Responding to reports of high sales of ready-made pancakes, Christine Haigh of the Children’s Food Campaign said:
“It's sad that low confidence and a lack of cooking skills mean that so many people have to rely on microwavable packets, rather than making this simple and traditional dish for themselves.”
She continued:
“More worrying is that, in a drive to "slim down" the school curriculum, the government looks set to abolish the small number of practical cooking lessons school children currently receive, leaving our children without even the ability to boil an egg or bake a potato, never mind cook a pancake."
The Children’s food Campaign is calling for the government to keep kids cooking by ensuring that compulsory cooking lessons are kept on the school curriculum for secondary school pupils.
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For further information, please contact Charlie Powell on 0203 5596 777 or 07817 746786, or at charlie@sustainweb.org.
Notes to editors:
1) The Children's Food Campaign wants to improve children's health and well-being through better food - and food teaching - in schools, and protecting children from junk food marketing. We are supported by over 150 national organisations. The Children's Food Campaign is coordinated by Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming and funded by the British Heart Foundation. For more information, see http://www.childrensfoodcampaign.org.uk/
2) Sales of ready-made pancakes have soared this year. For more information, see http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/8366548/Shrove-Tuesday-the-rise-of-the-ready-made-pancake.html
3) For more information about the Children’s Food Campaign’s work to keep kids cooking, see https://www.sustainweb.org/childrensfoodcampaign/keep_kids_cooking/
Children's Food Campaign: Campaigning for policy changes so that all children can easily eat sustainable and healthy food.
