Every child likes to emulate their parents, and one popular way of kids doing this, is to pretend their chefs or cooks.
The traditional way for children to do this was the all familiar toy plastic kitchens and utensils, and for those that can be trusted, mom’s little helper mixing ingredients is still a fun experience and great bonding time.
However, some children really do show more passion for culinary antics than others, and for those children, websites such as culinaryschools.org offer a collection of hundreds of different online kids culinary games to practice and learn.
Some of the games may appear rather basic, however, they offer endless amounts of fun, designed almost exclusively for kids. And, for the more serious chef in training, other games have a bit more challenge to them and can be fun for adults too.
These games not only help educate but also encourage children to be inspired when it comes to cooking, which let’s face it, is a basic survival skill which is so easily lost these days with so many fast food and ready meal option on the high street and in supermarkets. Not only that, cooking, can turn into a career choice, and something you can take with you anywhere in the world. From private chefs living the life in exotic location on chartered yachts, to local pubs, restaurants, canteens, and street food stalls which are all the rage these days.
The beautiful thing about a career in the food industry is, if you can’t find a culinary style that inspires you, there’s always the option to create your own!
www.culinaryschools.org/kids-games is a fan way to get your child thinking about all the above.
Cooking and Kitchen Work games can give students a small taste of what it is like to work in the kitchen with a handy ingredient measurement conversion tool too.
Games in this genre include The Boiled Eggs. In this game players have to learn how to boil eggs in different pots at the same time by tracking the temperature of different pots and adjusting it as needed. A simple yet highly informative game which helps children understand how important it is to keep track of many things at once during hectic periods in the kitchen. The game becomes more difficult with one burner to six burners.
Fruit Fit is another great game for younger children, it is educational teaching kids about different fruits. Players view drawings of a variety of fruits from around the world with their names labelled by their side. The player is then tested on how well they memorised the information by way of a quiz. This really helps not only with learning about different types of fruit it also encourages children to retain information which is essential when adhering to recipes.
And one more game we love, is Cooking Love. In this game, the player chooses their own role play adventure, where they help Kate build her culinary career with a romantic New York City training adventure. This game is more suitable to the slightly older child and gives insight into a career in the food industry.
Whichever game your child chooses, it all helps establish the basics for food preparation, where it’s just for fun, or with a career in mind, all ages, and abilities will find something here.