Cooks in Bexley are among the savviest cooks in the UK, a new study by Ocado has revealed.

People cooking up a storm in the borough are nifty when it comes to their meal prep and likely to make the most of convenience ingredients like curry paste - which saves them five hours a year in the kitchen.

Bexley placed tenth in the savvy cooking category, shortly behind Stockport and Warrington.

Dagenham was crowned the savviest town when it comes to cooking at home, with Manchester placing second and Bedford third.

Not only are Bexley residents among the highest users of convenience ingredients in the UK - cooking with them more than three times a week - but they’re some of the nation’s most eager to learn cooks.

Bexley cooks use convenience ingredients more than three times a week on average and for each group of 1,000 residents, 1,164 "how to make" internet searches were made.

Across the metrics, the borough scored more than 60/100.

Ocado carried out its research in a bid to learn how it can make its recipes easier to follow for customers.

An Ocado spokesperson said: “We were left wondering where in the UK we can find the savviest cooks – those who take advantage of convenience ingredients for a nifty shortcut.

“We analysed Google search data to reveal which cities and towns had the highest volume of food preparation queries, before looking at our own survey results to unearth how frequently each town and city uses convenience ingredients, including the amount of time they save per year by using prepared ingredients.

“Dagenham was crowned the UK’s savviest town, scoring over 82 in our savviness index.

“The home cooks of Dagenham are among those that use convenience ingredients most frequently, averaging over three times a week.

“Thanks to these shortcut ingredients, they manage to reclaim 5 hours and 14 minutes per year.

“These residents also made the most Google searches related to food prep question, proving that these expert home cooks are switched on and ready to learn!

“Sunderland is the least savvy of the UK’s towns with a score of just 41.

“These North East city dwellers have one of the lowest volumes of internet searches relating to food prep questions, making 126 queries per 1,000 people each month.

“Interestingly, when it came to our survey, those living in Greater London crowned themselves the UK’s savviest cooks.

“With a fast-paced lifestyle in the capital, 77% of Londoners classed themselves as either ’extremely savvy’ or ’somewhat savvy’ in the kitchen, however in our index, London actually came in 74th place.”

A summary of their findings revealed: Bexley scored over 60/100 across the metrics The residents of Bexley are among the highest users of convenience ingredients in the UK, averaging over three times a week They reclaim 5 hours a year in the kitchen thanks to these savvy convenience ingredients Residents made a whopping 1,164 searches per 1,000 people of ‘how to make...’ different foods, proving they are switched-on cooks looking to learn

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