The Mulberry Restaurant, Burton and South Derbyshire College
Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire
A five-day half-term Junior Chefs Academy for teenagers, run in the college's public fine-dining training restaurant. It ends with the young chefs cooking and serving a graduation lunch to two family guests.
For the children
Food preparation, cooking, presentation, food hygiene and safety, teamwork and front-of-house service. Students take home everything they cook or bake. On the last day they get their certificates at a graduation lunch they have prepared.
- Run by
- Burton and South Derbyshire College with the Geoffrey Harrison Foundation
- Supervised
- Yes — children are looked after by staff
- Ages
- 13–16 (school years 9–11)
- When
- Monday–Friday of half term, 9am–4.30pm
- Dates
- 26–30 October 2026, 9am–4.30pm daily
- Price
- £60, including all ingredients and two guests at the graduation lunch (hardship funding may be available)
- Booking
- Enrol online through the college course page
Researched by Tumble in October 2026 from each restaurant's own website (or the website of the company running its kids' club). Tumble doesn't take these bookings. Kids' clubs, times and prices change and some need booking ahead, so check with the restaurant before you go. Where we don't give a price, age range or time, it means the restaurant doesn't publish one.