Cooking with Kids cooking classes give young chefs the opportunity to:
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Learn valuable life skills that will carry with them throughout adulthood
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Explore new tastes - using only whole, fresh foods
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Safely learn knife skills based on age and experience
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Build relationships with peers, working together as a team
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Reinforce educational skills - math, reading, science and creativity
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Build a strong foundation for healthy eating
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Cooking Basics
In this hands-on 4-week course, kids will learn the basics of cooking and baking, in addition to extensive knife skills. Our unique, small class size ensures that each child will have the maximum hands-on learning opportunity.
Homeschool Chefs
(3rd - 7th grade)
Tuesdays:
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Young Chefs
(1st - 5th grade)
Wednesdays:
3:30-5:00 p.m.
Tweens and Teens in the Kitchen
(4th - 10th grade)
Thursdays:
3:30-5:00 p.m.
Week 1: Knife Skills / Healthy Eating
Mastering the art of cooking starts with knife skills. We will learn and practice the fundamental culinary cuts—slice, dice, mince, julienne and chiffonade. These skills we will be practicing throughout the 4 week session.. We’ll also learn how proper cutting ensures even cooking and attractive presentations. Kids will understand the importance of healthy eating, and have plenty of hands-on practice transforming chopped vegetables and fruits into a variety of sweet and savory recipes, like our kids favorite, vegetable tortellini soup and healthy fruit crepes.
Week 2: Homemade Tortillas, Quesadillas and Spanish Rice
In this hands-on class, we will learn how to make tortillas from scratch, understanding the different consistencies and ingredients involved with using a tortilla press or rolling pin to shape the dough into tortillas . We will also learn how to cook the tortillas on a griddle, in addition to making cheese quesadillas and homemade Spanish rice.
Week 3: Sauté & Sauces, and Pasta Dough
In today’s class, we’ll cover the three main components of sauces: intense flavor, complex character and the ability to unify all the elements in a dish. We will share tips for achieving the desired texture and consistency with sauces. We’ll also learn secrets for working with pasta dough and discover how simple it is to make pasta from scratch! We’ll put our skills to the test by making homemade marina sauce and each making their very own pasta bowl.
Week 4: Baking and Sweet Treats!
In this very fun and interactive workshop, we’ll learn the importance of precise measuring, along with proper ingredient ratios and cooking temperatures. Our chefs will have 1 hour to create entirely from scratch, their very own special sweet treat to sample and take home to share too. This is a fun and memorable finale to our 4-week cooking basics series.
All our classes include weekly take home printed recipes, ingredients and finished prepared food, in addition to each chef receiving their very on chef's knife to take home at the end of the 4 week class.
$225
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Please arrive on time, in comfortable attire and closed-toe shoes.
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Bring an apron to wear.
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Long hair needs to be tied back.
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This will be a fun a memorable class your child will love!
December
Kids Holiday Baking and Edible Gifts Workshop
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9:00 a.m. -12:00 pm
(Individual class description is on the Registration Page)
Ages: 7+
Space is Limited. This class will sell out.
Grab your apron and whisk into a delicious morning of holiday baking! Children will learn how to make absolutely everything from scratch, and gain confidence and safety in the kitchen.
These classes are hands on and for children ages 7+. Holiday containers will be provided for you to take home lots of treats to share with family and friends or give as special homemade gifts.
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Classic Double Chocolate Chunk Cookies
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Holiday Melt-away Sprinkle Cookies
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Gourmet Chocolate Dipped Pretzels
Class includes all ingredients, take-home treats, use of equipment and take home printed recipes.
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Please arrive on time, in comfortable attire and closed-toe shoes.
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Bring an apron to wear.
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Long hair needs to be tied back.
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This will be a fun a memorable class your child will love!
$100
Life Skill Goals
Our classes teach cooking and baking skills for all age levels, in addition to learning the importance of healthy eating. Our goal is for your children to master the following:
Tiny Cooks: Age 2-6
Life skill goals: trying a variety of new foods, following directions, cleaning up setting the table, serving others
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Carry things to and from the table
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Sort utensils
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Begin to scoop, blend and measure dry ingredients
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Pour milk/water
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Stir batter
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Roll dough
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Spread soft butter, nut butter, cheeses, spreads
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Help crack eggs
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Peel vegetables
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Cut soft fruits and vegetables with a dull knife
Young Chefs: 1st - 5th Grade
Life skill goals: gaining independence and confidence in the kitchen, learning basic knife skills, begining cooking and baking
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Read directions
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Cut own food - potato, meat, etc.
