It's best to cook with your children from a young age to encourage them in the kitchen
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A recent study has shown that a third of children over the age of 12 in the UK can’t cook and London children are struggling to keep up in the kitchen with their Northern counterparts.
The YouGov survey, sponsored by kitchen designer Johnny Grey and Electrolux, a global leader in home appliances, revealed that while 64 per cent of youngsters in the North-East are cooking up a storm by their fifth birthday – with some getting stuck in aged just three – only a fifth of children in London will have started cooking by the same age.
The study also found that while over half of children in regions across Britain make a start in the kitchen before they turn nine, a number of ours are culinary slackers, and are unable to cook a meal from scratch by the time they enter their teens.
London was also noted as having the lowest number of children who learn to cook from their parents.
According to Johnny Grey, research has shown that we are happiest between six and ten at night, which is often when we are in our kitchens, he says, ‘why not create a living space that extends this happy period throughout the day, making a sociable room that attracts and caters to all members of the family. Cooking is one of the most sociable activities there is and children can learn at an early age about the pleasure and satisfaction the whole cooking experience can bring’.
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