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”Shows about cookery have become more and more poputar all over the world But what are the reasans for this, and does it make us cook more? in the UK, BBC viewers complained to the programme Points of View that there were too many cookery shows on TV in one week, the BBC showed 21 hours of cookery When shows on other channels were included, this came to an amazing 434.5 hours of food . In the past, TV cookery shows were there to teach people how to cook One of the first famous TV cooks Julia Child, was American. She began her career as a cook when, in 1948, she moved to Paris and learnt to cook sophisticated French cuisine because her husband loved good food On her return home, she published a coliection of French recipes made simple, for ordinary American housewives to use, which was an instant success She was invited to do a TV show, where her humour and strong personality soon won her great fame. Nowadays TV chefs are famous for all sorts of different reasons. Gordon Ramsay, for example, is an interesting TV chef He is famous for having a bad temper and using foul language In his TV show, Hell's Kitchen, he shouts at his staff when they make mistakes because he wants all the food at his restaurants to be perfect He has many restaurants in different countries. Jamie Oliver is a good looking, working-class boy who made healthy eating fashionable. He believes children should eat healthy food and he worked with the government to make school meals healthier His style of cooking is quick, easy and fun.
There are some famous pairs of TV cooks as well. The Hairy Bikers are a pair of chefs who have beards and ride motorbikes They travel around to different places and cook there. They were both fat but then did a series of shows on how to cook diet food and both lost weight Another famous pair was the Two Fat Ladies, They cooked unhealthy food using lots of fat and they didn't care about healthy eating. They also rode a motorbike.
The introduction of a competitive element to many cookery shows reminds us that food TV is more entertainment than education these days Many of us love shows like Masterchef, where a contestant is eliminated on every show The personalities of both the contestants and the judges are far more important than the cookery In a popular competitive show called The Great British Boke-Off, there was a 'nice judge Mary Berry, and a 'nasty judge, Paul Hollywood”

We know that cooking at home is better for us than

It seems, though, that teaching children to cook at home G and at school has much more influence on healthy eating than watching TV programmes on cooking Grandparents have an important role to play because they may have more time and experience than parents. Cooking with family members on a regular basis and making food preparation part of the school curriculum is likely to ensure that children become adults who can and do cook

eating ready-made or takeaway meals However, the act that there is more cookery on TV doesn't necessarily mean people cook more Different studies have produced different results, but most agree that people generally spend less time cooking than they did in the past, Certain cookery shows influence viewers more than others One study found that the most influential show was Jamie Oliver's 15 Minute Meals, which influenced 21% of viewers. This may be because his method is to cook quick, simple, healthy meals rather than 'restaurant style food.