Food of LOVE
‘WE PROVIDE BREAKFASTS TO 1,000 SCHOOLS’
Carmel McConnell MBE, 60, is an ex-CEO, social activist and author. In 2003, she founded Magic Breakfast, a charity that provides healthy breakfasts for hungry children across the UK. Carmel lives with her partner Catherine in north London.
Seeing a hungry child eat is something you never forget. They devour food with urgency. I grew up in east London. We weren’t a wealthy family, but there was always food on the table. Many kids on our street weren’t so lucky, and Mum would invite them round for beans on toast. Seeing how they ate stuck with me.
Fast forward to the year 2000 and I was running an ethical tech business and researching my first book,. I loved my career, but I rarely got to meet anyone outside my bubble. So, in the interests of research, I spoke to five head teachers to find
