Whether you’re looking for a babysitter, major dinner help, or a monthly surprise, subscription services cover it all! We love leaning on subscription services for exclusive deals, brands, and content, and we’ve put together a few that we swear by. These are just a few of our favorites, but we’re pretty sure you’ll find one you can’t live without!
From homeschooling families to traditional classrooms, parents, teachers, and caregivers rely on ABCmouse! ABCmouse is an online learning academy that's been around since before pandemic learning was the norm, so they're really a leader in the field. For kiddos 2-8 years old, ABCmouse offers over 850 lessons and 10,000+ activities covering reading, math, science and more, and the fully online platform means little learners can access activities from their devices! You'll have access to your child's progress, and ABCmouse's books, games, and puzzle activities will keep kids coming back for more!
If sustainability and convenience sound like a match made in heaven, Dyper is going to be your new BFF! Running out of diapers is bad enough without having to go to specialty stores to find ones that are free of chlorine, latex, lotions, TBT, or Phthalates, and use responsibly sourced and plant-based materials! Dyper also uses technology to adjust to the number of diapers you'll need per delivery, and if they happen to be off the mark, they'll correct it within 4 hours!
KiwiCo was designed by a mom and engineer who wanted to create a way to inspire the next generation of problem-solvers and explorers. With 9 lines (that's right: 9!), everyone from infants to young adults can create projects and conduct experiments while learning about geography, art, science, cooking, and so much more. Since 2011, over 40 million KiwiCo Crates have shipped worldwide, and we can't get enough of them!
Child care, senior care, tutoring, housekeeping, daycare, and pet care; Care.com is a one-stop-shop for all things care-related! Login and post a job, everything from needing a sitter for date night to daily-care for senior loved ones, review applications, and connect with care providers. All caregivers undergo a background check and screening process, and care seekers are also screened to make sure the whole community stays as safe as possible!
For little chefs, Raddish was created to arm kids with the confidence to create amazing food while learning about science, math, art, history, and beyond. Pick from Cooking Club, Baking Club, and Global Eats Club; each monthly box includes a recipe, a kitchen tool, skill lessons, and collectible apron patches. Raddish even emails you a complete grocery list prior to your box shipping so your kitchen with be fully stocked with everything your kids need to tap into their culinary capabilities!
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It’s never too early to involve kitchen-curious tots in the cooking process (and might even make them think twice before turning down their veggies). Fortunately for your Master Chef juniors, there are great cooking classes in LA, both in-person and online, as well as cooking kits that can be delivered right to your door that cater specifically to them. From monster cakes to foreign cuisines, healthy snacks to knife skills, read on to learn about all of the delicious cooking classes for kids open to the younger set and prepare for your kids to be whisked away!
Your little ones will get a healthy serving of fun and independence at this in-person cooking school for kids in Westfield Century City. The first of its kind Montessori-inspired academy gives your future top chefs the freedom to explore different foods while learning about making healthy choices. Recipes are created using fresh, locally sourced ingredients, and each session teaches how to make a healthy snack, breakfast, lunch and dinner. Kids even get to select their own fresh herbs and vegetables from the academy’s living food wall.
Classes are grouped by age, from age 3 to teens. And a little taste of math and reading skills are sprinkled into every lesson. When the cooking is done, kids get to sit down and savor their creations while polishing up their table manners. Read our exclusive interview with founders Felicity Curin and Cat Cora.
Good to Know: 4 class sessions for kids are $480. Classes run three hours long. Special holiday sessions are also available.
Winner of LA Mag’s Best of L.A. 2021, this Santa Monica Place cooking school has everything your budding chef is hungry for. They’ll learn how to create amazing dishes and treats out of locally sourced and sustainable ingredients and have fun doing it. There’s a choice of in-person classes where the two of you can team up (parent and child cooking classes FTW) to create something delicious in their state-of-the-art commercial kitchen, or live zoom classes you can enjoy from the comfort of home. Kids can learn to make pasta from scratch, cut it into their favorite shapes and sizes and then savor their masterpiece. Or get ready for the holidays with one or more of the special themed classes like Halloween Spooky Treats or Cookies For Santa. Whether in person or online, your child will build their confidence in the kitchen and even learn to enjoy their vegetables. Okay, no guarantees on the vegetables.
