Celeb chef Neven Maguire wants obligatory school cooking lessons

Celebrity chef Neven Maguire has called for obligatory cooking lessons for all secondary school children to beat the obesity epidemic.

The TV star said it was tragic that some youngsters did not know what a carrot was and thought milk came from cartons.

He said the Government had to take action to battle the growing crisis where one in four children is overweight and a staggering one in ten is obese.