Undertaken on 2,00 adults across the country, rice manufacturer Tilda also found that home cooks like to ‘add their own twist’ to international delicacies, in particular Chinese which one in four admitted are the “easiest recipes to ‘freestyle.’”
Compared to curry dishes, stir fry and spaghetti Bolognese, which were voted the easiest to cook, only one in five have ‘ever’ attempted Thai at home despite 40% enjoying it on a night out.
Top global cuisines Brits are confident cooking:
- Chinese
- Italian
- British
- Mexican
- American
Global cuisines Brits are least confident cooking:
- Japanese
- Caribbean
- Thai
- Middle Eastern
- Vietnamese
To support home cooks and “aid them with being more experimental with global recipes at home,” Tilda is opening its first ‘Ricetaurant’ this month in Shoreditch (London) with all proceeds from the £5 tickets going to The Felix Project.
Anna Beheshti from Tilda said: “Rice is the ultimate freestyle ingredient. It is the most widely consumed food in the world and unites almost every cuisine from Thai and Middle Eastern, to Mexican and Japanese.
“We hope our Ricetaurant will encourage people to embrace all of the world’s delicious cuisines and give them the confidence to try to be even more adventurous freestylers.”