How to cope with cooking burnout

Published: Nov. 11, 2021, 12:01 a.m.

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Throughout the coronavirus pandemic some people discovered a solace and comfort in cooking, but for many others the opposite was true - the joy they had once felt in the kitchen evaporated.

Tamasin Ford speaks to three formerly passionate cooks to find out what it\\u2019s like to lose the love of the thing you enjoy doing the most.

What\\u2019s really behind their \\u2018cooking burnout\\u2019, how have they tried to reignite that spark, and has this experience changed their relationship with food for good?

If you would like to get in touch with the show please email thefoodchain@bbc.co.uk.

Producer: Simon Tulett

Contributors:\\nHelen Rosner, food correspondent for The New Yorker, New York, USA;\\nYamini Pustake Bhalerao, author and ideas editor at shethepeople.tv, Pune, India;\\nWayne Barnard, chef and ambassador for The Burnt Chef Project, Cardiff, Wales.

(Picture: A woman making cookies. Credit: Getty Images/BBC)

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