Plate It Like a Chef
The same ordinary food, plated two ways: an everyday plate and a restaurant one. Your child learns the three rules real chefs use and the family votes on the result.
What you need
- Whatever is in the fridge: cheese, boiled beetroot, cucumber, tomato, ham, boiled egg
- Yoghurt or sour cream
- Dill or parsley
- Two identical plates
- A teaspoon
- Paper towel
How to play
- Slice everything into neat pieces yourself and lay the bowls out like a chef's station.
- Explain the three rules: three colours on the plate, one thing taller than the rest, empty space left around the edge.
- Let your child build an ordinary plate first, the way food usually lands at home.
- Now let them plate the same food again following the three rules.
- Add small dots of yoghurt with a teaspoon and one sprig of green on top.
- Wipe the rim clean with a paper towel and call the family in to vote.
- Ask your child which rule made the biggest difference, then eat both plates.
