school in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland - all receiving £100. In addition, all regional winners will be invited to a celebration event in London to find out who will be crowned the overall UK winners. The UK winners’ prize is £500 each.
Entries
Each school can submit up to a maximum of 4 pieces of work. In primary schools, the work can be by an individual child or a group/class submission. In secondary schools, the work must be by an individual pupil.
You have until 23 May 2008 to submit your entries, but why not build the challenge into your scheme of work and get your entries in this term?
All entries should be sent, by 23 May 2008, to:
AKGC Challenge '08, BNF, High Holborn House, 52-54 High Holborn, London WC1V 6RQ
or by email: c.theobald@nutrition.org.uk
Support Resources - NEW!
Each school can submit up to a maximum of 4 pieces of work. In primary schools, the work can be by an individual child or a group/class submission. In secondary schools, the work must be by an individual pupil.