Good to Know: Kids live zoom classes start at $75. Parent & Child in-person classes start at $150.
This interactive online school dishes up more cooking and baking classes than your little chef can shake a spatula at. With hundreds of live video chat classes to choose from, they’ll find something that whets their appetite. Classes are broken down by age groups, from 3 to 18, and cater to your child’s special interests, needs, and schedule. The littlest chefs will learn how to mix ingredients, roll dough, and get their hands dirty. (Sorry mom). Plus there are fun themed classes like the Disney baking class, where they’ll make meals and treats inspired by their favorite Disney movies. Older kids will get to explore everything from Soul Food to Sushi. And if your child enjoys a side of science with her food, there’s the Science of Baking series. Plus there’s always a healthy dose of social interaction and fun baked into every class they offer.
Good to Know: Classes available for ages 3-18. Prices per class varies, but most fall between $10-$20.
Handover the cooking duties to your child with the help of Radical Cooks. Their interactive classes for kids 7 and up are live online and feature local, seasonal ingredients. Give yourself the afternoon off and sign your little chef up for the Friday “Make Your Own Lunch” class, where they’ll learn to make a healthy delicious meal for themselves. Or if they have more of an appetite for dinner, enroll them in the Social Supper Club and then sit down as a family and enjoy the fruits of their labor. Your child have a taste for different cuisines? Check out Radical Cook’s “Pots, Pans & Passports” series, where for 6 weeks they “visit” a different country, learn about its cultural dishes and then recreate them at home. Now, if you could only get them to be excited about cleaning up.
Good to Know: Make Your Lunch Class is $40. Six week class sessions are $100. Birthday parties (or other special events) are from $400.
With Tiny Chefs your child will be cooking up a storm of wonderful dishes right in your own kitchen. Choose a live zoom class. Or try one of their many virtual online series that include pre-recorded instructional videos, shopping lists, lesson plans and additional activities. Perfect for your child to follow along at their own pace. Each class is structured so the whole family can get in on the act. Your tiny chef or teen will learn cooking basics, but also how to take recipes to the next level. With series like Cupcake Wars and Cooking Around the World, they’re sure to find something they’ll be hungry for.
Good to Know: Live Zoom Classes are $32. Online pre-recorded 5 recipe series $49.50. Online pre-recorded 10 recipe series $99. Classes for ages 3-12.
Teach your kids to play with the vegetables and they may actually find they like them. That’s the philosophy at The Kids’ Table, where online zoom cooking classes focus on teaching kids that real food can taste real good. Your little chef will chop, dice, mix, roll and taste their way through a variety of fun and engaging classes. And the price per class is for the whole family, so everyone can get in on the fun together. There are single class options and 5-week sessions to choose from. Featuring dishes like Butternut Squash Ravioli, Pumpkin quesadillas, and Apple Brie Pizza. Kids’ Table also has a large library of on demand classes, prerecorded and ready whenever you and your child have a craving to cook up something wonderful.
Good to Know: Classes available for ages 2-14. Individual one hour classes start at $18, a 5 week series starts at $78. Individual two hour classes start at $35, a 5-week series starts at $160. On demand classes are $4 each, or $15 a month for unlimited access. Virtual parties start at $200.
You’ll feel no guilt baking up these sweet treats with your kids. Every kit from Foodstirs is high quality, junk-free, organic, low sugar and most important—delicious. The kits come with an easy to follow recipe card and reusable bakeware. Just add eggs, butter, vegetable oil or a little yogurt. Easy as pie. With choices like tie-dye sugar cookies and donuts, snowflake brownies, and the rainbow fun pancake kit, every kid (and adult) in the house will be happy. It’s a great way to have some family fun, teach your little chefs some new skills, and help them express their creativity. See, you can have your cake and eat it, too.
Good to Know: Individual baking mixes from $6, Individual Kits from $40. Baker’s Club subscriptions for one kit for $35, 3 Kits for $100, and their most popular plan, the 6 Kit subscription is $194.
