Tom Kerridge says it is his “priority” to ensure that all under-privileged children receive free school meals.
The TV chef said such benefits should be “part and parcel” of education, and called for the children of households on Universal Credit to be given free school meals.
Kerridge, who received free school meals himself as a child, also criticised MPs who voted against such measures, while benefiting from subsidised food in the House of Commons.
Speaking to the Daily Mirror, he said: “The priority for me is making sure everybody has a school meal. It should be part and parcel of education.
“If they’re not getting a free school meal they’re probably being sent with no lunch or a packed lunch.
“That lunch doesn’t tick any of the boxes of nutritional values, of sustainability, in terms of child growth, health, nutrition.”
