As thousands of excited, intrepid, nervous teenagers goes off to university this month, embarking on this new journey,  some of them will be better equipped to face life without the resident cook in toe!  

After the madness of freshers week and the new found freedom begins to die down the reality of cooking for oneself will enevitably kick in.  So before the 4 years of academic education and beans on toasts begins perhaps it might be an idea to get your kids into a cookery class designed for university life.    Its not easy knowing where to start on the old culinary journey and kids don’t always like to learns from their parents; I hear that all the time from frustrated parents who are concerned about their kids diet when they leave for university or moving out.    

A cookery class may well be the best present you buy them this Christmas or even before they leave.  The brain, above all organs is the one greatest effected by food; and therefore their diet will be the single biggest influence on their learning and behaviour.  A calm and nourished brain makes better decisions than a frazzled one.  My philopshy is simple; If you start the day with junk in the brain you get junk learning back and junk behaviour.  

Cookery classes for teenagers and for Freshers prep are available here at The Cooking Academy or in lots of cookery schools up and down the country.  Book them in and spare them from a life time of pasta or worse still Cottage fried Chicken (Birminghams answer to Kentucky).  

For more information on Brain Food contact Kumud Gandhi on 01923 720 697.