Fiona Hamilton-Fairley
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Fiona Hamilton-Fairley | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1963 |
| Children | 3 |
| Culinary career | |
| Cooking style | Children's cooking |
Fiona Hamilton-Fairley (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 is also a 2019 recipient of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire award.
Career
After completing a Cordon Bleu course she 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 adult how to cook in a number of adult educational centers in London boroughs. Hamilton-Fairley founded KCS in 1995, when she began to teach children in her own home following the realization that her own children would not learn to cook at school.[citation needed]
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.[5] Hamilton-Fairley has been called a children's cooking expert.[6]
Awards
- The Halifax Giving Extra Award (2015) [7]
- Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (2019)[8][9]
Books
- I Can’t Cook (1993) By Fiona Hamilton-Fairley, Bloomsbury Press
- I Can’t Cook: Entertaining (1995) By Fiona Hamilton-Fairley, Bloomsbury Press
- The Kids' Cook Book (2005) By Fiona Hamilton-Fairley, Self-published
- Little Cooks: 30 Delicious Recipes to Make and Enjoy (2008) By Fiona Hamilton-Fairley, New Holland
External links
- Order of the British Empire – official website of the British Monarchy
- Huffington Post Article written by Fiona Hamilton-Fairley
References
- ^ a b Hamilton-Fairley, Fiona. "How to Get Your Kids into Cooking". Huffingtonpost.uk. Verizon Media. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- ^ Battersby, Kate (27 March 2004). "Big rewards for little chefs". Telegraph Media Group Limited. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- ^ Knox Merrill, Mary (20 March 2007). "At this school, the food is part of the curriculum". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
- ^ Gould, Kevin; Karmel, Annabel (31 August 2002). "We can all go to work on an egg". Telegraph Media Group Limited. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- ^ DAVIS, ANNA. "Ready, steady... learn to cook! Appeal families get pop-up class". standard. Evening Standard. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
- ^ "Despite the Nation's Obsession with TV Cooking Programmes, Only a Third of Families are Cooking Together Every Month". wallstreet-online. wallstreet:online AG. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
- ^ Bazaraa, Danya. "Children's cookery school founder awarded for going 'above and beyond'". mylondon.news. My London (Reach plc subsidiary). Retrieved 9 August 2019.
- ^ "Order of the British Empire". Thegazette. The Gazette. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
- ^ Hughs, David. "Queen's birthday honours list 2019: full list of everyone being recognised this year". inews. JPIMedia Ltd.