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Cooking Merit Badge
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Cooking
Merit Badge

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Requirement Updates 2025

This Merit Badge’s Requirements have recently been updated in 2025 Scouts BSA Requirements (33216). Please read more about “Requirements” on the Merit Badge Hub homepage. The previous version of the Merit Badge requirements can be found in Scoutbook.

Cooking Merit Badge Overview

The Cooking merit badge introduces principles of cooking that can be used both at home or in the outdoors. Scouts who earn this badge will learn about food safety, nutritional guidelines, meal planning, and methods of food preparation, and will review the variety of culinary (or cooking) careers available.
British Scouts cook dinner prior to the Opening Show for the 24th World Scout Jamboree on Tuesday, July 23, 2019. Check out other photos and videos at http://bit.ly/WSJ2019. (Photo by Tom Copeland) ..

Cooking Merit Badge Requirements