Ian Parmenter, celebrity chef on ABC TV’s Consuming Passions, will lend his considerable culinary expertise to fighting childhood obesity when Charles Sturt University (CSU) and NSW TAFE Riverina Institute host a Lunchbox Spectacular on Monday 13 November. The evening event will focus on providing healthy, nutritious and fun food for school children, and is aimed at classroom teachers, nutritionists, parents and anyone interested in healthy food for kids. Other speakers include CSU’s lecturer in dietetics Gabrielle O’Kane and Head of the University’s Murray School of Education, Dr Louise Hard. The event will start at 4pm at the Rivers Restaurant on the Albury Campus, Riverina Institute of TAFE, Poole St, Albury, and will be followed by CSU wines and healthy snacks. The event is sponsored by Qantas Airways and Hume Building Society.