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Congratulations to Food Museum 🥳. They have won the Food on Display Award at the British Library Food Season Awards 2026...
23/06/2026

Congratulations to Food Museum 🥳. They have won the Food on Display Award at the British Library Food Season Awards 2026 for the School Dinner Exhibit 👏 AND been names Best Temporary or Touring Exhibition of the Year at the Museums and Heritage awards!

If you have been following us for a while you might have seen the school dinners through the decades dishes. Spanning the 1940s to the present day, each dish reflects the shifting culture, nutrition and nostalgia surrounding school food.

Last year the Food on Display Award went to The Museum of Royal Worcester Museum of Royal Worcester for Dr Wall’s Dinner. For this display we recreated an authentic 18th century menu to reflect the opulence and culinary traditions of the era.

A huge congratulations to everyone involved in making this exhibit come to life ✨

Shoutout to The National Lottery Heritage Fund Arts Council England Thomas Ridley Foodservice The Quadram Institute

Can we create replica food for award winning displays 3 years in a row? We can’t wait to find out 🤗

Two of the most inspiring days of my professional career.Last week I had the privilege of spending time in the historica...
18/06/2026

Two of the most inspiring days of my professional career.

Last week I had the privilege of spending time in the historical kitchen of food historian Ivan Day, working alongside him on a collection of eighteenth-century sweetmeats destined for display at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

Long before I ever made a fake food sculpture, I was fascinated by historic food. I still remember buying a copy of Mrs Beeton’s Book of Household Management at auction in 2013 and beginning a journey that would eventually lead me here.

Many people may not realise that Ivan was one of the true pioneers of replica food displays in the museum world. Around thirty years ago, he and model maker Tony Barton created some of the most remarkable historic food displays ever seen in British heritage settings, bringing great dining tables back to life in some of the country’s finest historic houses.

To spend time learning from Ivan in the very kitchen where so much of that research and reconstruction has taken place was a genuine privilege. Alongside the work itself, Ivan and his wife Gill showed extraordinary hospitality and generosity, sharing stories, knowledge and enthusiasm in equal measure.

I left Cumbria with a car boot full of biscuits and a heart full of admiration for the cooks, confectioners, artisans and chefs of the past whose work continues to inspire us today.

Thank you, Ivan and Gill, and Molly. It is a visit I will never forget.

02/06/2026

From workshop bench to museum gallery.

A few weeks ago we shared the first look at these 1950s-inspired dishes in the workshop. Here they are in situ at The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, where they help recreate a post-war dining experience.

It is always a pleasure to see our replica food displayed in its final setting, especially when a project begins with such fascinating source material. Developed with Misty and the team at these dishes were inspired by 1950s menus, photographs and illustrations.

Many thanks again to and to for making the introduction that brought this project to life.

If you visit the exhibition, be sure to tag us in your photos ☺️ we’d love to see them

Our 3rd together 🌈
24/05/2026

Our 3rd together 🌈

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