Cooking Courses for young people

From 2011, every 11 to 14-year-old will be given hands-on cooking lessons in how to make cheap, healthy dishes from simple, fresh ingredients. Cooking has never been compulsory in secondary schools before.

Heroes offers back to basics cookery Courses for young people 10 years upwards, individuals or groups. We also offer courses for young mums and parents.

Students will learn all about nutrition, how to prepare healthy low fat meals from scratch, learn about what vitamins are needed to build a healthy body, how to shop on a budget and be introduced to foods which they might never had come across before.

Mr Balls said:

"Leaving school able to cook healthy dishes from scratch is an essential everyday skill all young people should have. We're not talking about schools training top chefs - but it is right that children learn the basics they need to go on and start cooking at home with their parents and later on their own".

"It must be a thing of the past that young people - especially boys - can leave secondary school never having had a basic cooking lesson".

"Simple cooking is a fundamental skill that every young person should master - it is at the heart of tackling obesity and will enable future generations to understand food, diet and nutrition; and put together healthy meals for their entire lives".

If you would like more information on our Back to Basics Cookery Classes please email us.