Jacqi Deighan is the founder of NATURAL KITCHEN STRATEGIES and has many years experience working with young children and in the hospitality industry, particularly as a chef in the corporate sector.

She successfully ran her own caterin business and has a Diploma of Applied Science in Hospitality Studies and an Associate Diploma in Child Care. Jacqi, a mother of three, and a passionate believer in the importance of natural food, has spent many years researching children's health and experimenting with healthy cuisine, recipe conversion and ways to tempt children's jaded palates.

Jacqi has appeared on television and has been quoted many times in the press with her innovative ideas for children's health.

Sessions include:

Let's Talk About Real Food
Prep - Grade 6
This classroom session aims to get even young children thinking about what they put in their bodies and how it can affect the way they feel. It includes lots of interaction, a classroom experiment and tast testing!
A valuable learning session.

Optimise Your Brain Power for Study
Yrs 7-12
This interactive session looks at the realities of caffeine and alcohol intake, the problems with huge sugar consumption, and why eating refined foods can affect one's ability to concentrate. It then focuses on the food that can really optimise study potential, how eating well sharpens memory and invigorates mind and body to develop well-being and a stronger sense of self.

Teacher Education Forum
The aim of the forum is to create an understanding in teachers of the importance of health promotion in schools and what they can do to encourage healthier choices in their students. It addresses canteen issues, fundraising, celebrations, students rewards and teachers as role models.

Community and Parent Talks

These talks can be customised to suit individual requirments and can cover topics such as nutrition and the healthy school lunchbox, the merits of a healthy breakfast as an aid to learning, babies' first foods and feeding ou

You can visit Jacqi's website at www.naturalkitchenstrategies.com.au