Free webinar – Monday 9 March 2026, 7:00-8:00pm. Practical cookery from KS1–KS5: discover new Leiths courses, pricing, and how to bring exciting skills and delicious recipe-led learning into your school.
Free webinar – Monday 9 March 2026, 7:00-8:00pm. Practical cookery from KS1–KS5: discover new Leiths courses, pricing, and how to bring exciting skills and delicious recipe-led learning into your school.
Inspire creativity while building real, hands-on cookery skills with Leiths Education Primary Courses for Key Stages 1 and 2. Proven to instil a love of food and cookery, empowering every teacher to deliver confident, engaging food education that nurtures lifelong skills.
Cook along with six of our most popular recipes from the Leiths Primary Curriculum, including three KS1 and three KS2 lessons.
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Chef-led cook-along videos and comprehensive classroom resources support teachers to deliver structured, high-quality cookery lessons aligned to Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 curriculum objectives.
Successfully piloted in primary schools, the curriculum provides mapped skills progression, practical food education and inclusive classroom delivery across a wide range of learning needs.
Pupils explore cooking through seasonality, food provenance and cross-curricular learning, helping pupils build practical skills, confidence and food understanding through structured, hands-on sessions.
Leiths’ Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 course provides everything needed to deliver engaging, hands-on cookery lessons that build skills, confidence and a lasting interest in food. With a wide range of recipes designed primarily for no-heat cookery, plus safe heat options in Key Stage 2, pupils learn about food provenance, safe preparation and how to create nutritious dishes to share at home.
Example dishes include pea, basil and tomato bruschetta, Greek salad pittas, vegetable laksa and lime cheesecake pots.
Leiths knows that most primary schools don’t have dedicated food technology facilities and need a simple approach to practical cookery that works in a classroom or ‘pop-up’ kitchen in a school hall. Designed for stress-free practical cookery, Leiths recipes use simple everyday equipment and fresh affordable ingredients.
Each practical session is taught by Chef AJ in a professional step-by-step video for children to follow as they cook. Chef AJ explains what to do in each step and inspires students to try new ingredients and flavours in every session.
Most recipes are heat-free, but some use a plug-in induction hob or an oven to explore safe ways to cook with heat. Each practical session is designed to take up to 50 minutes and includes ingredients and equipment set-up notes. Recipes cost less than £1 per student and are designed for sharing with family and friends.
We know every school is different, so our schemes of work have been designed with flexibility in mind. With 15 classroom lessons and accompanying recipes for Key Stage 1 and 17 for Key Stage 2, teachers can choose to embed the whole scheme of work into their primary curriculum, or pick and choose individual sessions for immersive activity days.
We know that not every teacher is a confident cook themselves, so we ensure that you have everything you need from lesson plans and recipes to teacher notes and Chef AJ’s videos to cook along with. Lesson resources, with worksheets and supporting slide decks, are all easily accessible through our online Education Portal.
The only thing we don’t include are the ingredients and some simple everyday equipment you will need. We have designed all lessons to be delivered in a ‘pop-up’ kitchen in your classroom or school hall so that you can take these lessons anywhere.
As well as being used in lessons, our resources are perfect for use in after-school clubs, enrichment time, and family sessions to include parents too. Cooking together is a wonderful way to bring your school community together – we are sure a staff meeting making yummy food and eating together would be welcomed too!
An end of course certificate template enables each pupil to receive a personalised Leiths certificate at the end of their cookery day or course.
Each classroom lesson comes with lesson plans, slide decks and student worksheets. Mapped to the Primary National curriculum and core competencies, classroom lessons focus on six themes:
Lessons include ideas for cross curricular and outdoors learning, and feature key vocabulary and extension activities.
Delivering trusted culinary education since 1975, with decades of expertise in teaching, curriculum design and recipe development.
A structured scheme of work across the primary years, building cookery skills, food knowledge and confidence through clear progression.
Tested across socioeconomically diverse primary schools, reaching over 4,600 pupils and demonstrating measurable impact in classrooms.
Teachers reported strong engagement, improved skills and confidence, with the vast majority recommending the curriculum to other schools.
The Leiths Primary Cookery Curriculum is a structured 32-lesson programme for Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 pupils that builds practical cookery skills, food knowledge and kitchen confidence through step-by-step teaching resources and chef-led videos.
The curriculum is divided across Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 with progressive lessons that develop skills year by year. Content is age-appropriate and mapped to National Curriculum food and nutrition requirements.
The full curriculum includes 32 practical cookery lessons, each designed to develop specific skills and knowledge while reinforcing safe and healthy food practices.
Each lesson includes a detailed lesson plan, presentation slides, pupil worksheets, recipes, shopping lists, equipment lists and chef-led cook-along videos to support delivery.
Yes. The lessons are designed to be delivered in standard classrooms or shared spaces using simple, portable equipment, making them suitable for schools with limited kitchen facilities.
Many recipes are designed to be heat-free or use minimal heat. Where cooking is required, safe options and adaptations are provided so schools can choose what works for their setting.
Most practical cookery lessons are designed to fit within a standard lesson period, typically around 45 to 50 minutes, depending on class size and setup.
Yes. Lessons include opportunities to link with subjects such as science, maths and PSHE, along with food provenance, nutrition and seasonal learning themes.
Yes. The programme is built for non-specialist teachers, with clear step-by-step guidance and videos that demonstrate techniques and recipes for confident delivery.
Pupils gain practical food preparation skills, knife safety awareness, measuring and weighing skills, understanding of ingredients and nutrition, and increased confidence preparing simple dishes independently.
Cook along with six of our most popular recipes from the Leiths Primary Curriculum, including three KS1 and three KS2 lessons.
Access the Full Curriculum
Free for non fee-paying settings
Register here to get started
Access the Full Curriculum
£395 + VAT per academic year
Register here to get started
Want to get in touch and find out more about our complete KS1–KS2 curriculum?
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