NATION-WIDE
Junior Leagues' Kids in the KitchenWith over 200 leagues across the nation we're sure you'll find one nearby.
Sur La Table
This kitchen-ware giant is well known for carrying the best of the best and they also offer great classes focusing on meals for children and teens. They offers cooking camps as well.
Young Chefs Academy
Classes at this academy are offered to children 4 to 14 years-old. Kids learn everything from safety, basic food preparation and even etiquette! The academy has over 29 locations nation-wide.
Whole Foods
This health food store offers children 4 to 12 five week programs in Evanston. Learn the basics to cooking.
ALABAMA
ALASKA
ARIZONA
Les Petites Gourmettes
Hands on cooking school designed for children 8 to 18. Classes are offered during summer break with 10-12 children per class.
ARKANSAS
Kids Cook!
Children learn to practice kitchen skills, learn about kitchen equipment, and personal food handling safety. Independence is key as well as having fun!
CALIFORNIA
Kids Culinary Adventures
This cooking school has got it all by exposing children to the point where cooking meets reading, math, science and art. Professional chefs teach classes like Veggies BBQ Throw Down and Sculptured Bread Making.
What's Cooking
This cooking school is operated by a San Francisco mom who travels around the Bay Area teaching after-school programs for kids of all ages.
Kitchen Kid, Santa Monica
No need for another carpool, Kitchen Kid comes to you!
Classes are designed around your busy schedule, providing you with ultimate ease and
convenience. Kitchen Kid can get cooking in any home, school, community center,
or club kitchen.
Southbay School of Cooking, Manhatten Beach
Make summer a fun way for your kids to focus on delicious healthful eating and fending for themselves in the kitchen.
Ojai Culinary Studio
Camp Culinary Creations
COLORADO
Stir It Up
Hands-on kitchen for families, kids, and teens to discover flavors from around the world. From Weekend Chef and After-School classes to summer cooking camps, our pantry full of options ensures that cooks of all levels have the opportunity to learn something new.
CONNECTICUT
Celebrity Kitchen's Inc.
Two attorneys live up their dream of cooking and developed a business that offers kids cooking classes, private lessons and private parties.
DELAWARE
Celebrity Kitchen
Fun classes taught by celebrity chefs of the area.
FLORIDA
Dianne Morin Inc.
Their goal is to empower children to take control of their health by providing hands on experience in the kitchen along with education them about nutrition.
Publix Apron's Cooking School, Jacksonville, Sarasota and Tampa
A grocery store that offers 5 day cooking camps to children 8 to 12 years. Children will learn the basics, including safety techniques, and cook around the world!
GEORGIA
The Rolling Pin
Properly named this cooking school located in Athens offers classes ranging from five day summer camps where children get to go from farm to table.
Publix Apron's Cooking School
A grocery store that offers 5 day cooking camps to children 8 to 12 years. Children will learn the basics, including safety techniques, and cook around the world!
The Noho Bistro
Kids will be able to learn basic cooking techniques, kitchen safety, and how to follow recipe directions. They will also learn how to help their parents in the kitchen, and hopefully teach them a few new options for the entire family!
HAWAII
Let's Get Cookin'
Their motto is, "Where recipes come to life." This is the island cooking school for any child!
IDAOHO
ILLINOIS
Whole Foods
This health food store offers children 4 to 12 five week programs in Evanston. Learn the basics to cooking.
The Chopping Block
A famous Lincoln Square store offers 4 or 5 day cooking camps for kids and teens. Students learn world cuisine as well as American favorites.
INDIANA
Cracked Egg Cooking School
Sign up your little chefs for their summer cooking camps. Three hours packed with cooking fun, 5 days a week!
IOWA
KANSAS
KENTUCKY
LOUISIANA
The Culinary Kid Camp
MAINE
Blueberry Point Chefs
A unique culinary adventure on the shores of Passamaquoddy Bay for all members of the family.
MARYLAND
For the Love of Food
MASSACHUSETTS
Create-a-Cook
Programs are offered to children 3 to 15. Children learn the basics, including safe knife handling, and much more.
Kids Can Cook
This non-profit offers tuition-free afterschool courses. After the 8 week course, students end their learning with a graduation dinner for families!
Childrens Culinary Academy at Highfield Hall
A historic Cape Cod setting for learning.
MICHIGAN
Artisan Cooking School
MINNESOTA
Way-Cool Cooking School
Located in the suburb of Minneapolis children learn easy recipes like spaghetti with meatballs and cotton candy cupcakes.
Whole Foods
This health food store offers children 4 to 12 five week programs in Evanston. Learn the basics to cooking.
MISSISSIPPI
MISSOURI
Amore Cooking Center
MONTANA
Camp Cook School
Outdoor cooking and baking!
NEBRASKA
NEVADA
Creative Cooking
Keep kids busy this summer with classes at this school. Learn to love cooking!
