The 2026 Good School Food Award Winners
2026 This Morning’s Lifetime Achievement Award
PHYLLIS LEVI, BLACKWOOD PRIMARY SCHOOL, CAERPHILLY, WALES
For more than 45 years, it’s fair to say Phyllis Levi has dedicated her life to Blackwood Primary School and at the heart of all of it has been her love for food, her incredible warmth, and her belief in its power to transform lives.
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2026 School Leader Food Hero
SHARON HUNTER, MEARNS PRIMARY SCHOOL, RENFREWSHIRE, SCOTLAND
Headteacher Sharon Hunter is leading a total food education revolution in the West of Scotland! Driven by a mission to break the reliance on processed convenience foods, Sharon transformed a standard classroom into a fully equipped teaching kitchen and made cooking a core part of daily life. Through the school’s brilliant ‘Gastronomers’ pathway, every single child from Nursery to Primary 7 treats food education with the exact same importance as maths or reading.
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2026 Food Educator of the Year
ARTHUR HAWKESWORTH, COMBE PAFFORD SCHOOL, TORQUAY, DEVON
Arthur Hawkesworth has transformed ‘The Yellow Frog school café into a brilliant, restaurant-level training kitchen where pupils with moderate learning difficulties and autism are finding their true calling. Bringing years of professional hospitality experience to Combe Pafford School, Arthur teaches his students everything from high-end culinary plating to professional customer service. Under his guidance, young people who often face low employment prospects are gaining the vocational qualifications, industry-standard skills, and massive confidence they need to thrive in the working world.
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2026 Kindness and Community Award
KIM WILLIAMS & ANNIE KEOGH, PINE GREEN ACADEMY, WOLVERHAMPTON
Kim Williams and Annie Keogh share a fundamental belief: no family in their community should ever go without help when they need it. As the driving force behind ‘The Greens Food Bank’, this dynamic duo has turned a simple idea into an absolute lifeline for families across Wolverhampton. What started as just three food parcels a week has grown into a highly organised, dignified service delivering hundreds of food hampers, hygiene packs, and clever recipe bags filled with pre-measured ingredients to help families cook healthy, budget-friendly meals together at home.
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2026 The Sun’s School Chef Champion
TRACY NWABIA, SPA SECONDARY SCHOOL, BERMONDSEY, LONDON
Our 2026 ‘School Chef Champion’ winner, Tracy, runs a school kitchen in Inner London where healthy, meat-free food has become the norm and through her efforts she has transformed Spa Secondary School’s food culture into something truly exciting. Leading a small but mighty team of three, Tracy is completely dedicated to serving up high-quality, delicious vegetarian meals every single day for a school community where all pupils have an autism diagnosis. She thoughtfully and carefully tailors menus to meet complex sensory and dietary needs, ensuring that no child is ever an afterthought and everyone is fed with dignity.
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2026 Eat Well, Move Well Award
JUSTYNA PAWLUS, TOR BRIDGE PRIMARY SCHOOL, PLYMOUTH, DEVON
School cook Justyna is the quiet powerhouse fueling Tor Bridge Primary! She expertly crafts four different lunch options every single day while baking clever desserts that are secretly packed with goodness, like her legendary beetroot and butternut squash chocolate brownies. Justyna’s incredible home-cooked meals provide the vital, constant fuel that keeps pupils focused in the classroom and perfectly energised to take on the school’s massive lineup of outdoor adventures.
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