Volunteer With Us

Chef explaining to a group of children in a professional kitchen environment.
A chef with tattoos on his arm is teaching two young children how to mix ingredients in a bowl. One child is wearing an apron and the other is wearing a paper chef hat with colorful letters. They are in a kitchen setting.
A group of children outdoors wearing chef hats and aprons, standing on grass with trees in the background, raising their hands and smiling. An adult stands to the side.

While we reach some 15,000 children every year, there is no doubt that we need to reach more. But we can’t do this alone. With over 4.5 million primary school children in England alone, we need the industry to come together to make a greater difference.

Why Adopt a School?

  • Inspire and educate the next generation

  • Sow the seed of hospitality

  • Give something back

  • Support continued professional & personal development

  • Fulfil Corporate Social Responsibility commitment

“My sense of professional worth comes from the action of giving back to an industry that has done me so proud. Adopt a School is about as worthy a cause for my time as any.”
— Phil Howard, Chef Proprietor, Elystan Street

How to get started

Contact our team to register your own interest or to nominate a colleague (chef or front of house) to access our volunteer training. Alternatively, you can arrange bespoke in-house training at your workplace to learn how to deliver food education to a local primary school. Our trainers have several decades of combined experience working in schools and we provide ongoing support to your team, linking them with local schools. Trained employees can then deliver the Adopt a School programme under the banner of the Royal Academy of Culinary Arts’ Adopt a School Trust.