He said: “I remember queuing up with my token and later a card with money loaded on to it. I was always quite cheeky as a kid and able to sweet talk the dinner ladies into giving me an extra Yorkshire pudding or something.
Dad-of-one James, 41, from Worcester, told The Sun: “I can’t believe this. I’m amazed to have been given this award. James and a team of three dinner ladies, Carla Hammond, 62, Lynda Boswell, 54, and Alison Clarke, 66, cook for almost 300 pupils every day. “His passion really makes a difference. His story really stood out to me when I was judging and so I wanted to come and meet him.”
She said: “When I read about what Jamie and The Sun were looking for, I thought, ‘That’s James and his team’.