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The article looks at an initiative to keep cooking and food education a requirement for British students between the ages of five and 14. English celebrity chef Jamie Oliver led the Feed Me Even Better campaign, which states that practical cooking lessons could help prevent child obesity. According to the article, the number of students taking food technology courses has decreased and schools have cut courses due to a lack of funding for ingredients, teacher training, and food technicians.

The article focuses on the issue of addition of cooking in England's compulsory curriculum under the government-supported School Food Plan as of August 2014. Topics discussed include impact of changes in the new curriculum on schools under financial pressure, role of the School Food Plan to get children growing, cooking and learning about food and challenges related to the plan.

Focuses on the efficiency of food technology teaching. Effort of food technology teachers to include as much cooking as possible in food technology teaching; Shortage of qualified teachers for the food technology teaching; Approach to the delivery of food teaching through design and technology subject.

The article offers advice to teachers for organizing practical food technology classes, such as encouraging peer assessment of cooking skills, starting a discussion about food poisoning prevention, and teaching students to adapt recipes.