MASTERCHEF FINALIST LAUNCHES COOKING WORKSHOPS IN BRISBANE TO TACKLE CHILDHOOD OBESITY
MasterChef finalist Chloe Ann Carroll is launching a family focused cooking venture in Brisbane to tackle the growing problem of childhood obesity in partnership with LifeShape Clinic on 4 November 2018.
The four-hour weekend workshops presented by Chloe, are designed to help teens establish a healthy relationship with food by teaching the fundamentals of nutrition and cooking while bonding with their parent in a fun and relaxed setting.
“The global food system has changed towards convenience foods,” says Chloe. “Cooking skills are simply not being passed onto future generations, making the home cook somewhat of a dying breed. What’s more is that this all coincides with the growing epidemic of obesity in Australia. My goal for these workshops is to reinvigorate the art of home cooking by getting the whole family involved.”
Co-hosted by a LifeShape Clinic Dietitian, the workshops will get parents and teens working in pairs, getting back to the basics of creating fresh, healthy food together including meal planning, experimenting with flavour, using kitchen equipment, reading recipes, and buying produce from markets.
“I want to show busy families how to be more efficient with sourcing, preparing and cooking their food,” says Chloe. “There will be a huge emphasis on buying produce from farmers markets, and building a community of likeminded people. I want the attendees of these workshops to walk away well informed and motivated to get back in the kitchen.”
Nutritionist and mum of two, Chloe was a top five finalist in the tenth season of Channel Ten’s MasterChef, but sees herself as a simple home cook driven by her desire to educate others on the importance of building sustainable and healthy relationships with food.
“I’m the first to admit that I’m no MasterChef,” says Chloe. “I wholeheartedly love cooking, but I know not everyone feels the same way. I want to change that. At home we’re not cooking to produce a Michelin star dish, we’re cooking to nourish the body as well as the soul. The team at LifeShape Clinic are helping me bring my vision to life.”
The Clinic has been running shorter, evening cooking demonstrations in their purpose built kitchen in Milton since November 2016 under the theme The Chef and the Dietitian. The introduction of these longer, more hands-on workshops forms just part of their commitment to providing preventative health services to Brisbane by helping the community create healthy habits from an early age.
LifeShape Clinic founder and CEO Neil Holt says he’s excited to help Chloe’s vision come to fruition.
“As a father of three young girls and two grown sons, I understand the importance of developing long-term, healthy habits with your children from an early age,” says Holt. “We are proud to partner with Chloe on this project because getting kids interested in cooking can change their entire outlook on food for the rest of their lives.”
Suitable for kids aged 12-20, classes will run once per month on Sunday mornings from 8am for $275 per parent and child pair. All food and use of equipment is included. For
/Public Release. This material from the originating organization/author(s) might be of the point-in-time nature, and edited for clarity, style and length. Mirage.News does not take institutional positions or sides, and all views, positions, and conclusions expressed herein are solely those of the author(s).
