HUNDREDS of children got hands on experience of how to be healthy.
Chef Clover Hudson visited Shildon Civic Hall on Thursday and Spennymoor Settlement on Friday to work with more than 500 pupils from nine County Durham schools.
Her message for the young cooks was simple- eat well, understand how what you eat affects you and don’t waste food.
Councillor Brian Stephens, Durham County Council’s cabinet member for neighbourhoods and local partnerships, said: “The children looked like they really enjoyed themselves.
“It was great to see them learning about healthy cooking, fruit and vegetables, and ‘good’ sugars, and that they had the opportunity to get hands on through food experiments and pizza making.
The Love Food Road Show events were part of the build up to Bishop Auckland Food Festival, which was enjoyed by thousands of people on Saturday April 23 and Sunday 24.
Cllr Stephens said: “These events were a fantastic way of inspiring children to start and maintain a healthy lifestyle.”
The Shildon sessions received £3,000 from the neighbourhood budgets of Councillors Rob Yorke and Christine Wilson, with £3,000 for the Spennymoor day coming from Cllrs Neil Foster, Barbara Graham, Ian Geldard and Pat Lawton.
Bishop Auckland and Shildon Area Action Partnership (AAP), Spennymoor AAP and Health Express also supported the initiative.
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