The Kids' Cookery School (KCS) is a cookery school for children aged 3-16 which has charitable status. Children aged 3-16 years old go to KCS for practical cookery lessons, where they learn to cook healthy food from fresh ingredients.
The school was founded in 1995 by Fiona Hamilton-Fairley

Fiona Hamilton-Fairley

Fiona Hamilton-Fairley is the founder and CEO of The Kids' Cookery School in Acton, West London. She founded the cookery school for children in 1995 and continues to teach children and young people there.-Career:...

, who raised funds to build the purpose-built teaching kitchens in Acton, West London Acton, London

Acton, London

Acton is a district of west London, England, located in the London Borough of Ealing. It is situated west of Charing Cross.At the time of the 2001 census, Acton, comprising the wards of East Acton, Acton Central, South Acton and Southfield, had a population of 53,689 people...

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Activities

KCS teaches around 2,500 children each year at the cookery school in Acton or in schools around London.

Supporters

The school is a charity and relies on donations from charitable trusts, companies and individuals. It has a number of high profile celebrity chefs as patrons, who actively support the charity by teaching classes there. They include Alan Coxon Alan Coxon

Alan Coxon

Alan Coxon is a TV Chef and British television presenter. He presented ITV1's The Mint as a stand in for the first few weeks of broadcast. He has a recipe book called Ready in Minutes: The Cookbook.-Career:*Coxon's Kitchen College...

, Roz Denny, Barney Desmazery, Sophie Grigson Sophie Grigson

Sophie Grigson

Hester Sophia Frances Grigson is an English cookery writer and celebrity chef known as Sophie Grigson. She has followed the same path and career as her mother, Jane Grigson. Her father was the poet and writer Geoffrey Grigson.-Life:...

, Alax Mackay, James Martin James Martin (chef)

James Martin (chef)

James Martin , is an English cook who first appeared on television in 1996.-Television career:...

, Rosemary Moon, Sri Owen, Tony Tobin Tony Tobin

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 and Lesley Waters Lesley Waters

Lesley Waters

Lesley Waters is an English celebrity chef. She regularly appears on such cookery programmes as Ready Steady Cook, and is currently one of the featured chefs on This Morning....

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