The Taste Adventure
The Taste Adventure is an interactive way of introducing people to the use of all five senses when eating and enjoying food. The key message that we aim to convey is: ‘To really enjoy food we need to use all our five senses’ and in order to start the journey of a life-long love of food, we believe it is vital that everyone understands:
• how to appreciate food using each sense individually
• how each sense affects the others
• the basic elements of taste
• the difference between taste and flavour
A series of ‘zones’ are set up to stimulate the children’s senses through ‘touchy’, ‘smelly’, ‘noisy’, ‘tasty’ and ‘seeing’ areas, where children are encouraged to squish, spy and sniff food in its natural form.
SFUK launched The Taste Adventure (TTA) at the Children’s Food Festival organised by the Northmoor Trust in South Oxfordshire in June. This interactive event is aimed at educating children on the use of the five senses when we eat and enjoy good food. Recently two member groups implemented The Taste Adventure at their local food festivals getting great feedback from participants. TTA is being requested at festivals and events around the country.
To find out more about The Taste Adventure, please download our information pack here.
For a flavour of the event, we have a rough cut of video...
and some photos...
