Cooking is an “essential skill” and should be a compulsory subject in schools, according to one of Ireland’s leading chefs.
Ballymaloe Cookery School founder Darina Allen said teaching children to cook could be essential to avoiding a national health crisis.
A recent study has shown Ireland has the highest spend on ultra-processed foods in the EU, accounting for 47% of our weekly shopping., Ms Allen said she’s long been on a campaign to get “practical cooking embedded in the school curriculum”. “I’d love for children to be shown how to sow seeds and how to grow their own food to land that magic,” she said.
“I really feel that we’re failing in our duty of care to our young people by letting them out of our homes and out of our schools without giving them the“The STEM subjects, everyone concentrates on them; well why is cooking and these practical skills not looked at as a totally essential skill? “It’s the thing that keeps us going, our energy, our vitality, our ability to do everything depends on the food we eat.”Ms Allen said home-cooked healthy food is directly linked to good health.“She did lots of home cooking, the most important kind of food, and we got the strong message that if you didn’t put the effort into the food on the table, you’ll give it to the doctor or chemist.Children cooking in an Irish primary school.
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