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Nutrition and life skills on the menu at
supper club
Young people are getting a taste for
cooking through a new project in Ince.
Each Monday, The Supper Club is giving two young people the opportunity
to prepare and serve up a tasty meal for two guests at Manley Street
Community Centre.
The project is being run the Wigan Council Children and Young People’s
Services youth service in a bid to improve young people’s cooking
skills, food knowledge and table etiquette.
The young people are shown how to cook meals from scratch including
spaghetti bolognaise, soup and home-made bread, while learning about
hygiene, nutrition and healthy eating.
The young chefs invite a friend to dine with them and are taught how to
set a table properly.
Patsy Hayden, Advanced Practitioner for Youth Work in Wigan town centre
and Ince, says: “We have done cooking projects in the past around
certain themes but we thought we would go a little bit further this time
by learning the young people how to cook something substantial and
showing them how to dine properly, like you would in a restaurant with
friends.
“Everyone has really enjoyed the project. We’ve had a good mix of lads
and girls taking part, which is great as we want to challenge
traditional views about who should do the cooking and cleaning up at
home.
“The meals are cheap and relatively simple to prepare, so we are giving
young people practical catering skills that they will hopefully develop
further in their own time.”
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Notes to Editors
• For further information please contact Kennedy Stewart, Press Officer
for Wigan Youth Information at Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust, on
(01942) 486927.
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