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The Food Chain

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Examining what it takes to put food on your plate

The Food Chain examines the business, science and cultural significance of food, and what it takes to put food on your plate.

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The Food Chain: This kid cooks

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03/08/2023 GMT

BBC World Service - The Food Chain, This kid cooks

Why you should trust your child to make dinner

Why you should trust your child to make dinner.

At what age should you start teaching children to cook, and why should you? 

In this programme, Ruth Alexander meets children and young people who are talented in the kitchen, making the case for why it might be worth the time and the mess to trust them to make dinner.  

We travel to the north-west of England to Sefton Carers Centre to meet Paige Jones, aged nine, who cares and cooks for her mum, Rachel, who has a health condition. 

Food writer Jenny Chandler, who has authored two cookbooks for children, gives Ruth some tips about how she can get her three-year-old son engaged in the kitchen. 

And Ruth meets the young cooking enthusiasts sharing their skills with others: Keffa Liona in Nairobi, Kenya, makes cooking videos with his younger brother, Kisali, which they post online; and Julian Frederick in Texas, United States, is - aged 15 -  the CEO of Stepstool Chef, which provides video tutorials presented by children for children.  

Presented by Ruth Alexander
Produced by Beatrice Pickup

(Image: Child stood on a stool in a kitchen, making houmous.)

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