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José Ballesta closes this afternoon the Kitchen Workshop with Sense in which have participated a dozen members of the ONCE.

The promoter of this initiative is María Dolores García, who participated in the TV program Masterchef in 2014, to raise awareness about the relationship of blind people to the kitchen

The Mayor of Murcia, José Ballesta, will attend this afternoon to the closing of the Kitchen Workshop with Sense in which, throughout this course, have participated a dozen members of the ONCE in the Gastronomic Classroom of Verónicas market, which the Ayuntamiento has given up to carry out the culinary practices and thus facilitate the autonomy in the daily life of blind or visually impaired people.

The event, which will be able to witness the elaboration of a plate by the participants in the workshop, will be held at the premises of the ONCE Territorial Delegation in Murcia.

It will be attended by the delegate of the institution in the Region, Juan Carlos Morejón, the president of the Territorial Council, Teresa Lajarín, and the promoter of the workshop and technician of Attention to the Plaintiff of Ilunion Empleo, María Dolores García.

The objective of this course has been twofold: on the one hand, to increase the independence and autonomy of the blind people who also need to cook in their day to day and, in fact, can do it;

And on the other hand, to make society aware of the importance of facilitating this task in its different processes: from the purchase in the supermarket to the use of appliances and kitchen tools.

The idea for this initiative came in 2014, when María Dolores García, blind and promoter of the workshop, decided to present herself to the TV program Masterchef, an experience that allowed her to be tasted by the jury and, above all, The opportunity to put in the foreground the relationship of the blind people with the gastronomic culture.

'Cooking therapy'

The Kitchen with Sense workshop, which has been developed since last October until this month of June, in the Gastronomic Classroom of the Veronicas Market, has gone beyond a few practical classes, since, through 'cooking therapy' Students have gained in independence and personal autonomy, especially those who have lost sight recently and who have encouraged to take a step forward, after seeing that their colleagues were able to elaborate the dishes by themselves.

With this initiative, ONCE also wants to raise awareness about the problem faced by blind people in their daily lives, when preparing food.

From the process of buying and acquiring food - for which they propose a range of assistance by the staff of the supermarkets during less crowded times, to the difficulty in the use of digital appliances and the need for elements (Kitchen scales, oven with braille marks, etc.).

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia