Table 1.

Cooks’ Training Evaluation Tools

Scale	What is measured	Response Options	# Items	Sample Question
Cooking with the Chef Survey Pre-training Evaluation Survey^a
Cooking attitude	How cooks feel about cooking, whether they like it or not and their impression of the amount of work involved.	strongly disagree to strongly agree	7	I like trying new recipes.
Cooking behavior	The cooks’ usual cooking behaviors.	not at all to about everyday	3	During the past month how often did you reheat or use leftovers in another meal?
Produce consumption self- efficacy	The cooks’ confidence in eating fruits and vegetables and their ability to meet the government’s recommendations for fruit and vegetable consumption	not very confident to extremely confident	3	Indicate the extent to which you feel confident about eating the recommended 9 half cup servings of fruits and vegetables each day
Cooking self- efficacy	The cooks’ confidence in various cooking tasks.	not very confident to extremely confident	6	Indicate the extent to which you feel confident about planning nutritious meals
Self-efficacy for using basic cooking techniques	The cooks’ confidence in using standard cooking techniques.	not very confident to extremely confident	12	Indicate the extent to which you feel confident about sautéing
Self-efficacy for using fruit, vegetables, and seasonings	The cooks’ confidence in preparing various types of vegetables and fruits along with vinegars, herbs and hot sauces.	not very confident to extremely confident	4	Indicate the extent to which you currently feel confident about preparing fruit (ex: peaches, watermelon)
2-item Pre/Post Training Evaluation^b
Cooking skills	The cooks’ skill in cooking	Minimal skill to Practically a chef	1	How would you rate your skill in cooking?
Confidence in meal preparation	The cooks’ confidence in preparing meals for others	Minimal confidence to Extremely confident	1	How would you rate your confidence in preparing health meals for others?

Note: Ns do not always add up to 100 due to missing data

all subscales were measured on a 5 point scale, with higher scores more favorable.

measured on a 10 point scale, with higher scores more favorable

scores ranged from 1 to 10, with higher scores more favorable