Welcome to The Cool Food School

At The Cool Food School, we have a passion for healthy eating and love sharing it with kids through fun, interactive online and in person workshops at :
Pre-Schools, Camps, Schools, Birthdays, Events.
Our Online Shop has all you need to create cool food at home too.

Meet The Cool Food School Team

School Workshops

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Testimonials

"Deirdre's Smoothie-Making Workshop was a hit! Bright, energetic and informative- we'll definitely be back!"

“I watched Deirdre from The Cool Food School at Bloom over the last few days and I think she’s one of the best educators of healthy eating for kids I’ve ever seen. “

My daughter, Laurel, is enjoying Cool Food School classes that you are running in Glenone Crèche. She got me to bring her to Homebase after the 1st or 2nd week and choose carrot, lettuce and pepper seeds. 😊 The peppers were planted this evening. The rest will follow later in the week!

She would like one of the knives you use in class to help me prepare dinner. She has been peeling carrots since the first class but wants to cut them too.

Thank you so much for all your wonderful lessons - so well planned, organised and delivered. The children loved (and learnt) their Wednesdays with Deirdre. We would have no hesitation in recommending your programme."

My three year old had an absolutely fantastic time at one of Deirdre’s workshops recently. He had the biggest grin on his face, completely absorbed in everything being said. One minute picking carrots, next thing I know, he’s smelling, describing, peeling and chopping veggies. The “carrot hater” couldn’t get enough of the carrot power balls and I nearly passed out to see him snacking on the Brussels sprout crisps that he had just made. Best of all, we have since made the recipes at home and he loves them. Deirdre has a unique talent in being both extremely entertaining and passionate about what she does. We regularly use our “peelers and choppers” from the cool food school. Couldn’t recommend enough!!

The children were always excited to see “the vegetable lady”! I can only say the teachers praised all the workshops. Thanks you! It’s been a wonderful experience. Looking forward to next time.

The Cool Food School visited our Transition Year students in September and Deirdre Doyle presented a highly engaging session based on sensory experiences of food. The workshop was very well prepared and interactive to keep the students involved. Deirdre brought a vast array of sensory stimulating foods and the students really enjoyed the process of blind-tasting to focus on their sensory response to the foods. The workshop was absorbing, active and maintained student interest throughout. It was a refreshing approach to presenting to secondary school students and we would definitely recommend the Cool Food School experience!

"Thanks so much for all your wonderful lessons, so well planned, organised and delivered. The children loved (and learnt) their Wednesdays with Deirdre. We would have no hesitation recommending your programme." -

"We love to cook and talk about food at home, but now that Isabelle has completed her Cool Food School course in preschool, she's not only an active participant in those conversations, she actually teaches us things in the kitchen! She wanted to make cauliflower rice one day after watching Deirdre make it with the children in her class, and when I told her that I didn't know how, she said "I'll teach you!". And that's exactly what she did. She was so proud, I thought she would burst. Thank you, Deirdre, for nurturing Isabelle's love of and curiosity about food, and for spreading the message that healthy eating can be a celebration rather than a chore."

It’s a fun and hands-on workshop and our children really enjoyed learning about the veggies every time Deirdre visited our class. It gave them a simple food-growing experience and now they don’t think broccoli or mushroom come from a supermarket. It was also inspiring them to try some healthy food

Dr. Colette Reynolds, Growing Healthy Eaters

I'm really impressed with Deirdre and the Cool Food School, whose aim is to make healthy eating for kids super fun!