If an at home cooking club is more you and your kids cup of tea, sign up for a monthly subscription to Raddish. Your tiny tasters will have a fun hands-on cooking experience from the comfort of your own kitchen. Each month, your child (age 4 & up) will receive a theme-based kit in the mail containing easy-to-follow illustrated recipe guides, a creative kitchen project, culinary skill cards, a grocery shopping list for the adults and a kitchen tool of their very own to use in whipping up something delicious. The folks behind Raddish Kids have created a way to involve everyone in the meal-making process with the theory that kids will be much more eager to eat a meal they have helped prepare from start to finish (bonus). They have also subtly packed their yummy recipes with math, science, history, geography and culture lessons your small fries won’t even realize they’re learning (double bonus).
Ingredient List: Monthly subscription is $24. A 6-month subscription is $22 (with a free apron thrown in for your top-chef-in-training). Not interested in a monthly commitment? No problem–Raddish also offers single kits (like Edible Elements or Harvest Party) for purchase.
If you’re looking for an easy and sweet way to connect with your kids, look no further than this subscription baking club. You and your little baker can bond over some pretty delicious treats like Duff Goldman’s fuzzy monster cake, cinnamon buns, or s'more pie. There’s even a gluten-free kit option. Each kit comes with pre-measured dry ingredients, a shopping list for wet ingredients and any baking tools you’ll need, simple, kid friendly instructions and some educational games to play while your masterpiece is in the oven. If you’re not ready to commit to a subscription, you can still enjoy the sweet life with a variety of their individual baking kits. But before you dig into your finished dessert, remember to take a pic of your creation and share it on their website. No matter how you slice it, Baketivity is a treat the whole family can enjoy together.
Good to Know: Perfect for kids aged 3-10, individual baking kits start at $25. Monthly subscriptions start at $33 and come with a free apron and chef’s hat.For the sweetest deal get a yearly subscription for $26 a month.
Had you told us that things would get worse for moms, it would have been inconceivable. Women were already exiting the workforce at 43%, losing 10% of their earning power for every child they have, and straddling their roles at work with their roles of CEO at home, at the cost of career progression. Now, those privileged enough to still hold jobs, they face additional challenges with regard to childcare, virtual school needs, less ability to outsource, strapped finances, more meals, and clean up at home…things have gone from overwhelming to unmanageable. Too many women are in too deep to sound the alarms.
“People are very nervous about taking days off. Just so busy. All the moms are working until 1 a.m. There’s no good solution.” — Parent Employee Resource Group Leader
Helping moms make it to shore depends on our partners, our companies and us
Dads Need to Step Up—Even the “Good Ones”
Not all households have a mom and dad, but when they do, childcare responsibilities still disproportionately fall on moms. And today, with childcare and home responsibilities only increasing, women are shouldering most of the work and it’s disrupting their careers. Perception further complicates the labor distribution. As the NYTimes article with the same headline describes, “Nearly half of men say they do most of the homeschooling; 3% of women agree.” Cloudy perception in theoretically shared responsibilities implicitly creates a culture of invisible work–in other words, work without recognition or perceived value.
We heard this in discussions we held with parent Employee Resource Group advocates and leaders as we sought to understand how their companies are supporting caregivers during this pandemic. The sense of exhaustion and despair, with no end in sight, is palpable. A recent study showed that moms have reduced their paid working hours 4 to 5 times more than dads. One example of disparity in work production: women academics are submitting fewer papers since coronavirus started, while men are submitting 50 percent more than they usually would. Think of the research, insights and extrapolations the world is missing from women, because they are cleaning up the oatmeal stuck on the bowl, while their male counterparts are more likely working in a quiet room.
The good news? There’s an entire movement of passionate “FamilyTech” founders who, long before the pandemic turned it into a crisis, created support strategies to address aspects of this problem. We’d love to introduce you to existing options for both you and your companies, as well as share recommendations from our research.
Moms Are Underwater
How do we save one another and make it on the other side of this pandemic better off than when it started? We all—partners, employers and moms—have a role to play.
