STUDENT journalists Samantha Booth, Jon May and welfare officer Becky Grimes were shown how to make cheap healthy meals by ‘Italian Mama’ Daniela Tucker, who works in the students’ union.

The cookery school was organised by Italian foods company Sacla after they conducted research that showed that four out of five students can’t boil an egg, three quarters can’t make a roast and half can’t mash a potato.

The poll of 1,000 students also found that 40% consider themselves to have an unhealthy diet.

“Before the Sacla cookery school, I was pretty lazy with my cooking habits as baking bigger meals seemed like too much effort,” said Sam Booth.

“Daniela showed us how easy it was to make pizza and pasta dishes that are healthy for you and can go a long way for a small cost.”