#38: Cooking
According to Food Network, millennials are reportedly less confident in their culinary abilities than older generations, with many labeling themselves as inadequate chefs. This self-perception has nudged them towards a convenience-driven lifestyle, favoring restaurants, takeaways, and pre-packaged meals over home-cooked food.
Digging deeper, it emerges that the root of millennials’ kitchen conundrum might stem from their childhood. A survey highlighted by WellAndGood.com suggests that millennials had the least exposure to homemade meals as children compared to older generations. Their parents were reportedly the least likely to prepare home-cooked meals, a factor contributing to millennials’ dependency on ready meals and takeouts as their cooking skills weren’t nurtured from a young age.