The Stockwell-based academy, the only one of its kind in the early years sector, will offer the first specialist qualification for chefs either working or keen to work with children up to the age of eight.
The CACHE Level 2 qualification focuses on how to provide nutritious, balanced meals for young children and how to make them enticing while sticking to a nursery budget.
An ambition of the Academy is to deliver training to 80 chefs from both LEYF nurseries and other settings across London.
With statistics showing that one in five children are overweight when they start primary school, and one in three are overweight by the time they leave, LEYF is calling for its chef qualification to be ‘urgently’ introduced across all UK nurseries. Currently, there is no guidance and training for chefs responsible for cooking and serving nursery food.
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