Thomastown businessman Ted Chwasta wants food education back on the school curriculum.
So great is his passion that when he caught wind that celebrity chef Jamie Oliver had started a petition to make practical food education compulsory in schools, Mr Chwasta decided to encourage schools in Thomastown to sign up by offering them a giveaway.
Mr Chwasta owns The Good Guys in Thomastown. The electrical and white goods chain is the founding partner of Jamie’s Ministry of Food Australia, which has taught more than 19,000 people the health and wellbeing benefits of cooking healthy, no-fuss food from scratch.
Mr Chwasta will give a new stainless-steel microwave to whichever school contributes the most signatures to the petition before Food Revolution Day on May 15.
“Food Revolution Day and Jamie’s petition are a chance for everyone in the community to come together and unite in a fight for nutrition curriculum and standards in our primary schools – and send a message,” he said.
Pupils at St Clares Catholic Primary School, who have their own kitchen garden, are rallying friends and family to sign Jamie Oliver’s petition.