Moms are taking on even more invisible work since COVID started.
Technology can help with the mundane, repetitive tasks of running a family so that parents can shift valuable mindshare to more important matters.
Modern Village is building the Family Operating System as a central place that isn’t mom’s brain to be the single source of all things family.
Couples can then focus on divvying up the remaining invisible work through tools like:
Fair Play which helps couples divide up household tasks fairly, based on their needs.
Persistiny allows parents to track, value, and share the unpaid work to care for their families.
For partners who want to improve their marriage, and in doing so contribute to a society that values women, here are some things you can do today:
Take on more housework. Even if it feels like you are doing your fair share, pick up one, two, even five more tasks.
Initiate a conversation with her…tonight. Ask her how she feels the child and housework is going. Is she drowning? To avoid adding mental load to her already loaded cart, come to the conversation with two ideas for how you could help.
Take the kids out of the house to give her some time to just think, reflect, and do something other than parenting and housework.
Say thank you. Say thank you every time you see her pick up the LEGOS, feed the children, and sign them onto a remote class. Say thank you for everything you don’t see…the uninterrupted Zoom call, the empty sink, and anything else slipping by because of its invisibility. Make it your personal goal to show as much gratitude as possible, and in doing so her invisible work will suddenly start becoming visible.
Employers who want to attract and retain a diverse and efficient workforce
Much like the parents they employ, companies have found themselves in unknown water, without access to a best practices playbook on how to support caregivers. Because of this there is a real-time experiment taking place when it comes to benefits, policies and stances companies are implementing.
Moms who are essential workers or who work from home are all struggling.
Four Guiding Principles of What Companies Can Say and Do to Support Caregivers:
Consistent policies that don’t depend on an employee to initiate
✗ “Talk to your manager”
✓ Quarterly or monthly mental health days. (e.g., YOU days at Indeed)
✓ 40 hours a week, anytime during the week
Reduced Schedule without Penalization
✗ Promoting part-time with reduced pay
✓ Company sanctioned 4 day work week
✓ Office closes every Friday at 2:00 (e.g., The Zebra)
✓ Continued growth and career conversations
Leaders Communicate Challenges & Model Behavior
✗ Silent about kids, challenges and taking time off
✓ “I’m taking time off work to get my kids through the end of the year push.”
Re-Examine Meeting Culture
✗ Back-to-back Zoom meetings
✓ Replacing “syncs” or ad-hoc meetings with a Slack conversation or channel, and other remote work best practices
Here Are Some Services Employers Can Offer to Support Caregivers:
Workshops / Training / Coaching
Femily helps companies create an inclusive culture.
Mindful Return, a benefit that guides new parents back from parental leave and supports working parents with workshops and retreats.
TendLab provides workshops and training to optimize the workforce for parents.
Villyge, an employer-paid benefit, connects working parents 1:1 with a community of coaches from preconception to college.
WRK/360 offers employer sponsored training, development and 1:1 career & life integration coaching support for working parents, their managers and whole teams.
Childcare & Education
BridgeCare offers employee benefits that help working parents find and afford child care.
EdNavigator provides families with personalized education support from preschool to college.
Helpr provides custom primary care solutions for families looking to create care pods or find nannies during COVID, with online 1:1 tutoring for all ages, and backup care with either their sitters or your sitters.
UrbanSitter enables families to select providers to come into their home in a COVID-friendly way.
If you’re looking for companies that have been vetted for supporting caregivers, Hustle Hunters or Prowess Project can help match you with opportunities.
Moms, although we are utterly burnt out, we remain stronger together
While moms are in no position to add more to their infinite, impossible to-do lists, now more than ever, we need the support of one another. This includes banding together to recognize our needs, both at work and at home.
First, we need to speak up for ourselves and balance the inequities at home. By talking openly with our partners, we can align on our values, share responsibility in the joys, challenges and logistics of childcare, and teach our children to be proud of doing housework..
If You’re Looking for a Community of Moms Who Get It:
Chairman Mom is a private network of badass working women.
MotherNation creates spaces for Mothers to care for themselves and each other by gathering Circles based on location, age of children and shared experience.
