The Nestlé Healthy Active Kids recently partnered with Get Kids Cooking to give away the fully-equipped Kitchen Kart to one primary school.

Parents from throughout the country were invited to nominate their child’s school to win the Kitchen Kart, which comes complete with cooking tools, equipment, and nutrition lesson plans linked to the Australian Curriculum.

There is also access to teacher training and online support to run simple, hands-on cooking classes for the whole school.

More than 2000 parents entered the competition, which asked them to explain in 100 words or less why it’s important to get kids involved in cooking.

Winning parent Adam Ellis said he was proud his entry means Kiama Public School will have access to state-of-the art cooking facilities.

“I am a big believer in getting kids involved in cooking from a young age, so this is fantastic,” he said.

The Kitchen Kart competition was launched following a survey of parents which found almost half of Aussie kids are lacking basic cooking skills.

The survey, compiled in the Nestlé Cooking with Kids Report, shows just 28 per cent of children help out in the kitchen once a month, 32 per cent once a week, and only five per cent every day.​

In 2001, Nestlé Australia, in partnership with the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), developed the Nestlé Healthy Active Kids resource to provide support for teachers who give healthy active education in schools.