London: On the other hand, the study found that women, who a generation ago spent a fraction under two hours a day cooking, now spend just one hour and seven minutes - a dramatic fall, but they still spend far more time at the hob than men.
The research, commissioned by a frozen food company - Birds Eye, also makes clear that the family meal is limping on in far better health than some have suggested, thanks in part to a resurgence in cooking from scratch by some consumers.
In the research, two-thirds of adults have claimed they come together to share at least three times a week, even if it is not necessarily around a kitchen or dining room table.
"The evening meal is still clearly central to family life and with some saying family time is on the increase and the appearance of a more frugal consumer, we think the return to traditionalism will continue as a trend," revealed Anne Murphy, general manager at Birds Eye.
"The family meal has changed very substantially, and few of us eat -- as I did when I was a child -- at least two meals a day together as family. But it has survived in a different format," expressed Professor Gershuny.
Kitchen seems to be no longer a female's territory, for a new research has revealed that men are spending more and more time in preparing meals -- thanks to celebrity chefs who have given cookery a macho image.
Researchers at Oxford University have carried out the study and found that men in Britain now spend more than half-an-hour a day cooking, up from just 12 minutes a day in 1961.
"The man in the kitchen is part of a much wider social trend. There has been 40 years of gender equality, but there's another 40 years probably to come," said lead researcher Jonatahn Gershuny.
The research, commissioned by a frozen food company - Birds Eye, also makes clear that the family meal is limping on in far better health than some have suggested, thanks in part to a resurgence in cooking from scratch by some consumers.
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"The evening meal is still clearly central to family life and with some saying family time is on the increase and the appearance of a more frugal consumer, we think the return to traditionalism will continue as a trend," revealed Anne Murphy, general manager at Birds Eye.
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