Rashford’s new goal to get kids cooking
UNITED STAR TEAMS UP WITH TOP CHEF
MARCUS Rashford has teamed up with top chef Tom Kerridge in a bid to encourage more young people to get cooking.
The United and England star has earned acclaim across the nation for his hugely successful campaigning on child hunger – including twice forcing the Prime Minister Boris Johnson into a U-turn on free school meals during holidays.
He has now launched a project which is aimed at encouraging young people in families who are living below the breadline and who are time-poor, to take up cooking.
He was teamed up Michelinstarred chef Kerridge to launch Full Time – a series of five-minute videos with recipes and instructions on how to cook cheaper, healthier, more filling meals.
A different recipe will be released on Instagram each Sunday morning over the next year – including familiar favourites such as chicken stir fry and broccoli and cauliflower cheese.
Kerridge, the chef behind Manchester’s acclaimed Bull & Bear restaurant, will teach either Rashford, a celebrity guest or a family how to make that week’s recipe in a cook-along video.
Each one of the 52 recipes will also be available to pick up in various forms from selected supermarkets every Sunday morning, with QR codes linked to the video tutorials.
The pair hope to equip children with vital life skills, focusing on food education and kitchen confidence.
Rashford said: “This project is for every child and I really hope parents and carers will benefit from having a bit of valuable time together in the kitchen when family activity is heavily restricted by financial restraints. I’m proud of what we’ve done here, I’m thankful for Tom, thankful for the Child Food Poverty Task Force
members, and I can’t wait to see what the response is.” Kerridge said: “Marcus and I are super proud to be working together to spread the message of how easy simple cookery can be, for even the most inexperienced of cooks.”