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The Academy scooped the award for their efforts to encourage more pupils to eat a nutritious lunch everyday.

By listening to comments, adjusting the menus and forming a taste panel for new dishes before they were included on the menu, the Academy said it has changed student’s perception of healthy food.

Mark Kent, executive chef at the Folkestone Academy said his team is delighted to have won the award: “One idea we have for the £5,000 prize fund is to invest in induction plates to allow the introduction of theatre style cookery at lunchtimes where fresh dishes could be created to order.

“I believe that if we can excite students about food, we have won half the battle.”