Table 1.
Publicly available children’s cooking recommendations.
| Source of Recommendation | Name of Source | Type of Source | Experience of author |
|---|---|---|---|
| BBC Good Food (n.d.) A guide to cookery skills by age (BBC Good Food, 2019) | BBC Good Food | Cooking and recipe-posting website from global food media brand of the same name. | No information |
| Sroufe, D. (2017) Cooking at Every Age, Why Kids Should Learn To Cook (Center for Nutrition Studies, 2019) | Nutrition Studies | Education website promoting plant-based diets. | Author of several weight loss and cookery books |
| Meyer, H. (2018) Cooking Skills Every Kid Should Learn by Age 10 (Eating Well, 2019) | Eating Well | Website for food magazine of the same name promoting healthy recipes. | No information |
| Taste of Home (n.d.) Cooking With Kids: A Guide to Kitchen Tasks for Every Age (Taste of Home, 2019) | Taste of Home | Website for food and lifestyle magazine of the same name. | No information |
| Jack, H. (2017) What age can children learn to cook? (Food Sorcery, 2019) | Food Sorcery | Blog of Cookery and Barista School of the same name. | Founder and director of the school |
| Fuentes, L. (n.d.) Teach Your Kids How To Cook By Age (MOMables, 2019) | MOMables | Online meal planning subscription service. | No information |
| The Kitchn (n.d.) How Young Kids Can Help in the Kitchen: A List of Activities by Age (The Kitchn, 2019) | The Kitchn | Online food and lifestyle magazine with articles posted daily consisting of recipes, cooking lessons, product reviews and kitchen design. | No information |
| A Healthier Michigan (2017) An Age-by-Age Guide to Cooking With Your Children (A Healthier Michigan, 2017) | A Healthier Michigan | A healthy lifestyle initiative based in Michigan sponsored by the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. | No information |
| Seidenerg, C. (2018) How to start teaching your kids to cook: an age-appropriate guide (Oregon Live, 2019) | Oregon Live | Online website for the newspaper The Oregonian. | Co-founder of a nutrition-based education company. Member of Washington D.C. Children’s Hospital Board |
| The Kids Cook Monday (2019) Teaching Kids to Cook (The Kids Cook Monday, 2019) | The Kids Cook Monday | A project of The Monday Campaigns, a global movement encouraging families to improve various aspects of their lifestyles. This project promotes families cooking and eating together one day a week. | Certified nutritionist and cooking instructor. |
| Klemm, S. (2019) Teaching Kids to Cook (Eat Right, 2019) | Eat Right | Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, representing over 100,000 dietitians and other practitioners. | Registered Dietitian Nutritionist |
| Magee, E. (2008) Cooking With Your Children (WebMD, 2019) | Web MD | Online publisher of news and information on the topic of health and wellbeing. | Registered Dietitian and holds Masters in Public Health |
| Gough, K. (2017) Basic Cooking Skills for Kids at Every Age (Metroparent, 2019) | Metro Parent | Online publisher of family-focused publications, events and television segments | No information |
| Canada’s Food Guide (2014) Involving kids in planning and preparing meals (The official website of the government of Canada, 2019) | Canada’s Food Guide | Nutrition guide produced by Health Canada – the national public health department of the Canadian government. | No information |
| National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (n.d.) Getting Kids in the Kitchen, Maryland, USA: National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, 2019) | National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) | Publishes articles and conducts research, training, and education programmes to promote the prevention and treatment of heart, lung, and blood disorders. | No information |
| The Works Blog (2016) Life Skills for Kids: Cooking (The Works, 2019) | The Works | Blog of online shop selling family resources such as games, stationery, gifts and parental resources. | No information |
| Workman, K. (2018) When should kids start helping in the kitchen? Now is good (NewsOk, 2019) | News OK | Website of the newspaper The Oklahoman. | Author of family-orientated cookbooks |