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Fiona Hamilton-Fairley MBE (born 1963)[1][2] is the founder and CEO of The Kids' Cookery School in Acton, West London.[3] She founded the cookery school for children in 1995 and she has authored three books. She was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 2019.

Fiona Hamilton-Fairley
Born	1963 England
Children	3
Culinary career
Cooking style	Children's cooking

Career

After completing a Cordon Bleu course, Hamilton-Fairley worked as a chef, and founded and managed her own catering company, Corporate Catering Company.[4] Hamilton-Fairley's vocation for teaching cookery was sparked in 1987 when she began to teach adults how to cook in a number of adult educational centres in London boroughs.

The Kids' Cookery School

Hamilton-Fairley founded The Kids' Cookery School (KCS) in 1995, raising funds to build the purpose-built teaching kitchens in Acton, West London.[4] Children aged 3-16 years old attend for practical cookery lessons, where they learn to cook healthy food from fresh ingredients.[4] Almost 13, 000 children a year are taught at The Kids' Cookery School. The goal of the school is to teach children healthy choices and teach them valuable life skills.[4] Hamilton-Fairley learned that a majority of parents believed teaching children cooking skills is important, however very few actually have the time to teach their own children.[5]

KCS offers assisted places and includes children who are disengaged with or excluded from education, or who have disabilities or special needs.[4][6] The main focus is on savoury food that children will eat,[7][8] with instruction in safety[4] and familiarity with raw ingredients.[7]

In 2009, Hamilton-Fairley's Kids' Cookery School started 'KCS on wheels'. Experienced chefs are sent to communities to bring cooking to children who otherwise might not experience the school.[1]

In 2018, Hamilton-Fairley continued to advocate for children learning to cook. She has said that for two decades children were not taught to cook is schools and now they are a generation that lives on junk food.[9] Hamilton-Fairley has been called a children's cooking expert.[10]

Funding

The school is a registered charity and relies on donations from charitable trusts, companies, individuals and government.[11][12]

Awards

• 2002 - The Guardian Charity Award [6]
• 2015 - The Halifax Giving Extra Award [13]
• 2019 - MBE "for services to Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities".[14][15]

Books

• I Can’t Cook (1993) By Fiona Hamilton-Fairley, Bloomsbury Press ISBN 9780747513995 Hardcover (United Kingdom) 24 June 1993; ISBN 9780747514008 Paperback (United Kingdom) 26 August 1994 [16][17]
• I Can’t Cook: Entertaining (1995) By Fiona Hamilton-Fairley, Bloomsbury Press ISBN 9780747522997 Hardcover (United Kingdom) 24 August 1995
• The Kids' Cook Book (2005) By Fiona Hamilton-Fairley, Self-published
• Little Cooks: 30 Delicious Recipes to Make and Enjoy (1 April 2008) By Fiona Hamilton-Fairley, New Holland Publishers ISBN 978-1845379841 [18]

External links

• Order of the British Empire – official website of the British Monarchy
• Huffington Post Article written by Fiona Hamilton-Fairley

References

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