Damilare Adeniran and Gold Obi Besong, students of Pastor Adegboyega Nursery and Primary School, Ketu have emerged overall winners of the 2026 KidsCook Showdown 2.0.
KidsCook Showdown is an initiative of Dominion Consultancy Concepts, aimed at introducing children between the ages of 6 and 8 to household chores early.
At the grand finale of the 2026 KidsCook Showdown that featured four schools with two cooking contests of pasta and swallow, Pastor Adegboyega Nursery and Primary School, Ketu secured the highest points by the three judges, Aina Memorial Nursery and Primary School was the runners up; while Oke-Ifako Nursery and Primary School, Gbagada took third place.
Mrs. Enitan Tanimowo, Director, Dominion Consultancy Concepts, organiser of the event, said the goal of KidsCook Showdown is to inspire children to see cooking not just as a chore, but as a fun, creative way to develop themselves, learn discipline, and build confidence and these skills help them into the future.
“It is a thing of joy for us. When we started, it was a case of what can these children do? After all they are too small. But, we found out that the children can do things, they are not babies. What we are doing today is to prove that our children can do much more if we entrust them with that responsibility.
There are a lot happening in our environment especially as many adults lack responsibilities today which can be trace back to upbringing. This event reminds parents of the need to train their children the way they should go, so, when they grow up they will be balance by understanding what responsibility means.”
Tanimowo added that the initiative directly aligns with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals — specifically SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-being) and SDG 4 (Quality Education) — by using hands-on, practical learning to promote balanced nutrition and social development. The event is bringing together parents, teachers, and professionals to champion the next generation.
She said the goal is to impact more children by further stating:
“This year, we worked with 6 schools in partnership with LASUBEB. And we want to impact more schools across different local governments in Lagos State.
There’s need to equip our children to be hand-on, be diligent and responsible, it helps them. One research I read reveals that when children are taught how to be responsible at home, it helps them academically. This is one fact that many parents don’t know.
One thing we have observed since the beginning of this initiative is that a lot of children within the ages of 6 and 8 are not taught how to be responsible at home.
These children should be capable at this age because their brain is already developing cognitive skills, the message is that parents need to do more in training our children better to be more responsible, be hands-on, it does help them. It helps the country as a whole because if we have more people that are responsible, they will be able to solve problems, take initiatives and as well build their businesses.
We are excited by the level of participation in this edition and plans to reach out to more local governments in Lagos state. Our goal is to impact more children to be hands-on and responsible and in turn develop entrepreneurship skills in the children.”