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Crack and separate eggs independently
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Work at the stovetop safely
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Brown ground meats
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Begin developing sharp knife skills - slice, chop, dice, core
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Crush garlic
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Flip pancakes
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Cook rice and pasta
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Cook eggs: scrambled, fried
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Create salads and dressings from scratch
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Steam and Sauté vegetables
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Safely bake in the oven
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Use small electric appliances like a mixer or blender independently
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Make own lunch
Tweens/Teens in the Kitchen: 4th - 10th Grade
Life skill goals: achieving independence in the kitchen, working as a team with others, making a meal by themselves, budgeting, shopping, mastering real life skills for adulthood
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Extended knife skills - julienne, cube, mince, chiffonade, butterfly
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Work with raw meat, poultry and fish
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Make a stir fry
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Plan and make a meal by themselves
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Master more complicated recipes with precision
College Bound - 101: 11 - 12th Grade and above
(Private/Group classes are offered for this class)
Independent living can be challenging for a busy college student on a budget, so we’ve designed a class specific for their needs. Students will learn kitchen fundamentals, knife skills, as well as quick snacks and healthy recipes for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Best of all, most recipes taught in this course, have no more than 5 ingredients, and can be made in 15 minutes or less.
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Head off to college capable of preparing breakfast, lunch, dinner and quick snacks in a simple and healthy way.
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Learn cooking and nutritional values and how to think outside the “recipe” for substitutions and changes within
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Learn how to compose a balanced meal, with seasonal ingredients and discover the importance of being fully aware of what you put inside your body
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Includes printed take home recipes
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In addition to learning an important life skill, there are plenty of other educational benefits derived from children learning how to cook. Here are a few of the skills and learning abilities that children of all ages can develop:
Sensory skills – Through tasting, hearing, touching, smelling and seeing, children will be exposed to and identify different foods.
Motor skills – Being actively involved with food will help large and fine motor skills. Also, food preparation enhances eye-hand coordination.
Language skills – Cooking provides a rich opportunity to learn the names of foods and utensils. Many food activities can also encourage conversations about food likes, dislikes and experiences children have had with food.
Mathematics – Kids will count, measure and follow directions while preparing recipes.
Social skills – Working with other children will give kids a sense of sharing and cooperation, in addition to understanding how to interact with others in groups, learning from one another.
Emotional development – As children learn to make something for themselves, they develop a sense of independence and a positive self-image.
Health and Safety – During food preparation, children will learn the importance of healthy eating, including safety of utensils and appliances.
TESTIMONIALS
"My son is 10 and attended this camp for the week. He has loved cooking all of his life and he has surpassed my cooking skills. I have been trying to find a class where he does not only get to "open and pour" ingredients, according to him, and this is the one! He felt that the teachers trusted him to do "real cooking" the whole time and was excited to come home each day with food he had made to share with his sisters!
The teachers are supportive and fun. The food they made was AMAZING and Ryan would come home each day wanting try out the skills he had learned in class that day. I would recommend this class to any kid who likes to cook!" ~Ashly McNamara
"Mateo LOVED his camp week. He did two camps over the summer and has learned so much. He's found his passion and will continue to take cooking classes with Cooking With Kids throughout the school year. The instructors are encouraging, loving, just exceptional! Kelly, thank you for giving Mateo the gift of loving to learn how to cook. He's my chef 👨🍳 in the making. See you all in the fall classes." ~Viviana Qumsia
"My daughter is 7 and she's always liked helping in the kitchen. I thought this would be a fun experience for her to try; not knowing how much she'd get out of it. Well it far surpassed my expectations! She came home everyday with a wonderful meal; even more she was excited to share what she had made. Each day her confidence grew and she now knows she can follow recipes and cook food on her own. She has made sure her Nana's know she can use a knife safely and knows how to cook on burners and use the oven. She has all the recipes from each day in a binder and she loves that she has her own cookbook with recipes I've never made before. The way they come along side the kids and give them the opportunity to take ownership of the entire cooking process is wonderful. The instructors couldn't be nicer and more encouraging to the kids. I will be signing her up for more classes and when her little sister is old enough she'll be taking them as well!" -Stacy O'Brien