GEN Zs rate their cooking skills the highest out of any generation – but know the fewest number of recipes from scratch.
A of 2,000 adults explored their culinary aptitude and found the average person can cook 14 dishes with a recipe, or nine without.
Participants said they were confident to cook a jacket potato without a recipeCredit: SWNS
But this dropped to 10 and five respectively for Gen Z, with Millennials following close behind with 12 and seven.
A spokesperson for ‘indestructible’ pan brand Circulon said: “There seems to be some disconnect between Brits’ level of experience in the kitchen and how highly they rate their own skills.
“As you might expect those who know how to cook a wider variety of dishes would see themselves as more accomplished chefs.
“But instead, it seems that confidence is purely in the eye of the beholder.”
When asked to rate their own skills, the highest percentage to label themselves as ‘excellent’ were also Gen Zs (18%) followed by Millennials (15%).
Compared to only seven per cent of humble Gen X and five per cent of Boomers.
The most common dishes all respondents were confident in their ability to whip up with or without a were a simple jacket potato, omelette, or scrambled eggs on toast.
The top meals participants said they would love to have a stab at if they were more adventurous weas homemade bread, a fragrant Indian curry, and a hearty beef wellington.
But despite these lofty ambitions, half (50%) end up the same things week in week out.
And 42% of kitchen confident Gen Zs will make the same dish multiple times a week – with 31% of Millennials saying the same.
The poll of 2,000 adults explored the culinary aptitude of BritsCredit: SWNS
The factors influencing what they cook on a typical day also varied between age groups – as Boomers cared most about being economical and using up the ingredients they have at home (60%).
Whereas and Millennials were influenced by factors such as the kitchen tools they have at home (19%), their fitness goals (20% of Gen Z, 23% of Millennials), and whether they had a meal kit (11% of Gen Zs, 12% of Millennials).
And their inspiration for trying new things also changed – with 19% of Millennials motivated by a desire to try out new cookware and 25% of Gen Zs following social media .
While Gen X and Boomers were still largely guided by good old cookbooks (33% and 30% respectively), according to the OnePoll.com data.
And despite being the most confident, Gen Zs and Millennials were also the most interested in methods to further improve.
These included a wider range of kitchen gadgets and cookware (25% of Gen Z, 27% of Millennials) and more innovative such as all-in-one-pans or multicookers (22% of Gen Z, 25% of Millennials).
But uniting all generations was the shared experience (77%) of some sort of kitchen mishap that has put them off.
With top blunders including burning the food or themselves, realising they were missing a crucial ingredient halfway through, and making such a mess it took forever to clean up afterwards.
Other ways amateur chefs ruined dishes were through misreading (14%), over seasoning something to the point it was inedible (11%), and having non-stick coating from a pot or pan flaking into the food (eight per cent).
On this latter point, 43% admitted they worry about this happening – due to not trusting non-stick materials in terms of safety (36%) or durability (35%), or experiencing it themselves in the past (28%).
Circulon’s spokesperson added: “As a nation, we seem to be stuck in a bit of a culinary rut and end up eating a lot of the same dishes on rotation.
“While I’m sure many of us see ourselves as adventurous people – it seems our taste buds aren’t always seeing the proof of this.
“And a lack of trust in our cookware is clearly contributing to a lack of kitchen confidence.
“We shouldn’t need to be worrying about our tools letting us down, as this stands in the way of true creativity.”
Boomers care most about being economical when cooking and using up the ingredients they have at homeCredit: SWNS 
