EDUCATIONAL FOOD EXPERIENCES FOR SCHOOLS & COLLEGES
Inspire your students with an engaging curriculum-aligned food experience
Our Taste & Learn educational food experiences are a brilliant way to connect classroom learning with real-world food culture and have been specially designed for GCSE Food Preparation & Nutrition, Hospitality & Catering, and wider curriculum enrichment.
Our Sheffield-based school experiences connect food, culture, business and real-world hospitality - all in one exciting visit.
Whether you’re planning a trip to deepen subject knowledge, expand cultural understanding, or reward your students with something memorable, we’ve designed an experience that teachers can trust, and students will love.
Suitable for KS3, KS4 and post-16 groups
20-40 students per Food Hall Experience - A guided exploration of one of Sheffield’s food halls, showcasing local street food and international cuisines as well as a talk and tasting session with local craft chocolate maker Bullion.
8-15 students per City Food Culture Tour - A walking tour featuring tastings and discussions on local and international food culture
Bespoke Experiences - we can create bespoke experiences based on your requirements.
Why schools choose our Taste & Learn Educational Food Experiences…
Curriculum-Aligned: We cover key topics such as local food and provenance and global cuisines.
Interactive & Engaging: Students meet local producers and hospitality business owners, explore Sheffield’s vibrant food scene, and gain practical insights they can apply in class.
Memorable Learning: Hands-on experiences help students retain knowledge and spark curiosity about food and nutrition careers.
Hospitality & Careers: An insight into behind-the-scenes operations, entrepreneurship and working in the sector.
“We had a fantastic experience with Sheffield Food Tours. The visit was informative, engaging and extremely well organised. Our students thoroughly enjoyed tasting a variety of foods and were fully engaged throughout the day.
The tour provided valuable insight into the food industry, helping students to understand how food is prepared and served in professional environments. Meeting people working within the sector gave them a real appreciation of the skills, teamwork and standards required in the industry.
Most importantly, the experience inspired our students to think about future careers in food and hospitality while broadening their knowledge of food production and local food businesses. We would highly recommend Sheffield Food Tours to any school or college looking to provide an educational and enjoyable enrichment opportunity.
Food Hall Experience for 30 students, 14 September 2026
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TASTE & LEARN EXPERIENCES
Food Hall Itinerary:
Interactive, Hands-on and Immersive…
10.30am Meet at Sheffield Plate Food Hall in Orchard Square.
Session One - Students complete a stuctured learning task using our Food Hall Activity Workbook, which helps familiarise students with the food hall, vendors, their menus and dishes - view sample workbook
3 Courses included - 2 courses from a range of street food vendors, including Latin American, Sri Lankan, Korean and Italian, PLUS a dessert.
Hear first-hand industry stories from a Street Food Vendor hear in a Q&A session. Hear their story, how they run their business and how the dishes are made - view sample questions.
Talk and tasting from local artisan chocolate maker Bullion Chocolate - hear how bean-to-bar craft chocolate is made from this award-winning chocolate maker and sample some of their incredible chocolate as well as one of their brownies for dessert.
A short walk and history talk up to Leah's Yard for a look around and some free time to also have a look at Cambridge Street Collective - Europe's largest purpose-built food hall.
Minimum students, 20, maximum 40.
Ends around 2pm
Price £38 per student
Free places for 2 staff members (£20 per extra staff member).
City Food Culture Tour:
11am Meet at Sheffield Moor Market. Tour of Sheffield’s food market and its global cuisines. Hear about its history and current traders. Sample Nepalese Street Food.
Visit Oseyo Korean Supermarket. Hear about Korean food and sample an Asian sweet treat.
Visit a Neapolitan pizzeria, hear more about pizza origins and sample a slice or two.
Visit Sheffield Plate Food Hall. Enjoy a street food dish (either curry or tacos). Foodhall Workbook activity.
Visit Chocolate Bar by Bullion. Hear how craft chocolate is made, sample some of their award-winning products and enjoy a brownie or hot chocolate for dessert.
If time, we will visit Cambridge Street Collective - Europe’s largest purpose-built food hall, which has 20 vendors offering a wide range of international cuisine.
We will also include some history and cultural facts about Sheffield as we move from venue to venue.
Minimum students, 10, maximum 20.
Perfect for smaller groups or enrichment weeks,
Ends around 3pm.
Price £35 per student / £20 staff
“My Y10 students had a fantastic time at Sheffield Plate and Leah’s Yard courtesy of the wonderful Sophie and Peter at Sheffield Food Tours. Sophie was fantastic right from the start, tailoring the tour to suit the needs of our curriculum. The students loved having time to explore Sheffield Plate independently and, of course, to sample the delicious food on offer. They were all stuffed! A great experience that I would highly recommend to any school. Thanks Sheffield Food Tours! We’ll be back next year!
Food Hall Experience May 2026”
✔️ Designed for busy teachers
We handle everything:
Easy booking process
Full Risk Assessment
On-the-day guidance from our expert team
Provision of Workbook materials
MAT-ready packages for multi-school bookings