Details
Cooking Skills and Recipe Book
Mondays focus on building confidence in the kitchen while developing practical cooking skills and creating a personalised recipe book to support independence at home.
Session Focus
Participants engage in hands-on cooking activities while building their own recipe book throughout the term. Sessions focus on preparing simple meals, following recipes and developing safe kitchen practices. Participants learn practical skills such as chopping, slicing, measuring ingredients and using kitchen equipment safely.
As they create their recipe book, participants also develop reading, writing, planning and organisational skills by recording recipes, ingredient lists and cooking methods. Activities encourage creativity, teamwork and problem-solving while building confidence in everyday meal preparation.
Benefits and Outcomes
- Develop confidence preparing simple meals
- Learn to follow recipes and step-by-step instructions
- Practise safe food handling and kitchen hygiene
- Improve reading, comprehension and organisational skills
- Develop measuring, timing and basic maths skills
- Build creativity through recipe development and food presentation
- Increase independence through practical cooking experiences
The Life Skills Day Program is designed for people aged 16 and over with a mild to moderate intellectual or developmental disability. Working within a small group and led by an experienced facilitator, Johnny H Life Skills supports both school leavers and adults to build the capacity and skills needed for everyday living and increased community participation.
Pricing, Meals & Transport
The NDIS price covers the cost of support only for the duration indicated and will be arranged through a Schedule of Supports. The Non-Face-to-Face cost covers work that happens outside the direct support session such as content development, reviews and reporting.
The NDIS pricing indicated is an estimate and will be confirmed once the NDIS Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits 2026-27 has been released.
A standard cost of $2.50 applies to all participants to cover the cost of course materials and certain activities, which are not covered by the NDIS.
Participants can bring their own lunch or enjoy a meal prepared in-house for a small fee which covers the cost of morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea and drinks, all prepared fresh each day. Lactose and gluten free options are available – you may indicated your dietary needs when booking.
For those who bring their own meals, please be aware that we are a nut-free centre – for the health and safety of all participants, please avoid bringing foods that contain nuts.
Shuttle bus transport is available – please choose your preferred options when booking. Shuttle time and cost will be calculated according to your pick up / drop off point.
Bookings can be made at any time during the term.
We do our best to minimise any changes but plans may be forced to change due to external staffing, school holiday programming and adverse weather.
Please refer to our Cancellation Policy prior to booking.
