What's it all about?
The job of the school food plan is to significantly increase the number of children eating good food in schools, and to determine the role of food, cooking and growing fruit and vegetables in schools.
The school food plan focuses on...
Positivity
We are here to find, spread and achieve excellence. Darkness is only a lack of light. Criticism forces entrenchment rather than change.
Action
We will identify practical solutions to common problems and promote ideas that every school can use to create excellence.
Cooperation
We are not writing a secret plan. We are openly working with everybody who has a part to play in making things happen.
Quick wins
We're not waiting around. Wherever we discover a good idea that can be put into practice immediately - that’s what we will do.
About the plan
Why are we doing this?
To significantly increase the number of children eating good food in schools, we are putting together a clear vision of what good food in schools looks like, finding lots of examples of what works well and a detailed action plan.
In this video Henry and John explain what they are doing.
What people say
Latest news
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North East schools help shape plan for better school food
Teachers, parents and cooks have been getting together on Tyneside to help shape the future of school food nationally.
News 06 March 2013
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Yorkshire schools help to launch plan for better school food
Information on how teachers, parents and cooks in Yorkshire are uniting to improve school food in England.
News 15 February 2013
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PhunkyFoods gets creative with the curriculum
PhunkyFoods gets creative with the curriculum.
News 15 February 2013
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People involved
Henry Dimbleby
Henry started his career as a commis chef with the Michelin-starred chef Bruno Loubet. He left the food world to work at the Daily Telegraph and then joined Bain & Company where, as a senior manager, he got heavily involved with re-organising national and multinational companies and met John Vincent. With John, he returned to his roots as they founded Leon.
John Vincent
John started his career at Cambridge University setting up a production company with Richard Read, one of the founders of Innocent smoothies. After leaving university he worked for Procter and Gamble, where he helped turn around Max Factor. A couple of years later he joined Bain & Company where he helped many businesses transform their organisations and performance. John was also part of the team that turned around whiskey business Whyte and Mackay. Together John and Henry set about changing the face of fast food and founded Leon – named after John’s dad.
