Cookery lessons 'not
good enough' Packed lunches are the most common option, survey
shows Efforts to get children in England eating more healthily are
stymied by poor cookery lessons, inspectors say. Pupils spend too
little time learning how to cook nutritious meals and often end up
making buns and pizzas or designing icing on cakes, Ofsted said.
Teaching children to
cook is one of the best ways to encourage them to eat sensibly. It
could also help to turn around the lumbering spectre of obesity
threatening their future health. Experts forecast that one million
children could be obese within the next decade. Diet-related disease
is already costing the NHS 10 billion pounds a year.
Plans for a national
network of up to 4,000 after-school cookery clubs in England will be
unveiled early 2007, in the first move of its kind designed to teach
youngsters and their parents basic cooking skills together and
encourage them to enjoy food.
Cookwise - Giving kids confidence to cook
Cookwise is an innovative new children’s cookery course. Online audio
tutorials and fact sheet resources, with visual recipe cards, action plans
and shopping lists that are posted, all support children and their parents
in the kitchen, giving them the confidence to cook at home.
The Cookwise courses are suitable for a range of ages. Cook Together
Subscription Courses for parents and young children. These will encourage
your child to cook simple to follow recipes with your help. Be Independent
Subscription Courses for 8–16 year olds are for those who are ready to work
on their own. Student courses, to prepare for flying the nest. Helping
students eat healthily, economically and impress their friends. A
starter pack gets everyone going, and then subscriptions provide weekly
recipes for a healthy balanced meal for the family. Also offer Workshops and
Parties for those of you who live within travelling distance of Wells in
Somerset.
Cottage Cooks
Cottage Cooks believes that children should be introduced to the joys of
cooking from an early age and provides different ways to get kids into the
kitchen. From Children's Cooking Courses to Cookie 'n' Cake Kits and
Cooking Parties to Seasonal Holiday Packs, Cottage Cooks has everything you
need to get your child cooking and experimenting with new foods and tastes.
Fantastic online store and as our products are sent to your own home, it
doesn't matter where you live - you can still join in the cooking fun!
Splat Cooking
Cooking parties for ages 4-18 years - They'll come and run your child's
cooking party, bring all the utensils, ingredients, party bags, help the
children cook their own lunch or tea, clear up afterwards while you sit back
and enjoy the party. DIY Cooking Kits - wherever you are in the world
your child can have a cooking party even if we can't get there. They'll
write the party for you, talk you through it and provide you with aprons,
chef's hats, recipes, party bags, sprinkles and cake cases, almost as good
as us being there. Cookery School for children - workshops and cookery clubs
run in Bucks, Herts, Berks and Oxon during term-time and school holidays.
Little Augill Cooks
Augill Castle, Nr Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria Give your children the chance to
learn to cook with the added bonus of staying in a castle. Our 'Little
Augill Cooks' cookery school is aimed at children aged 7 - 14 and gives them
the opportunity to develop new skills in a safe fun environment. They
may learn bread making, basic butchery, one pot cooking or, for the more
ambitious, a complete family meal. Everyone can then sample the fruits of
their labours with their own families. Courses may also include farm
visits, planting and harvesting in the castle's own vegetable garden and
looking after our own pigs and free-range chickens. Courses are tailored to
the ages and needs of participants and are intended as residential courses
for the whole family.
Cookie Crumbles
Established for over 10 years Cookie Crumbles has been providing a wide
range of cooking activities for children and teenagers from 4-18 year olds.
Hands on Cooking Parties for all those special occasions as well as Cookery
Workshops. Parties are a real hit with all ages. They are great fun and give
your children hands on experience even if they have never cooked before,
they will enjoy the squidgy messiness, the tasting and creativity of being
in charge of their own party food. Cookie Crumbles Workshops, run on
Saturdays and during the school holidays, are held at Divertimenti Cookery
School at 34 Marylebone High Street, London, W1U 4PT. Come and join the fun
at one of their exciting workshops for children of all abilities aged 5-16
years.
Stirrin' Stuff
Stirrin' Stuff is a campaign (based in Scotland but crossing UK) to teach
children practical food preparation. It gives active skill, discriminating
tongues, family bonds, healthy diets. Interactive cookery demonstrations in
youth clubs, schools, special needs groups, shows.