Nearly two thirds of Gen Z adults admit they lack basic cooking skills – with around 61 per cent of those surveyed saying they do not know how to cook an omelette.
A study by dating app FindingTheOne has revealed that young adults aged between 18 and 28 prefer eating at a restaurant or takeaway because they do not know how to cook.
The poll surveyed 1,500 participants across different age groups and showed a growing number of young people who are useless in the kitchen.
Nearly 64 per cent of Gen Z respondents said they prefer dining out because they ‘can’t cook’.
Just under half described the act of cooking as ‘stressful’ and said the anxiety about cooking is what often caused the reliance on takeaways and restaurant meals.
Even simple meals seemed to be a struggle for many, 42 per cent said they could not cook a stir-fry and 27 per cent said they struggled to make soup.
Shockingly even omelettes, which at their most basic feature just one ingredient proved a problem for 61 per cent of Gen Z adults in the survey.
One in four also admitted to deception, passing off food which was ordered in from a restaurant or takeaway as a home-cooked meal.
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