Food for Thought
Stay up to date with everything that is going on and find some great information on eating healthily and how you can help us to spread the word that Food is Fun!
Food Buddies South West 💚
Food plays a huge part in our day to day lives, but not always do we have the answers or inspiration we want. Our Food Buddies Facebook group is here to help. Created at the start of the Covid19 pandemic, the group overs an...
We’ve signed up to the Resurgam Charter!
By signing up to the Resurgam Charter we are committing to support a fairer, greener future for Plymouth and have committed to take action on our five challenges. Spend – Buy locally and to benefit our city Employ – Provide fair, flexible work opportunities that...
Bake and Banter Cookery Courses for Veterans
We are running two of our Bake and Banter cookery courses for veterans. One is being delivered online and the other face-to-face. See the posters for dates and details. We would love you to join us for this great opportunity to brush up on those essential cookery...
Our Covid Activities
At Food is Fun we pride ourselves on being adaptable and the Covid-19 pandemic really proved how adaptable we actually are. With lockdown and face to face restrictions we were unable to deliver any of our events, communities or schools work in the same way as before....
Helping our community during the hardest of times
We are in the news! Have a read of this article from the amazing Plymouth Herald and keep up to date with the work we have been doing during the lockdown!
“Plymouth Cookery School” On Wheels Is Rolling On
Nearly a year ago we were ready to unveil our new branding as we had to decided after 11 years to finally name our pop-up cookery school “Plymouth Cookery School“. Then Covid-19 came along and we concentrated on remote teaching instead. We can’t wait to be rolling out...
What exactly does ‘Healthy Eating’ mean?
The World Health Organisation defines “health” to mean: “Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.”...
It’s not the Calories you eat, but the Calories you absorb
The “calories in minus calories out” model says that to maintain our weight, the number of calories we take in (i.e. eat) should match the number we use up (by keeping the basic body metabolism going, digesting food and carrying out physical activity). However, not...
Calories for breakfast, lunch and dinner
From Public Heath England's "One You" website: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/for-your-body/eat-better/keep-track-of-calories-400-600-600/ Aim for 400-600-600 Eating healthily and keeping track of your calorie intake can be tricky sometimes. Research has shown on average...
The very first Food Is Fun event
This is the local press coverage of the very first Food Is Fun event, held in Plympton St Marys Infants School on Tuesday 10th February 2009. We had reporters from the Plymouth Herald and a film crew from ITV covering this historic day!
Little Chefs – ITV 2008
In 2008 Food Is Fun's kitchen was featured in an episode of ITV's "Little Chefs" series, where TV chefs Peter Gorton, Lesley Waters and Matt Corner worked with teams of school children in a competiton....