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11/09/2008
Compulsory Cookery Package Will Help 'Fight Obesity'
A package paving the way for compulsory practical cooking lessons in secondary schools from 2011 has been introduced by Children, Schools and Families Secretary Ed Balls.
"Everyone should be able to prepare basic, nutritious dishes from scratch instead of taking 'pride' in not being able to cook properly," said Mr Balls.
He also urged parents to get their children, particularly boys, cooking at home because it was one of the keys to fighting obesity.
The new funding includes £150 million ringfenced capital investment to build food technology teaching areas in secondary schools currently without facilities and £750,000 specifically to recruit and train 800 new food technology teachers.
The Government is also publishing a new, free cookbook for all 11-year-olds today, to help them learn healthy versions of old favourites - including spaghetti bolognese; risotto; lamb hot pot; lamb rogan josh; roast chicken legs; chow mein; and apple crumble.
The announcement follows ministers' confirmation in January that from 2011, food technology lessons, including hands-on practical cooking lessons, will be compulsory for every 11 to 14-year-old - the first time that cooking has ever been compulsory in schools.
Mr Balls said: "Too many people just accept they cannot cook or simply do not have time for it. We’ve lost touch with making basic dishes from scratch, even though there has never been a wider range of food in our shops. Celebrity chef cookbooks are best-sellers but for too many people, cooking is now something they watch on television instead of doing themselves."
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"Everyone should be able to prepare basic, nutritious dishes from scratch instead of taking 'pride' in not being able to cook properly," said Mr Balls.
He also urged parents to get their children, particularly boys, cooking at home because it was one of the keys to fighting obesity.
The new funding includes £150 million ringfenced capital investment to build food technology teaching areas in secondary schools currently without facilities and £750,000 specifically to recruit and train 800 new food technology teachers.
The Government is also publishing a new, free cookbook for all 11-year-olds today, to help them learn healthy versions of old favourites - including spaghetti bolognese; risotto; lamb hot pot; lamb rogan josh; roast chicken legs; chow mein; and apple crumble.
The announcement follows ministers' confirmation in January that from 2011, food technology lessons, including hands-on practical cooking lessons, will be compulsory for every 11 to 14-year-old - the first time that cooking has ever been compulsory in schools.
Mr Balls said: "Too many people just accept they cannot cook or simply do not have time for it. We’ve lost touch with making basic dishes from scratch, even though there has never been a wider range of food in our shops. Celebrity chef cookbooks are best-sellers but for too many people, cooking is now something they watch on television instead of doing themselves."
(CD/JM)
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