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Have you ever wanted cooking equipment for your school? Are you interested in teaching children how to cook a range of dishes using fresh ingredients? How about a resource to assist you in teaching cooking skills from scratch? Well now's your chance with the Food Standards Agency's Cookit.
Cookit is a unique set of high quality cooking equipment and utensils, developed for primary schools by the Focus on Food Campaign and with the support of the Food Standards Agency.
The equipment, which is housed in a bright wheeled trunk, is suitable for teaching children in playgroups, cooking clubs or in young people's organisations. This excellent resource enables teachers to teach cooking skills and inspire children to get involved in food safety and preparation.
Lesley Batterham, of Birch Primary School, wrote to us when her school received its Cookit. 'I would just like to say a big thank you for the fantastic Cookit which I had the pleasure of unpacking yesterday,' she said.
'As a school, we are passionate about giving our children opportunities to learn about food and cooking. We think that if we give children the skills to cook, we are giving them a choice of how they eat in the future. Having this kit ensures we are able to teach these skills with excellent resources.'
Focus on Food Director Anita Cormac said: 'The Cookit is a fantastic concept that has been really well received by all primary schools. After years of experience teaching cooking to young people, we know what works well, what will be used and will last. We also understand how carefully schools need to manage their budgets. The Cookit has been carefully designed and trialled to ensure it supports cooking in schools effectively. It offers very good value for money in terms of quality.'
The Cookit equipment has been selected from the same range used on board the FSA's famous travelling kitchen, the Cooking Bus, during the past eight years.
Each Cookit contains everything needed to teach basic cooking and baking skills to groups of six to 12 pupils. It also includes a range of items for demonstration and preparation by adults only.
As well as mixing bowls, jugs, chopping boards, scales, baking equipment and trays, saucepans, can-openers, ladles and much more, there is a set of table cutlery for 12 people. Cookits also come with full user information, such as activities, advice and recipes.
The FSA is currently offering grants towards the cost of buying this complete set of cooking equipment.
If you are passionate about giving your children opportunities to learn about food and cooking, you can apply for a grant to buy this invaluable kit, using the application form at the link below. The deadline for applications is 23 June 2008.
For more information, please contact the Focus on Food office on 01422 383191 or email focusonfood@designdimension.org
Room 245 Aviation House,
125 Kingsway,
London WC2B 6NH
Telephone: 020 7276 8888
Out of hours duty pager: 07623 978344
Fax: 020 7276 8833
Email:
press.mailbox@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
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