SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES

We believe that food and history are integral parts of our social and cultural development. Monisha has run workshops for schools and Universities for several years covering topics in a range of formats from one day events to longer programmes. We work closely with teachers so that we can tailor our offering to your classroom work. 

We hope to inspire young people’s imagination and inform attitudes through our fun and diverse workshops. 

Universities

We regularly run walking tours and cooking classes for British, European and American Universities. Whether it be tying in with studies about Indian literature and the works of Salman Rushdie or Immigration and Food Studies, we can build these into our events. 

 Each year we work with a variety of universities including-

University of Maryland, Georgia College and State University, Quenstedt Gymnasium, Germany, Wellington High School New Zealand, Brigham Young University, USA, Elon University, USA, FIE (Foundation of International Education), Global Education Oregon, Technical University of Braunschweig, Boston University, William & Mary, Wooster, Centre College, American University and more.

We have the necessary insurance and are DBS checked.

We offer walks and classes as individual events or a combination of both. Our cooking school is a short bus ride away from Southall

2 hour walking tour of Southall in west London

3 hour Indian cooking workshop learning about how to create a healthy, student friendly meal

Prices upon request.

Please contact us with your requirements

Schools

 We are able to fit our workshops around the National Curriculum and can work with all Key Stages. Our workshops tie in with various school subjects such as-

 Design and Technology (Cooking and Nutrition)

Science

Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education (PSHE)

Learning for Life at Work (Home Economics)

An example of an event we ran for a school from near Birmingham who came down to London for a day trip centred around the Edexcel A level geography curriculum themes and Southall (Unit 4b- Diverse Places). This was a walking tour of Southall where we covered topics such as Indian history and migration, memories and food, cultural behaviors that impact integration as well as-

How places can be represented using contrasting images

How regional and national influences have shaped the characteristics of a place

How places were perceived during (and after) industrialisation

How some urban locations are seen as undesirable or even threatening by residents and/or outsiders 

How urban places are seen differently by different groups because of their lived experience of places and their perceptions of those places

How different media can provide contrasting evidence about the image different people have (about a place)