Saira Khan says free cooking courses could solve 'can't cook, won't cook' generation

mirror.co.uk:

You’d think that with so many celebrity chefs, TV cookery shows and kitchen creations on social media, we’d be bringing up youngsters equipped with at least the basic ­culinary skills.

Sadly, this is not the case. Four years ago, the Daily Mirror reported that Britain is raising a “can’t cook, won’t cook” generation – with half of young adults unable to rustle up a simple dish.

And it’s still as bleak. More recent research by the Co-op found a third of 18 to 35-year-olds have no idea how to cook spagh­etti bolognese, and three quarters didn’t know how to boil veg, fry an egg or grill meat.

This week, a friend invited me to accompany her to a cookery class she had won in a charity raffle. It was called Kitchen Confidence and was held at the