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Well, I don't have kids, but my mom taught me how to cook by just showing me how to do whatever it was she did (that I could handle at my age). I'd butter bread for grilled cheese, stir something on the stove, always with supervision. At first she would show me how to do something, hold the knife, ect. and stand by as I tried it out. As I got older I could do more on my own with just verbal instruction.
I don't love cooking as a hobby, and I'm not amazing at it, but I do like being able to make something tasty on my own. Makes me feel accomplished

Meatballs is what got them hooked. Sat them in front of a bowl with all the ingredients measured out. Each gets a turn to add something. Then they couldn't get enough of mixing the raw beef with their hands. Needed to help with the washing just to make sure they did a good job though!

The usual way should be they watch you do it to develop interest, during which they get inquisitive and ask questions. At this stage, you must let them know the safe practices, and procedures. Next you give them micro tasks and errands in the kitchen. The tasks get bigger as they perform well till they can start and finish on their own. The key thing at their level is safety. Provided they have enough interest, other things will follow.

My 6 year old has always expressed an interest in cooking. I let him do very simple tasks like whisking eggs and stirring.

I don't have children, but my Mom taught me how to Cook by carrying me along in all her cooking jobs and giving me little task to do like pounding and other minor tasks. And that's how I intend to train my children in cooking

I don't have the children yet, but my mum fought me how to cook mostly simple food

Learn them to cook when they become ten years old, so that at least when you are not around they could cook something by themselves.just teach them to cook instant recipes or simpler one.

Start with the easy concepts such as salads and veggies that should do it. And then gradually get into baking and the other lot.

Mines are still tots, & I personally always snuck out of the kitchen as soon as mother turned her back (wish I hadn't, had to learn most things on my own through ROUGH trial & error! A lot of it was so bad I had to just toss in the trash.).

I plan on making sure my kids don't leave the nest without knowing how to make fairly easy tasty & healthy meals. I'd start with basic food all kids will want to eat like hotdogs, noodles, veggie soup, grilled cheese, spaghetti, etc. Not all the best choices, but my notion is (especially 13yrs+), if you can ask to eat it, you better know how to prepare it yourself if its really simple.

Before then, I expect them to be little helpers and help prepare the food they plan on stuffing down their throat lol. If not, you're on clean up duty (the ENTIRE kitchen & eating area!)

My son watches what we do and asks to help. I let him help on small things, like mixing scrambled eggs, as he's only 5.

I taught my two boys how to cook simple thing like noodles. My kids are 10 & 6. Are how do a grill cheese.

My daughter is 10 and she begged me to show her the basics so she can start being more independent. So slowly we are working on her cooking skills. She is proving to be much more domestic than I ever cared to be at her age.

I don't have children (not yet anyway - football team plans are still underway) but my mother had my younger sister a little old. I was a teenager by then, and had no previous Older Sister experience, so I maybe took on the role a little too eagerly. I love shakes, and as a proud millennial the health shakes that were all the rage was introduced to the family diet as a have-to.

I don't know what's so interesting about a blender, but even as a baby Leah loved it. I'd add colouring (pink - blegh) and cinnamon and everything she asked, until she could hold the top and work it herself - it's not hard, obviously, but the messes were a pain to clean up. She's a fan of baking because she's a fan of batter, so that came about with no help from me.

Takeout was another thing altogether, but when she learned we could recreate the same thing at home as we got from the restaurant (Ramen counts, right?), Leah officially became a member of our family's foodie gang.

This applies more to baking than cooking, but bread was my mother's way of introducing it to us. We would be given small balls of dough that we could practice "kneading" and shaping.

Now, do I actually make my own bread today? Not really. (I tend to prefer using the machine, to be honest.) But having something to play with while learning was a lot of fun.

Something my mom also did was to have a baking day, one day a week dedicated to baking something, whether that be bread, pies, or cookies. Those were always a good way for us to spend some quality time with her and learn the basics of baking.