Family Cook-a-Long Programme
Cook, eat and learn together as a family Join our […]
Free Community Use of our Garden Room
Hackney School of Food is offering free use of our Garden Room to Hackney-based community organisations in 2026.
Summer Holiday Kitchen Garden Chef Club!
Join us for our Summer Holiday Kitchen Garden Chef Club at Hackney School of Food this August!
Hackney primary schools to be offered lessons at the HSoF
As part of the Mayor of Hackney, Philip Glanville’s, mission to end food poverty in Hackney’s schools, we are excited to announce that all Hackney primary schools will have the opportunity to send their year 3 pupils for a free half day lesson at the Hackney School of Food (HSoF) next year.
The School of Food Toolkit
Do you want to create a food Education Hub in your school or community?
We have produced a toolkit to help just to do that!
RIBA Stephen Lawrence Prize for best small project
Surman Weston has won the RIBA Stephen Lawrence Prize for best small project for its Hackney School of Food – a £307,000 retrofit of a caretaker’s house
Awards RIBA London Award 2022 & RIBA London Small Project Award 2022
Hackney School of Food by Surman Weston Client LEAP Federation & […]
Waitrose Magazine Feature
“A charity that puts chefs in school kitchens is playing […]
HSF & Migrateful
Hackney School of Food is excited to announce our new […]
Wild Farmed Video
We are lucky to work with the phenomenal Wildfarmed, who supply […]
Positive news: Restaurant chefs are reinventing school dinners
Top chefs are helping transform school meals in deprived areas, serving up food that is fresh, nutritious – and, most of all, fun.
Positive News
Restaurant chefs are helping to transform school meals at the Chefs in Schools charity. Whether teaching school caterers, or the children themselves, they're serving up ideas on making food fresh, nutritious - and fun
Hackney Gazette gives a sausage
Hackney school children are the stars of a celebrity-backed campaign asking people to 'give a sausage' about school food.
MANDEVILLE CHILDREN WORK WITH TASTILY
Recently 16 lucky Mandeville students took part in some food […]
Our Mural Expands!
New Jean Jullien Mural at the School of Food Our […]
Architects Journal’s case study Article
“Situated in one of inner London’s most deprived neighborhoods, the […]
Hackney Life magazine
“Food for Thought An award-winning hub is helping Hackney pupilsdiscover […]
2021 Civic Trust Award Winner
Presented to an exemplar project, that has demonstrated how successful […]
Architects’ Journal Retrofit Award for Schools category
This project, ‘a standout winner’ for the judges, is a joint venture between the Chefs in Schools charity and a federation of three Hackney primary schools. Sited at one of these, Mandeville Primary School, it consists of the conversion of a disused caretaker’s house into an educational kitchen for children and adults.
Hackney School of Food wins MacEwen Award 2021
Surman Weston’s converted house brings practical knowledge of growing and cooking food to the inner city
Hackney School of Food in the running for design awards
We’re delighted to see the Hackney School of Food in the running for two design awards.
The Story of Lidka’s Bees.
Rewind a few months and the hive was empty, Head Gardener Lidka was on the hunt for some bees. And then she stepped into her garden and saw a swirling mist buzzing over her lawn. It was a swarm of bees searching for a new home. They settled onto a tree in Lidka’s garden.
The Facade’s Mural
Our HSoF mural was designed by French Graphic artist Jean Jullien.
Painted by Claire WT from Art Hoppers
I Love Chatsworth Road Feature
The story of Hackney School of Food is one of community, changing spaces, the need to adapt and of working together