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BBC Good Food survey says youngsters are cooking

A BBC Good Food survey shows the children are starting to cook earlier because of cookery television shows.

According to a survey conducted by BBC Good Food magazine, the younger generation are encouraged to learn to cook from a young age due to the television cookery programmes that they see so often.

The magazine conducted a survey of 1,349 parents and children, revealing the rise of the ‘Jamie Oliver’ generation. The combination of an abundance of TV cookery shows and a more relaxed attitude to household roles means that children are cooking from the age of 6, compared to an average of 10 years old for their parents’ generation.

The survey included interviews with parents and compared their upbringing with that of their children, as well as interviews with children.

According to BBC Good Food magazine editor Gillian Carter: “It is easy to forget that for years home cooking was the preserve of the adult woman of the household, and often children were shooed out of the kitchen.Today cooking, inspired in part by television, is seen as an opportunity to spend time together doing something fun and practical. 50% of parents view it as an essential life skill and the great thing is Dads are just as involved as mums. We want to capitalise on this enthusiasm with our children’s cooking campaign – and what better time to start than Father’s Day.”

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Posted by Amy Power.

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