Natalie Jefferson is passionate about food and keen to share that passion with others. After years in kitchens in Melbourne and London and a long stint running her own café, Our Kitchen Table, Nat has taken a side step into the kitchen of our Food Studies Department at school. You can imagine my reaction when she was introduced at a staff meeting as the new Food Studies Assistant and former chef. I made a beeline to talk to her. Recently my Year 7 French classes have been learning about food and ordering in a restaurant and we took them down to the Food Studies department for a tasting session, which they of course loved. Nat and the Food Studies teacher, Jennie, did a glorious job bringing food vocabulary to life and leading the students through eating with the senses as well as interesting facts about the various dishes. Food really brings people together and brings so much joy and that’s what Nat loves about hospitality, cooking for others and now sharing that with students.