Join the 2013 Food Revolution Day!

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9 May 2013

Join the Jamie Oliver Food Foundation’s 2013 Food Revolution Day!

You are invited to join the 2013 Food Revolution Day – a global stand for good food and essential cooking skills on 17 May – with New Zealand’s teen cook Claire Gourley.

Award winning author of ‘Who’s Cooking Tonight?’ and ‘It’s My Turn to Cook Tonight’, Claire will host an online interactive cooking session as part of the Jamie Oliver Food Foundation’s 2013 Food Revolution Day to celebrate real food, where it comes from and how to cook it.

“This is a chance for everyone to see how easy it is to make a delicious meal, keep cooking skills alive and improve our food knowledge!” says Claire.

“Knowing where food comes from and how to cook it properly is something that, no matter what your age, you can really benefit from. I’ll be cooking two staple dishes that should always be in a cook’s backpocket – creamy fish pie and cottage pie.

“By the end of the hour together we’ll have made the best mashed potatoes and the best ever potato topped pie! I’ll also cover how to hold on to a knife, cut an onion, make a white sauce and substitute vegetables.”

Anyone can join Claire from 4pm on Friday 17th May online at www.itsmyturntocooktonight.com to participate in the 2013 Food Revolution Day. All you need to do is purchase the cooking ingredients beforehand and be online at 4pm to watch Claire.

“I’m looking forward to cooking with people from all over New Zealand – especially young people who love to get in the kitchen with their parents!”

Glenda Gourley, Potatoes New Zealand Marketing and Education Manager, says initiatives like this from the Jaime Oliver Food Foundation are vital to teaching basic cooking skills and food knowledge.

“These programmes aim to celebrate tasty and nutritious food, and also to educate people on how they should approach cooking. Knowing the elements of a healthy diet and how to properly cook for yourself, friends or your family is something we should all know how to do,” says Glenda.

“The best time for us to get these skills is when we’re young. This week at the Agenices for Nutrition Action Conference in Rotorua, Professor Sir Peter Gluckman, the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor, said that childhood and adolescence are key periods to introduce nutrition literacy – which is what the 2013 Food Revolution Day is all about.”

To cook with Claire, visit www.itsmyturntocooktonight.com on Friday 17th May from 4pm for her live-stream broadcast. Or to find out more information about the 2013 Food Revolution Day, visit www.foodrevolutionday.com.

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