Getting to Know About Cooking

7/23/2019 Getting to Know About Cooking

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Getting toknow aboutcooking

Emma Strachan HealthImprovement Specialist

(Leeds City Council

Esther !oster SeniorCommunity "ell#$eing "orker

(!eel Good !actor

Simon Chappelow %ro&ect

Co#ordinator 'inistry o !ood

()est Health !or Lie


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+his session will ocus on how to delivercooking activities to di,erent audiences

and introduce the services in Leeds thatteach people how to cook # including localCook - Lie courses and the 'inistry o!ood


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"hy teach cooking.%romotes healthy eating

/evelops cooking skills

Increases sel con0dence

Embeds long term health bene0ts individually and withinamilies

%rovides a meal%rovides a sense o achievement

Helps to build new riendships

Improves independence

Inspires people to try new things can lead to increased

motivation to seek employmentEncourages greater variety o ood choice

*llows people to know what goes into the oods they eat

Helps people understand budgeting and the real cost othe ready#prepared ood they buy

Introduces healthy eating key messages in a practical way


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Caraher and /i1on et al (2333suggest that cooking skillsinterventions have the uni4ueability to in5uence behaviours6attitudes and con0dence7


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Cooking in Leeds+he 89ce o the /irector o %ublic Health currentlycommissions : types o cooking provision;

Local - week Cook and Eat courses delivered by 22+hird Sector providers in the most deprived areaso the city

+he 'inistry o !ood service delivering < weekcooking courses6 within Leeds =irkgate 'arket7

+he current cooking model operates by o,ering thepublic access to a Cook and Eat course in their local

community to build basic skills and con0dence andthen the opportunity o signposting into the 'inistryo !ood6 which o,ers a 4uality6 assured cooking skillsprogramme over < sessions7


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Starting a cooking course *ims and ob&ectives"rite a lesson plan

How is it going to be delivered. 8ne#o, or multisessional

%racticalities> E4uipment? @ecipes?ood access

%rocedures> Health and Saety

%ublicity

Skills o the leader"hat are the skills and abilities o your learners


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Introducing basic cooking skills Lots o videos on line which show how to

break down cooking skills

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c7php.skillAhowto#videos

http>??www7bbc7co7uk?ood?techni4ues

Important to start with : most common knie

holds claw6 bridge and then introduce knieskills rock and chop6 cross chop6 tap chop

Important to encourage people to think aboutthe saest way to prepare the ood
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"hat inormation about your

audience is useul to start.How old are they.

"hat is their ability.

Have they cooked beore.

/o they en&oy cooking."hat support do they need.

"hat inormation would be helpul.

/o they have any particular barriers to healthyeating.

"hat would be the key priority or thecourse?session.

"ould they need any urther support to practice theskills at home.


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In5uences on ood choice


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"hatBs the priority message.


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"ho are you teaching.


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"hat support is there

Healthy Living +raining to share keyhealthy eating messages

Services already commissioned all over

the city could be co#delivered as atraining opportunity

Leeds Choice and *ccess orum available to share good practice and

trouble shoot Cooking Course Good %ractice guide and

other support resources available at%ublic Health @esource Centre


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Commissioned *ctivity

Cook - Lie

'inistry o !ood

$oth services are able to demonstrate improvementsin eating behaviours measured beore and ater theintervention7 +hese include>

Increased cooking rom scratch

/ecreased takeaway?ready meal consumption Increased ruit and veg intake

/ecreased snacks and salt intake

Improved con0dence


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Cook - Lie coursesHealthy eating and cooking course

- weeks long

Group cooking sessions !ree

/elivered by voluntary sector orgBs in mostdeprived areas

%re and post evaluations taken Contact Emma or more details

or your local community


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Case study


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'inistry o !ood coursesHealthy eating and cooking skills

< weeks long6 or one#o, taster sessions

Charges or the service starting at 2 per

taster or -7D per session or those inreceipt o '+$

Sta, trained by Famie 8liverBs !ood +eam

Centre based in Leeds =irkgate 'arket6

also investigating city wide model %re6 post and month ollow up evaluation

Contact Simon Chappelow or more details


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Case study


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Summary Cooking courses?session provide a wide

range o health and well#beingoutcomes

@unning a cooking course re4uiresplanning and preparation

Lots o support available in the city tohelp you deliver cooking work

Leeds City Council commissions : typeso cooking provision which you couldsignpost to


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