Anne hangs up pans after three decades as school cook

By Jill Theobald
Published 4th Oct 2023, 15:02 BST
Anne Warren, a member of the kitchen staff at Rawmarsh Thorogate School, who retired recently after over 30 years service.Anne Warren, a member of the kitchen staff at Rawmarsh Thorogate School, who retired recently after over 30 years service.
Anne Warren, a member of the kitchen staff at Rawmarsh Thorogate School, who retired recently after over 30 years service.
AN ASSISTANT cook with a “massive heart” who served up school dinners to pupils – including her own three children - for more than three decades has retired.

Anne Warren (66) was presented with a bunch of flowers by pupils at a special assembly at Thorogate School after 32 years in the role.

Head teacher John Barnett shared one of his first memories of the mum of three and grandmother of one – her presenting him with a heart-shaped spud as a joke, due to his fondness for jacket potatoes at lunch time.

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“That has always stayed with me all these years,” he joked, “although not the potato itself, of course!

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“But that sums Mrs Warren up as she has got a massive heart.

“She has looked after all of you pupils, she's looked after some of your parents.

“She is a big part of the school, a big part of the community and she's going to be hugely missed.

“School dinners won't taste the same without Mrs Warren!”

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Anne said: “I have loved every single moment that I have been here.

“It is a beautiful school.

“All the teachers past and present have been wonderful and I am going to miss all the smiling faces of you children.

“I am going to miss serving you dinners.”

Anne plans to spend her new free time with her husband who has also retired and hopes to go on “lots of holidays and enjoy lots of coffee and cakes with my daughters and sister!”