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Flavours of Scouting

What does Scouting taste like where you come from?

Every Scout camp has its own flavours, traditions and stories. A meal your patrol always cooks together, a recipe passed down through generations of Scouts, or a dish that brings back one evening around the fire. We want to discover what Scouting tastes like around the world.

days left to share your recipe

Submissions close on 30 November 2026.

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One Scout Movement.
Thousands of flavours.
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Scouts around the world camp, cook and share meals around the fire. But what ends up in the cooking pot can be completely different. Flavours of Scouting from Around the World invites Scouts, patrols and troops everywhere to share the food that is part of their Scouting story. It does not have to be a national dish: a troop camp classic, a family recipe or a local speciality all count.
What matters is the story behind it.

How it works

1

Choose

Think about the food you associate with Scouting.

What do you cook at camp?
Is there a dish connected with a particular tradition, memory or adventure?

Choose one recipe that tells your story.
2

Cook it together

If you can, prepare the dish with your patrol or troop before submitting it.

Make sure the recipe works, check the quantities and take a few photos along the way.
3

Share it

Send us your recipe, tell us where it comes from and explain why it matters to you.

Your story could help Scouts on the other side of the world discover something completely new.

Tell the story behind it

We do not only want to know what you cook. We want to know why you cook it. When you submit your recipe, tell us its story. Go through the questions with your patrol. There is no perfect answer: we simply want to discover the people, memories and traditions behind Scout cooking around the world.
  • Where does the recipe come from?

    A country, a region, a family kitchen or one particular camp.

  • When do you usually prepare it?

    The first evening of camp, a hike, a celebration, a rainy day?

  • Is it connected with your troop, patrol, family or country?

    Who taught it to you, and who do you cook it with now?

  • Does it remind you of a particular Scout camp or adventure?

    One moment you still talk about whenever you cook it.

  • Is there a tradition connected with preparing or eating it?

    A song, a ritual, a rule about who stirs the pot?

  • Why should Scouts from another part of the world try it?

    What would surprise a Scout on the other side of the world?

Check whether your recipe is ready to submit.

Can another patrol cook it?

Most importantly, another patrol should be able to read your recipe and cook it themselves. Tick everything your recipe already has.

This checklist only helps you prepare. Nothing you tick is saved or sent.

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Start ticking

Go through the list with your patrol. Each tick brings your recipe closer to the camp kitchen.

Scale it to one patrol

Your recipe should serve about 10 people, one patrol. Tell us how many people it serves now, and we will show you how much of each ingredient a patrol needs.
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How many people does your recipe serve now?

4

people

Your recipe now · 4 people

One patrol · 10 people

So every quantity in your recipe changes ×2.5. For example, 200 g of rice becomes 500 g.

Enter any ingredient from your recipe

For one patrol of 10 people:

200 g × 2.5 =

500 g

Every quantity in your recipe changes ×2.5. Round it to something you can measure at camp.

Cook it. Share it.
Tell us the story.
A recipe travels further when someone knows why it matters.
#CookItBravely
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Start from the template

Help inspire the World Scout Jamboree 2027 Participant Cookbook

The recipes, traditions and stories you share will help us discover how Scouts cook in different parts of the world and will inspire the wider Participant Cookbook experience. Selected contributions may also be featured through World Scout Jamboree communication channels.
The final recipes in the Participant Cookbook will be developed separately, taking into account ingredient availability, nutritional information and operational feasibility. Every submission helps us build a bigger picture of Scout cooking around the world.

Questions

Everything about who can take part, the language and the deadline.

Scouts, patrols and troops from around the world are welcome to take part.

No. You can share your recipe even if you are not travelling to the Jamboree.

Absolutely. In fact, we encourage you to choose and cook your recipe together.

Not at all. We are interested in food that means something to your Scout experience. It could be a local speciality, a troop tradition, a family recipe or simply something you always cook at camp.

Yes, provided each submission contains all the required information.

No. Submissions will provide inspiration, traditions and stories for the wider cookbook experience, but the final selection of recipes will depend on a range of practical requirements.

We strongly encourage it. Cooking it first is the best way to check that the quantities, timings and instructions work, and it gives you a chance to take some great photos.

Please submit your recipe in English.

Recipe submissions close on 30 November 2026.

So, what does Scouting taste like where you come from?

Choose a recipe. Cook it together. Tell us why it matters. And add your flavour to the story of Scouting around the world.
#CookItBravely
Recipe submissions are open until 30 November 2026.
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