We’re Hiring: Food Educator at HMP Spring Hill
This project is an ambitious initiative that aims to transform how food is grown, prepared and experienced at HMP Spring Hill. It is funded by a 3-year grant from The Rothschild Foundation.
We are looking for a dynamic and inspiring Food Educator to lead our food education work at HMP Spring Hill, an open prison in Buckinghamshire. This role sits at the heart of an ambitious project to transform food production, food quality and food education within the prison.
In the first phase of the project, you will work closely with the prison’s catering team to enhance the quality of food served across the establishment. You will deliver our Prison Food Education Programme - a practical and digital training programme designed to upskill and inspire catering teams. Through hands-on training, recipe development and collaboration with staff and prisoners, you will help embed a culture of fresh ingredients, scratch cooking and nutritious meals.
Alongside this work, a historic walled garden at Spring Hill will be restored and a new farm-to-fork training kitchen will be built. As this space becomes operational, the focus of the role will gradually shift towards delivering a weekly cookery programme for prisoners. In this second phase, you will teach practical cooking skills, helping individuals gain confidence in the kitchen while learning about fresh ingredients, seasonality and healthy eating.
This is a unique opportunity to shape a flagship project that brings together food growing, cooking and education. Working closely with prison staff, prisoners and the Food Behind Bars team, you will help create a food culture that improves wellbeing, builds skills and demonstrates what good prison food can look like.
This is a 3 day a week role, with 2 days based at the prison and 1 day of remote working. You can read the full job description with details of how to apply below. Application deadline: midnight on 17th April 2026.