Category: English news

SAPERE digital conference, 20th October 2022, “The relation of sensory education and sustainability”

SAVE THE DATE SAPERE international organises a digital conference on October 20th 2022, from 15.00-17.00 Brussels time for SAPERE members. The theme will be The Relation of sensory education and sustainability (environmental + social). Stay tuned here for the detailed…

July 13^th, 2022
conference, environment, sensory education, sustainability

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

SAPERE on BBC Radio 4s The Food Programme, Monday 10th Februrary 2020

SAPERE got some great exposure on BBC Radio 4s The Food Programme. It starts at 14.00, but the whole programme is definitely worth a listen. What Is Making My Child Fat? Part 1: Finding Solutions to the UK’s Child Obesity…

February 17^th, 2020
BBC

TastEd hosts SAPERE Symposium, Cambridge, 24 & 25 October 2019

Thank you Bee Wilson from TastEd for this great summary. We’ve never had two days quite like it. We sniffed mint and we sipped seaweed broth from Japan. We tasted crunchy and quiet foods with headphones on. We heard about…

November 14^th, 2019
Cambridge, symposium, United-Kingdom, workshop

Sapere Introduction Workshop in Tallin, January 18th 2019

January 18th 2019 Sapere International together with the Estonian Nutrition Advisors Association (ETNÜ) arranged a one day workshop with an introduction to the Sapere method and how it can be used in the kindergarten setting. Most of the 18 participants where…

February 4^th, 2019
Estonia, nutrition, Tallin, workshop

Happy New Year 2019

On behalf of the Sapere International board, I would like to wish all of you in our Sapere network a happy and healthy 2019. The next boardmeeting will be held March 11th and we are planning for a Sapere Symposia…

January 2^nd, 2019

New research on sensory food education in the UK

Dr. Nick Wilkinson has started work at the University of Leeds (UK), on a two year outcomes assessment of Flavour School, a programme of sensory food education for primary schools, adapted from the SAPERE method. Nick has teamed up with…

December 19^th, 2018

Talking about SAPERE on the BBC World Service

The Weekend programme on the BBC World Service on 15th September 2018 featured the SAPERE method delivered through Flavour School at Washingborough Academy near Lincoln, UK.

December 14^th, 2018

SAPERE meeting in Washingborough, UK

A board meeting hosted in Washingborough by our newest boardmember Jason O’Rourke. With Bee Wilson informing us about the (great) progress of Flavour School UK, and a visit to Washingborough Academy and their garden. Stina Algoston

October 5^th, 2018
meeting, Washingborough