Experience

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  Age UK

  • Freelance Food teacher

    • Sep 2019 - Present
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  National Traching and Advisory Service

  • West Midlands

  • SEND Specialist Teacher at NTAS

    • Sep 2020 - Present
    • West Midlands
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  SEND College,Birmingham

  • Specialist Teacher

    • Sep 2018 - Present
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  The Way Wolverhampton Youth Zone

  • Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

  • Freelance Food Specialist Teacher

    • Aug 2018 - Present
    • Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

    Teaching food skills to our youngsters in Wolverhampton.

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  All Saints School Trysull West Midlands

  • Freelance food teacher

    • Jan 2014 - Present
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  Miele

  • West Midlands /Shropshire/Warwickshire/Worceste...

  • Home Economist

    • Jan 2020 - Jul 2020
    • West Midlands /Shropshire/Warwickshire/Worceste...

    I work as a Freelance Regional Home Economist for Miele. I love this work as it is a constant learning experience as the Miele products become more innovative and new products become available - training is on going. The role primarily involves customer liaison and training regarding the Miele p...

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  Birchfield School Albrighton

  • Shropshire

  • Food Technology Teacher

    • Sep 2015 - 2019
    • Shropshire

    Educating children in nutrition theory and practical food work.

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  Children's Food Trust

  • Various

  • CFT- Lead Support

    • 2011 - Oct 2017
    • Various

    Freelance lead support -helping to set up teaching facilities and teach adult delegates ,how to teach practical food skills to children in conjunction with other colleagues from CFT.Recent sessions have included more specific teaching of nutrition information as well as practical skills and recip...

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  National Trust

  • Product Demonstrator

    • Apr 2014 - Apr 2016

    Using the original kitchen range to demonstrate and cook products with members of the visiting public and to explain how food and ingredients would have been cooked in the Victorian/Edwardian eras.

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  2013- I become Freelance using teaching/ Market...

  • West Midlands/ Nationwide

  • Freelancer

    • Sep 2012 - Jan 2014
    • West Midlands/ Nationwide

    In order to use my broad based experience and introduce more variety to my working life. I wanted to get back to my core competencies which are effective communication with people at all levels, my interest and knowledge of food as an ingredient , as nutrition ,as science andwanting to instruct v...

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  Learn!Play!Cook!

  • Food demonstrator and instruction

    • Nov 2013 - Dec 2013

    Local classes for pre schoolers focusing on learning about food through play and practical sessions.

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  Re-Entry Childrens Centre Wolverhampton

  • Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

  • Food Teacher/ mentor

    • Jan 2013 - Sep 2013
    • Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

    My first role as a Freelancer having approached Re Entry directly.Teaching food skills to children aged 8-16 who have been removed from conventional school setting due to particular social or behavioural problems in very small groups as a means to continue their education; producing food products...

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  Highfields Secondary School Wolverhampton

  • Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

  • Food Technology Teacher- supply

    • Feb 2012 - Jul 2012
    • Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

    I was contacted to ask if I would stand in for the Head of Department who was on maternity leave in order to teach her GCSE classes as it was a critical time of year for he students losing their "regular" teacher and to teach other classes in the Department where necessary.

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  King Charles 1 Secondary Shool

  • Kidderminster

  • Food Technology Teacher

    • Sep 2008 - Jul 2012
    • Kidderminster

    Food Technology and Catering teacher of children aged 11-16 Lead a project to engage GCSE aged children in Business enterprise where a small select number of Food students were in contact with a group of Columbian students of similar age in order to buy and promote the fruit puree products that t...

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  Ounsdale High School Wombourne South Staffordshire

  • South Staffordshire

  • Head of Food Technology

    • Sep 2002 - Jul 2007
    • South Staffordshire

    Part time Head of Department teaching 11-18 year olds in including GCSE and Sixth form students.

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  Aga Rayburn

  • Ketley Telford

  • Marketing Executive

    • Jun 1989 - Jul 2003
    • Ketley Telford

    Co- ordination of diverse marketing activities including a substantial advertising budget and the organisation and set up of Aga Rayburn products at agricultural shows eg The Royal show, The Royal Welsh. Ideal Homes and film sets eg Shepperton studios Liaison with company Home Economist and Mark...