Mother Honestly is an online community, with resources and support for working mothers.
Finally, we need to be inclusive and welcoming to all womxn, which is a departure from the traditional white feminism many of us inadvertently have been practicing. The pandemic is disproportionately affecting Black moms so it’s important for those of us with a more privileged position to speak up for racial justice in our homes, schools, and organizations.
You Have Options
Every family needs to do what’s right for them. Based on their own mental health, their family situation, their risk tolerance and financial resources, every family’s solutions will be different. For example, one mom may opt for homeschooling to reduce her own anxiety while another mom may feel it’s necessary for her kids to attend school for her own mental health.
Five factors that influence a family’s decisions:
If you’re looking for ways to engage and educate your children from your own home:
Komae enables cooperative, free care by swapping points with other families.
From Drowning to Thriving
We know this just scratches the surface. There is no silver bullet solution to alleviate such a complex and nuanced issue, rooted in historic biases. The pandemic has brought the childcare crisis to the national stage, although moms have felt the weight of it far longer. We believe the future of caregiving brings together the public and private sectors and is equitable, inclusive, and antiracist. When everyone pitches in to help, moms will make it to shore stronger, and our world will reap the benefits.
We are Shift, user researchers, and designers who provide custom qualitative research to companies to identify needs and recommendations to better support caregivers. We welcome you to follow our thoughts, and if you’d like to work with us, let’s chat.
Anne Kenny and Natalie Tulsiani are user researchers and designers who co-founded Shift the Workplace, a research consultancy that helps companies identify opportunities to support caregivers. With 30 years of combined experience at Huge, Microsoft and Airbnb, we offer tangible, practical recommendations tailored to the company's culture.
If your little kitchen helper is itching to take their skills to Top Chef level, now is the time to sign them up for some cooking classes! They’ll learn some skills that will impress their friends and you just might be able to turn over the dinner duties every once in a while. Chop, chop!
Tinker Kitchen
Tinker Kitchen
This Mission District cooking makerspace just opened and the cooking kids are thrilled. Founder Dan Mills, a former programmer, transitioned from hacking code to hacking food. Over the course of his own obsession with the science of cooking, he amassed an impressive collection of niche cooking equipment, including a pasta extruder and chocolate temperers. Dan outfitted Tinker Kitchen with industrial-grade ovens, burners and other staples. The space operates on a monthly membership model and members can stop in any time (except during special events) to roast cacao or flash-freeze ice cream with liquid nitrogen. Or grab a day pass and check out all the equipment before your commit. Check out the class schedule to see what's coming up!
A real culinary maven, the founder of Sprouts Cooking Club also started the first culinary club at U.C. Berkeley. She soon drew her attention to kids, founding Sprouts Cooking Club so children 7 and up could take classes after school or at your home for a cooking-themed birthday party.
If your little chef has more of a sweet tooth than a savory one, then sign them up for the Chocolate Explorers class at Dandelion. Here they will learn all about how chocolate is made from the pod to the brownie. Little ones ages 3-6 and their adult can take a 45-minute Apprentices class that teaches about chocolate through reading the book Sweet Coco and tasting, of course! Dandelion also offers parent-child classes where kids ages 7-12 and their adult make their own single-origin dark chocolate from scratch. Read all about it here.
CIA at Copia offers Family Fundays most Sundays with weekly cooking classes the entire gang can enjoy together. Go to the front of the class with Sunday Lasagna, DIY Dim Sum or the holiday favorite Spooky Treats. These interactive, demonstration-style classes are perfect all ages and are comprised of family-friendly cooking techniques, all while building a recipe box for your own kitchen, and encourage your culinary dreamers to keep building that love of food.
500 1st Street Napa, CA 707-967-2530 Online: ciaatcopia.com
Jordan's Kitchen
Organic, locally-sourced ingredients are just the beginning with Jordan’s Kitchen. Junior chefs will start by learning knife skills and kitchen safety. Then the lesson goes on to teach skills like frosting a cake or pressing hand-made tortillas. Each class ends with the best part—eating the masterpiece!
