But she has slammed today’s schools for failing to teach children simple cooking skills and cutting resources.
Miss Berry, 83, said: ’Every child, when they leave school, should be able to create ten dishes that they really enjoy themselves, that are healthy, that aren’t expensive, that are nutritionally good.
’When they leave school and they’re living in a rented room with one ring, they should be able to create a meal quickly from a few ingredients ‐ and enjoy them.
’But the problem is that the schools have let go of their home economics departments. They’ve sold off the equipment and made them into other rooms.’
Miss Berry, pictured, also told The Sunday Times Magazine that she would have all children taught how to ’make gravy sauce, how to cook vegetables, how to cook cheaper cuts, and so forth’.
The former Great British Bake Off judge said she first learnt to cook from her domestic science teacher, Miss Date.