Jenny Ridgwell: I Taught Them To Cook

<p>This week, we’re talking about cooking in schools again. But this time, we’re travelling back in time to the early 1970s when a young <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennyridgwell/?originalSubdomain=uk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jenny Ridgwell</a>, clad in mini skirts, knee high boots and tank tops was teaching an unruly bunch of London kids to cook.</p><br><p>Jenny has since written many cookery text books and founded <a href="https://www.nutritionprogram.co.uk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Nutrition Program</a>, an online analyst of recipes and meals, but her memoir, <a href="https://itaughtthemtocook.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">I Taught Them to Cook</a>, is a hilarious romp through&nbsp;&nbsp;a year in 1970s London as she negotiates the classroom and a life of a young singleton. It also pulls focus on what food was then and is now.&nbsp;<a href="https://prue-leith.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Prue Leith</a> called it a&nbsp;&nbsp;light hearted testament to the importance of food, education, and a sizzling expose of the blindness of the powers that be.’&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><br><p>And if like me, you'd like to learn to cook properly, you can get 10% off the Essentials online course that I’m doing at Leiths online. Go to <strong>&nbsp;</strong><a href="http://leithsonline.com/courses/essential-cooking" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">leithsonline.com/courses/essential-cooking</a>&nbsp;</p><p>Click ‘enrol’ on course page and apply the code: GILLY10 at checkout:</p><br><p><strong>And if you fancy a Free Hollandaise mini-course –&nbsp;</strong>Sign up for a Workshop account or login at: app.workshop.ws/profile and click ‘Redeem Coupon’ on the sidebar. Enter code GILLYSGIFT and click redeem.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>