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1.17 How Well Can You Cook

Lesson 17 focuses on self-assessment of cooking skills and experiences, encouraging participants to discuss their confidence and enjoyment in cooking. It includes activities such as rating cooking tasks by difficulty, watching a cooking class video, and discussing personal experiences related to cooking. The lesson also prompts reflections on cooking classes, favorite dishes, and the social aspects of cooking.

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1.17 How Well Can You Cook

Lesson 17 focuses on self-assessment of cooking skills and experiences, encouraging participants to discuss their confidence and enjoyment in cooking. It includes activities such as rating cooking tasks by difficulty, watching a cooking class video, and discussing personal experiences related to cooking. The lesson also prompts reflections on cooking classes, favorite dishes, and the social aspects of cooking.

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Lesson 17: HOW WELL CAN YOU COOK?

A. Choose the statement that best describes you. Explain your


choice.
1) I’m confident about my cooking skills.
2) I like cooking.
3) My cooking skills are poor.
4) I can prepare some dishes that my friends and family love.
5) I don’t enjoy cooking.
6) I don’t have much experience cooking.
B. Say which of the activities you have tried and explain how it
went. Then, decide if you would like to try the other activities.
Bake bread Make a vegan dish Grill meat
Make a chocolate Invent a new dish Make pizza
dessert
C. Rate the tasks from the most to the least difficult. Explain your
views to your partner by sharing experiences and opinions.
__ following a 15-step recipe
__ cooking a traditional family dish
__ making a birthday cake
__ planning three healthy meals a day for a week for a big family
__ preparing a dish using only four ingredients that you found in the fridge
__ teaching cooking to a friend who doesn’t like to cook

D. Watch a video [https://youtu.be/zRYGCIdhMAM] about a cooking


class and say why you would or wouldn’t like to take part in the
class.

E. Discuss the questions.


• Have you ever taken cooking classes (formal or informal)? What did you
learn to make?
• Why do people take cooking classes with professional chefs?
• Have you ever worked in a restaurant? If you have, share your experience.
If not, would you like to try?
• What is your favourite place to eat? Why would you recommend it?
• Do your family or friends cook a dish that you really like? What is it?
• How often do you watch:
− cooking shows? What do you/don’t you like about them?
− video recipes on social media? What do you/don’t you like about
them?
F. Read the comments and answer the questions below.
I want to become a I would like to take part I would like to open a
food influencer on in a cooking show. restaurant or a café.
social media.
I want to become a personal chef I would like to teach people how to
who prepares meals in people’s cook healthy meals.
houses.
1) Are any of the comments true for you or anyone you know? Give some
details.
2) Why might it be challenging to do what the people want?
3) What advice would you give to the people? What questions would you ask
to help you give them good advice?
G. Choose three statements and explain why you agree or disagree
with them.
1) Cooking for others means showing them love.
2) Cooking is usually not a hobby but a chore.
3) Children should learn cooking at school because it’s an important life skill.
4) The best chefs don’t use recipes.
5) Cooking is most exciting when you experiment with different ingredients.
6) Cooking with other people is much more fun than cooking alone.
7) Cooking is a form of art.
8) You eat with your eyes first.

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