English Cooking Games for Children

Cooking Mama

• Cooking Mama is a video game rated E for everyone. This game centers around a new chef learning to prepare foods and cook great recipes. There are three games in the series, and each game contains nearly 100 recipes and helps kids learn many cooking methods. This game can be played with up to four players. The original Cooking Mama was released in 2006.

Cake Mania

• Cake Mania is a game that teaches children about many styles of cakes and cake decorating. The game is based around receiving customer orders and turning them into beautifully decorated cakes for money. There are 80 levels of baking to play through in this game, with a new goal for each level. This game is one player only, and rated E for everyone. Cake Mania was released in 2007.

Happy Cooking

• Happy Cooking is a simulation game that was released in 2008. This game is rated E and teaches various cooking skills and recipes. Players must master dishes and compete in cooking competitions. Quizzes are included to test the player's knowledge of recipes and cooking. This game is for one player.

Burger Island

• Burger Island centers around the new owner of a burger restaurant. This game involves cooking hamburgers, fries and other fast food for money to keep the company in business. This simulation helps give children an idea about how businesses work and what it takes to keep them running. It is rated E for everyone and made for one player. Burger Island was released in 2008.

What's Cooking? with Jamie Oliver

• What's Cooking? with Jamie Oliver is a game that can help children learn all aspects of cooking, including grocery shopping, food preparation, methods of cooking and dressing dishes. Chef Jamie Oliver teaches children his own personal recipes and offers instruction on how to try them out in real life. This game allows children to create personal shopping lists for use in the grocery store and was released in 2008. It is rated E.