Tomorrow, I’m cooking at the Retirement Show which is on at the GMEX from 1.15pm onwards. I was invited to cook for this event last year so its an honour to be invited back.

I have a word of advice for husbands and wives who are planning for their retirement—take up cooking.  Many couples who have joined me at the Sweet Mandarin Cookery School have told me that learning how to cook and jazz up meals has really helped keep their marital relations from sagging like a cold soufflé. Cooking is in part fun but also a lot of work and at times stressful, if you don’t know how or what to cook.

Retirement itself is a big adjustment from working everyday to wondering what to do with the hours ahead. There can only be so much DIY to be done (if any) but what has endured is the daily dinner hour and the dreaded question ‘What’s for dinner?’, and unless you eat out, you still need to plan and prepare your meals.

Some couples eat out all the time but  in the current economy, the trend in most households is to eat out less.  For the newly retired, taking on the role of cook can be a little daunting for someone who perhaps has never cooked the daily meals. Perhaps you can just about boil an egg, chop an onion and put a pizza in the oven but I’d like to invite you to broaden your horizon and tastebuds and join me at the Sweet Mandarin Cookery School.  There, I can teach you the art of Chinese cooking – its healthy, relatively cheap to re-create at home and delicious.  If you want to learn more, come and visit me at GMEX on Saturday 20th March 1.15pm at the Cookery Demonstration or drop me an email to book onto the Sweet Mandarin Cookery School Beginners course.

Here is the link to the Retirement Show http://www.the-retirement-show.com/manchester/manchester.htm