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Some news arrived recently at delicious. HQ that got us thinking...
According to one department store, a stampede of male shoppers in the cookware department has caused a surge in sales of high-tech kitchen gadgets. Thanks to the boys, even breadmaker sales are up by 45%. So what’s going on?
Are men really flocking to the kitchen? And is there any truth in the idea that men make superior cooks? Evidence would suggest there is – the vast majority of the world’s top chefs are men, after all.
But at home, it’s a very different story. There, men seem to either refuse to cook at all, or demand to be ‘alpha cook’ – producing show-off food in the hope of winning praise, while women knock up weekday meals to fuel the family. But what do you think about the kitchen sex wars? We asked for your views in a reader survey and more than 1,800 of you replied. It’s clearly a subject that provoked your passions and here’s the results.
Are men better cooks?
Gordon Ramsay has said men are better cooks than women, Marco Pierre White the opposite. Who did you think was right?
Overall, your answers came back pretty much equal – it’s when you delve into the different responses of men and women that it gets interesting.
Surprisingly, almost half of women readers think men make better cooks. But three times as many male readers agree with Gordon that men are the true domestic gods.
While only around 20% of respondents say they can usually guess the cook’s gender from what’s on their plate, 25% admit they’d rather a man were in the kitchen when they’re at a good restaurant.
56% of women say women make better cooks
76% of men say men make better cooks
"There are huge numbers of women out there who can’t cook to save their lives. When they eat, they cheat – it’s ready meals and pre-prepared meals all the way.” Gordon Ramsay
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Is cooking sexy?
You say a resounding yes to this – but only if you’re a woman, talking about a man. And (prepare to sob into your pinnies, ladies) many men admit to finding the sight of a woman cooking not at all sexy!
79% of women think men who cook are sexy
49% of men say women who cook are sexy
Do men cook to show off?
Many women suspect that men just cook to show off, creating meals as they would an Airfix model, with a great ‘ta da!’ moment at the end. And, astonishingly, it seems both genders are pretty much agreed that this is the case. At least you’re honest!
76% of women think men cook to show off
69% of men think men cook to show off
Who does the weekday cooking?
Yes, even in these enlightened times it seems that women do most of the weekday cooking.
84% of women say they usually cook during the week
58% of men say they usually cook during the week
78% of women say they usually cook when entertaining
55% of men say they usually cook when entertaining
29% of women believe a woman’s place is in the kitchen
30% of men believe a woman’s place is in the kitchen
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"Women make better cooks because they cook from the heart. They have better palates than men, a better sense of smell, a better understanding of food.” Marco Pierre White
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Who does the weekly shop?
No surprises here – in the majority of the respondents’ households, women say they do the main food shop. More than half of both male and female respondents thought they were more likely to overspend. Meanwhile, both genders agree that men are more likely to spend on useless kitchen gadgets.
89% of women say they do the weekly shop
56% of men say they do the weekly shop
61% women think men are more likely to buy useless kitchen gadgets
56% men think men are more likely to buy useless kitchen gadgets
And who does the cleaning up?
You guessed it – three quarters of women think men make the biggest mess in the kitchen. But just over half of men agree with them!
75% women think men make the most mess
61% men think they make the most mess
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