Jane Philpott MA (Oxon), MSc, PhD, is a qualified Dietary Educator and Analyst. Jane spent 22 years researching and working on the global production of food, 14 years of which were as a senior R&D manager in industry, before beginning her training to degree level as a Nutritional Therapist. She is also a qualified cookery teacher, having trained at the School of Natural Cookery with Montse Bradford, who is internationally renowned for her teaching on the healing power of cooking and the energetics of food. | ![]() Copyright Bristol News and Media Limited |
Jane provides training and consultancy on nutrition and healthier catering for local authorities in the UK. She is currently involved in a collaborative project on Healthier Children's Menus with the local councils and the NHS Primary Care Trust in Somerset, which is funded by the Food Standards Agency. The aim is to work with independent catering businesses to improve the nutritional quality of food served to children.
Jane was also responsible for implementing an in-house hot lunch service (see case study on School Food Trust web-site) in a Somerset primary school (see Somerset County Council Transforming School Food web-site) so has considerable expertise in children's nutrition, school food standards, food hygiene legislation and other aspects of setting up and running a catering business.
Jane is the founding director of the successful Cooking for
She also offers personal consultations and provides confidential, professional expertise and advice on how to transform health and well-being through implementing changes to diet and lifestyle.
Jane writes for the Nutrition Practitioner Journal, for other publications in the field of health and healing such as Caduceus magazine, and for Somerset's Western Gazette. She is working towards a further degree in Nutritional Therapy at the Centre for Nutrition Education and Lifestyle Management in Berkshire, which is accredited by Middlesex University and BANT (British Association of Nutritional Therapists).
Jane is a Non-Executive Director on the Board of the Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, which is a provider of specialist mental health services in Somerset.
For further information and bookings please contact Jane Philpott
Email: jane@cookingforhealth-uk.com
Tel: +44 (0) 1458 224606
Web-site: http://cookingforhealth-uk.com

