Students learning about food at Chester Market during a school tour.

A 3-Hour Guided Food Tour

Designed for GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition Students

Food & Drink Tour in Chester

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Guided Chester Food Tours designed for GCSE Food Development Students Guided Chester Food Tours designed for GCSE Food Development Students

The School Food Tours in Chester

Guided school food tours in Chester explore taste perception, food choice and food culture through a structured, discussion-led experience in Chester’s New Market and some of the city’s most interesting eateries.

It’s been designed specifically for GCSE Food Deveolpment, Preparation & Nutrition — so everything students experience links back to what they’re learning in class.

There are no worksheets — just structured, thoughtful discussion that helps students apply their knowledge in a real setting. Students enjoy assembling their own food at some stops, have a go at pastry techniques and hear from makers.

Students also explore Chester’s history spanning 2000 years rooted in Roman-era street food, Cheshire cheese production, a thriving fishing industry and Cocoa Houses in the 1800s. Classes will learn how migration, labour and local industry influenced the area’s food culture — including the rise of Italian food in the wake of the industrial revolution.

It’s GCSE theory brought to life.

GCSE Links (AQA 8585)

The visit supports:

  • Sensory evaluation
  • Taste receptors & the olfactory system
  • Factors affecting food choice
  • Socio-cultural influences
  • Evaluation and justification skills
  • Business development

It strengthens the analytical thinking students need for NEA, without conducting any assessment.

 

 

Food Tour Info

What Students Experience

  • A fun supertaster test exploring why people experience taste differently
  • A memorable taste vs flavour demonstration using retronasal olfaction
  • Guided sensory discussions using GCSE language: taste, aroma, texture and appearance
  • Conversations about how culture, environment and expectation shape food choice
  • Hear from the makers and business owners including female-owned busineeses
  • Demonstrations from some of the venues visited
  • The opportunity to assemble food and attempt pastry techniques
  • 4 food stops (2 savoury, 2 sweet) plus a mini hot chocolate tasting — together adding up to a substantial meal

Why Teachers Book This

  • Built specifically for GCSE Food — not adapted from a generic tour
  • Clear curriculum links you can confidently justify
  • A structured format that brings the curriculum to life
  • Maximum group size is 20 students with a minimum of two teachers for groups of 15 and over
  • Risk assessments available
  • Public liability insurance in place
  • Approx. 3 hours
  • £40 per student and £10 per teacher
Students enjoying a food tasting experience during a school food tour in Chester.

Check Dates & Availability

If you’re a Food Technology teacher and would like to explore booking options, please get in touch.

Email: hello@chesteronaplatefoodtours.co.uk

Telephone: 0782461765

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Students enjoying a food tasting experience during a school food tour in Chester.
A young woman, Steph Peters, owner of Pastry Pedaleur in Chester New Market, wears a yellow shirt and a colourful hairband holding her tied back hair in plac. She is holding a piece of Mrs Bournes Cheshire Cheese, which is local cheshter produce, and talking to a group of Chester Food tour guests who are standing off camera during the dessert stops on their Get a Taste of Chester half-day food tour. The woman is talking passionately with her hands whilst leaning her elbows on a counter top, on the counter can be seen a number of identical cheese cakes on blue ceramic plates and a collection of other pastries and cakes in clear display cabinets. Our Chester walking food tours UK has a passion for local produce. Thier owner Stephanie Bath wants to ensure Chester food tour guests get real taste of Chester's and Cheshire's artisan produce. It is a colourful half-day Food tour photo for 'Chester on a Plate Food Tours;
An array of gelato tubs on a tray containing award winning flavours to be given by the owner of Krum Gelato in Chester city centre to food tour guests and GCSE Food Tour students in Chester on Stop two of Chester on a Plate's Food Tour

Contact Us

We welcome questions and requests regarding any of our Chester food tours.

Don’t hesitate to get in touch!

078 5021 4197

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Frequently Asked Questions

Are Allergies and Dietary Requirements Catered For?

On the Chester GSCE Food Tour as long as we have at least 48 hours notice, we can cater for almost all allergies and dietary requirements such as vegetarian, vegan, shellfish allergy. If you have any further questions please get in touch

How much is the GCSE Food Development and Preperation Food Tour?

The tour is £40 per student and £10 per teacher

How many children can we bring on a GCSE Food Tour in Chester

Maximum capacity

We can accomodate up to 20 students. Some schools choose to spilt their class and come on 2 separate dates. Contact us about any add ons and we will try to accomodate.

Where is the meeting point?

We meet outside The Storyhouse in Chester. There is a place for mini buses and coaches to drop off and pick up opposite on Hunter Street.