Utilita shares five ways every household can save more than £600 each year on energy bills when cooking

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New research by energy supplier Utilita suggests that households reliant on oven cooking could save more than £600 per year by changing the way they prepare food and the appliance they use to make it.

Batch cooking, simmering instead of boiling and choosing the right pot size, could help cut costs this winter. The energy giant has teamed up with frozen food specialist Iceland in a partnership that aims to help those struggling with the rising cost of living by offering practical solutions and advice on how to save money.

The launch will also see the introduction of both brands selling one of the best value 4.5l air fryer's on the market from Tower Housewares retailing at the discounted price of £35, enabling consumers to make their investment back in around 47 days of avoiding the oven.

Air fryers will be sold at Iceland stores nationwide and online at www.iceland.co.uk, and at Utilita’s High Street Energy Hubs.Ofgem is set to announce the next price cap on August 26 which could see bills go up to £3,600 per year from October.To offset the soaring costs during what is forecast to be the most expensive winter ever, Utilita and Iceland’s ‘Shop Smart, Cook Savvy’ collaboration will officially launch in early September to help families better understand the cost of cooking, and to help identify the most economical cooking methods available to them to make budgets stretch further.As part of the joint campaign, both brands have committed to 11 pro-consumer, pro-planet pledges in total, which includes a massive overhaul of Iceland’s own-product packaging to reflect more energy efficient cooking appliances and methods, and a national ‘Cooking High 5’ consumer awareness tour, facilitated by Utilita outside Iceland stores.The