The Awards
This Morning’s Lifetime Achievement Award
The dinner lady who’s made lunchtimes extra special, the school chef who’s always been a hero, or simply someone who’s dedicated their career to making sure kids have access to delicious, nutritious food at school.
Food Educator of the Year
A brilliant food educator who goes above and beyond, teaching the essential skills that will enable their students to lead a happy, healthy life.
Food Kindness Hero
This person – student or staff member – has shown real kindness through food at school and in their local community. It could be cooking and delivering food to those in need, setting up community cafés at school, providing mealtime opportunities with older generations, or running local community fridges.
The Sun’s School Chef Champions
The school chef or team that provides great food throughout the school day – from breakfast and lunch to snacks and after-school events, putting love and care into all the dishes they serve and striving to be as sustainable as possible.
The Food for Fitness Award with Joe Wicks
This inspiring, encouraging person is all about getting kids excited about good food and being active. From cooking and eating good food to making exercise super fun and engaging, they’re all about boosting kids’ minds, bodies and souls.
School Food Leader
This leader – whether a headteacher, deputy head, or governor – has a vision for celebrating food in all its forms within the school. They’re a real game changer, putting good food – for both growing minds and the planet – at the heart of everything they do.
News
NEWSEPIC prizes to be won, thanks to our sponsor Tefal
Thanks to Tefal, we have some brilliant prizes up for grabs for the 2025 awards.
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We caught up with 2024 Sustainability Star award winner Sarah Read, from North Ridge Specialist Support High School in Manchester
NEWSChef Russ: What’s happened since…
Our 2024 Rising Star has been busy since he won his award last year. We caught up with him to find out more…
NEWS10 tips for improving your school food offering
Who better to give us great ideas for raising the (salad) bar when it comes to school food than our 2023 winners?
NEWSThe Belsteads School’s staff and pupils are film stars for the day
We welcomed staff and students from The Belsteads School to Jamie Oliver HQ to create their very own brilliant recipe video.
NEWSGood School Food Award winner cooks up a storm at Jamie Oliver HQ
Owen has been working alongside our fabulous chefs, helping to cook the staff lunch every day – and it’s been delicious!