NEW HAMPSHIRE
For Kids Who Cook
"Learning to cook is more than just knowing how to follow a recipe. It is an adventure into the basics of chemistry; an exercise in the applications of math and reading comprehension, and the visual art of nature’s palette."
NEW JERSEY
Kitchen Kapers
Weeklong kids' camps in the summer for kids ages 6 to 11 or teens 12 to 16. Kids will learn step-by-step recipes from guest chefs during the five-day courses. Lots of sample provided!
Viking Cooking School
Let’s get cooking! In this kid-approved, fun-filled workshop, students learn how to portion and shape the ultimate burger, stuff potato shells, make rockin’ ranch dressing, and work with chocolate.
Voyager Kids
NEW MEXICO
Santa Fe School of Cooking
Spend some time in the kitchen with your kids cooking great tex-mex foods!
NEW YORK
The Institute of Culinary Education
With courses like Harry Potter Kitchen Wizardry and locations around the city, ICE offers kids and teens options that range from basic ice cream sundaes to more exotic fare, like Thai/Chinese cooking.
Kitchen KapersAbout an hour and a half outside the city in Moorestown, New Jersey, Kitchen Kapers has weeklong kids' camps in the summer for kids ages 6 to 11 or teens 12 to 16. Kids will learn step-by-step recipes from guest chefs (and taste lots of samples) during the five-day courses.
Chefs 2 BeThe littlest chefs (in big white hats!) learn to make snacks, salads, desserts, and other easy recipes, while kids over 11 and older do entire courses—appetizers, entrees, and more. Class size is always capped at 12, and all-day (8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.) programs are available for teens in the summer. It's located in Nyack, about 50 minutes north of New York City.
Home Cooking New York
A cooking party is the perfect way to celebrate the birthday of a
young food lover. Not only does a cooking party provide an
unbeatable hands-on activity to entertain the kids, but the event
culminates in a fully prepared meal (including dessert) for them all
to enjoy.
NORTH CAROLINA
Classy Kids Cook
This extensive program for kids ages 6 to 17, located just outside of Raleigh in Cary, N.C., offers courses such as the Iron Chef—Kids' Style class, which includes a 60-minute time limit and a secret ingredient. The "Healthy and Delicious" series teaches kids about making fresh, nutritious food choices.
C'est si BonThis Chapel Hill school is usually inhabited by adults, but C'est si Bon also offers weeklong camps for eager aspiring chefs ages 8 to 14. The classes span the culinary world, from California to China.
NORTH DAKOTA
OHIO
OKLAHOMA
OREGON
Petite Gourmande
Make spaghetti as tall as you are! Learn to twirl pizza dough!
PENNSYLVANIA
Kids U
Children enjoy hands-on fun learning basic cooking and baking techniques along with art and music activities. Kitchen safety is emphasized while preparing delicious and healthy recipes. An art project and story relating to the food follows the lesson.
Love Your Fruits and Vegetables
lessons that are no cook for 3-5 year olds, and then they have cooking lessons for school aged kids that are themed and teach great culinary lessons.
Play On
This brand new facility has kids cooking classes, sports classes, dance, yoga, karate, parties and more.
Wild Thyme
They have several different options and even seasonal cooking. They also have a cooking class for adults called cooking for kids with allergies.
RHODE ISLAND
Two Peas Cooking School
Cooking can be fun. This school teaches cooking techniques, broaden palette and even gives future foodies confidence to create their own creations.
SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEE
TEXAS
Kids Cooking Company
Started by a mom, this program lets you enroll your kids year-round in classes like Super Science, in which kids can learn the science of cooking, and Artistic Foodie Fun, which celebrates the creative side of cuisine.
Central MarketThis fresh market chain, with locations all over Texas, has a teens' cooking camp in the summer. Weeklong classes are available for younger kids and subjects range from wrap making to a Mediterranean feast.
Silver Table CookingTeaching kids the basic culinary skills and having fun doing it!
Batter Up Kids
UTAH
Park City Cooking School
VERMONT
Kids Culinary Summer Camp
Kids Culinary Camp is a residential summer cooking camp in rural VT offering one and two-week sessions where kids 9 and up learn a variety of cooking skills in a fun atmosphere with other kids who like to cook.
VIRGINIA
WASHINGTON
NuCulinary
Classes designed for ages 6 to 16 focus on nutrition and expressing young cooks through the food they create.
PCC Natural Markets
Programs are focused for children ages 2 to 14. Young cooks can earn credit for their courses and earn a certificate!
Whole Foods
This health food store offers children 4 to 12 five week programs in Evanston. Learn the basics to cooking.
Blue Ribbon Cooking
Cookalicious Club
A cooking studio focused on cultivating the joy of cooking and helping children adopt healthy eating habits.
WEST VIRGINIA
WISCONSIN
WYMOING
The Copper Kettle Gourmet Kitchen
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