At What Age Did You Start Cooking Food?

[dennisbragra]

i started at 12 years...i used to watch my mum cook and that got me intrested the fact that one could turn ingredients into something sweet and interesting to look at

[megachirops]

If we're counting the the slightly disastrous cookie baking incident the one time my cousin was allowed to babysit, around age 7.

[Nasray22]

I can estimate it to be at the age of around 15. That's when I was the only big girl left in our home as my sister had gone to school.

[BookBoyP]

I always loved watching my mum cook from a young age, but i really started cooking when I went to college at age 17.

[MarcellaM]

At 10 and my mother had to push me to the kitchen but am glad that I now like it.

[Maria Jose Muzzio]

Officially I started at 10 years old. I started hand copying every recipe I would see on tv, and then I tried to recreate them (I started with no cook - no bake desserts.) But eventually I started to look for more complicated options and then I even studied gastronomy in college. It's been an irregular path but to this date I can say I love cooking for my family. (that's why I haven't properly started a business)

[Starofthesea89]

I think I was about 9 when I cooked an entire meal for my family with supervision. I did cookies and things before hand with my mom, but that was the first time I was in charge. I burned my finger on a pot. I'm glad I learned so young.

[Amina Yusuf]

I started cooking at the age of 8. For me, that was definitely something I love to do particularly if I can cook what I want my way without any supervision.

[Reader Chavez]

I learned how to do pancakes at 12. After that, the first real meal I learned how to cook was when I was 21 years old. Pretty old to learn how to cook.

[Anjali Patil]

I started at the age of 12, but then I stopped for a while. Then I picked it up again when I was 19

[Jude Austin]

My mom taught me to cook from a very young age. I don't remember how young, but I remember when I was about 5-6, I made a fruitcake for one of my toy dinos because I decided it was his birthday, and the only thing Mom wouldn't let me do was put the cake into the oven or take it out. Everything else was done by me and completely unsupervised. I grew up way out in the sticks and was born in the 80s, so families around our way were slightly more traditional when it came to such things. My best friend used to cook the Sunday roast for her entire family from the age of 8

[Seluleko Nhleko]

I started when I was 17.I had to learn how to cook because I was leaving home to go to college the following year.

[k_madhu_jha]

I don't remember the age but yes I remember I was in the third standard. And I made the first chai and Maggie. I stood on a stool and then I made everything. It was not that good. But it wasn't bad. I guess I was 7 or 8 years old. Today I make tea which drives everyone crazy. People come to my house especially for chai and pakodas

[MysticSpade]

I started helping my Mom in the kitchen in middle school but didn't actually start cooking by myself until high school.

[Tilie shilongo]

I started cooking at the age of 9, as i was the only girl in house. I thought i was mistreated,but now i understand it was for my own good.