SAPERE network news

UK Department of Education website and Sensory Food Education

It is with great pleasure that we can inform you that sensory food-based education based on the SAPERE method now has been included in the UK Department of Education website as a preferred approach to Food Education for Early…

June 15^th, 2022
government, sensory education, TastEd, UK

Take a look at this lovely Demeter Project!

TastEd and Maths on a farm A truly great example of international school collaboration (ERASMUS) where taste education is included. Our UK members, Washingborough Academy and TasteEd have participated as well as schools from a number of other European countries….

June 28^th, 2021
children, sensory education, taste, United-Kingdom

Einar Risvik in Memoriam

Today the Sapere board received the very sad message that our friend, colleague and board member, Dr Einar Risvik died on Sunday 23rd in Oslo, Norway. Einar retired from work February 1st this year, and his plan was to have…

May 26^th, 2021
2021, Norway, SAPERE, sensory education

See & Eat eBooks and activities to help your little ones know and love their vegetables!

SEE & EAT EBOOKS AND ACTIVITIES TO HELP YOUR LITTLE ONES KNOW AND LOVE THEIR VEGETABLES ! Activities and resources At SeeandEat.org you will find: eBooks that show vegetables’ different journeys from farm to plate. You can read the…

March 22^nd, 2021
child, cooking, taste, vegetable

Happy New 2021!

On behalf of the Sapere International board I would like to wish all our members and friends a happy, healthy and safe 2021. I do not think many of us are sad to leave the year of 2020 behind. The…

January 14^th, 2021
2021, SAPERE aisbl, wishes

Jacques Puisais: creator of the Sapere Method has passed away

At the age of 93 Jacques Puisais passed away December 6th 2020. He leaves us as a legacy, among others the Institute of Taste, a method of sensory awakening and analysis … He designed the taste classes disseminated in many countries by SAPERE International. We will continue to…

December 9^th, 2020
France, Puisais

Early Years activities for Taste Week 12th-16th October 2020

On the occasion of Taste Week, which took place 12th-16th October 2020, SAPERE Les Classes du Goût association launched the first phase of its taste education training for nursery workers. We have in effect set up a partnership with the…

November 12^th, 2020
France, Senlis, taste week, workshop

Sensory education & verbalization : ‘Ratatouille et Cabrioles’ project outcomes measured by CODES 083 team

Ratatouille & Cabrioles (R&C) is a three-year intervention consisting of sessions run collaboratively by CODES 83 project managers and the educational teams for children in pre-school settings in priority neighbourhoods. Families are involved in order to cut across different areas…

November 4^th, 2020
France, measures, nutrition, vocabulary

DRAAF Hauts de France project

After responding to a call for projects, SAPERE Les Classes du Goût has been selected by the Hauts de France DRAAF (Directorate-General of Food, Agriculture and Forests) to take part in implementing one of the priority areas of the National Food Programme: “Developing food education…

November 4^th, 2020
DRAAF, France, Hauts-de-France, training

Seniors : des outils pour que l’alimentation garde toute sa saveur

Article rédigé par l’équipe Senso5 A l’instar de tous les pays industrialisés, on constate en Suisse un vieillissement de la population. Si notre pays compte aujourd’hui plus de 18,7% de seniors, il en comptera plus de 25% en 2040 (Office…

October 26^th, 2020
food, senior, Senso5, Switzerland