This organic farm located in the foothills of the Santa Cruz mountains provides hands-on education for kids of all ages. Their ever-popular Cow Wow classes (with pre-registration required as they always sell out) allow youngsters to milk a cow and see how milk is filtered for bottling. Or, make mozzarella cheese and use it with some edible flowers and greens from the farm garden in their pizza-making class.
Hidden Villa 26870 Moody Rd. Los Altos Hills, CA Online: hiddenvilla.org
Kids Cooking for Life
Empowerment is a big part of learning how to cook, and the mission at this cooking school is to promote self esteem and healthier lifestyles, and reversing the epidemic of diabetes and childhood obesity. Classes cover lessons on cooking, nutrition, safety and culture.
After school classes are offered through the San Anselmo and Strawberry Recreation Centers Online: kidscookingforlife.org
Junior Chef Stars
Everything from camps to birthday parties to classes are offered at this cooking academy for the small set. In addition to honing in on the creative spirit of cooking, Junior Chef Stars teaches little ones as young as 3 about safety, “kitchen cooties” and organizing their own culinary toolbox.
The cooking school is housed within the picturesque Cavallo Point resort and lodge, and emphasizes local, seasonal ingredients and is led by well-known chefs, local producers and vintners. The family cooking classes get the whole clan together to chop, bake and, ultimately, eat, giving new meaning to the family meal.
601 Murray Cir. Sausalito, CA 415-339-4700 Online: cavallopoint.com
The Culinary Dude
The Culinary Dude blends Early Childhood Education with Culinary Arts. There’s no question that a lot of learning goes on here, but with a big serving of fun. Private classes on everything from healthy snacks to recreating the favorite foods of popular pop stars are on offer. They even host toddler classes and a parent-vs.-kid Iron Chef competition.
Y.U.M stands for Young Urban Modern and offers cooking programs for children and adults alike. Led by chef and cookbook author Leah Brooks, classes range from everyday approachable recipes to composing a full brunch feast with ingredients straight from the farmer's market.
Located inside Katherine Michiels School 1335 Guerrero Blvd. San Francisco, CA 415-824-5123 Online: yumchefssf.org
Located in Ghirardelli Square, this cooking school has classes for kids as young as 2 all the way up to 11. Here they learn about different culinary traditions while they make food to eat at the end of class. School break classes are offered as well as single-day options.
900 North Point Street, Suite H-108 B San Francisco, CA Online: culinaryartistas.com
With two locations in Los Gatos and Willow Glen, kids have tons of opportunities to beef up their cooking skills at Cucina Bambini. Teens can learn how to make pasta while little ones bake cakes or make apple crumble with ice cream in a bag. Host your next birthday party here and your kitchen will remain spick and span!
Did you know that your neighborhood Williams-Sonoma store offers Junior Chef classes for kids 8-13? From American Girl-themed events to seasonal cookie decorating, these are a great and inexpensive way to get your school-aged kids interested in cooking.
Various location, see your local store for upcoming Junior Chef events Online: williams-sonoma.com
Bliss Belly Kitchen
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Kids will love Chef Neelam's focus on health-conscious, eco-conscious and soul-conscious cooking. Bliss Belly Kitchen uses locally-sourced, organic, farm fresh ingredients to teach children about the fundamentals of healthy cooking. Participants learn to source, cook and appreciate delicious recipes.
If your little chef is more inspired by sweet than savory, this is the spot for you. Kids 6-12 can attend Sweetie Camp during school breaks, or try your hand at seasonal treats at the gingerbread class this December.
We all know that teaching kids the joys of cooking early leads to better health. But not all of us have an inner-Martha Stewart in us to show kids just how to do it. There’s a new culinary school in town that embraces farm-to-table, all while making cooking fun for the littles. Read on for our dishy scoop!
photo: Sprouts Cooking Club
Serious foodie roots
Sprouts Cooking Club originated in San Francisco, and its founder Karen Rogers studied under Alice Waters, the guru of using local ingredients and making healthy food that actually tastes great. Through her work with Waters, and other work with British celebrity chef Jaime Oliver, Rodgers created Sprouts Cooking Club, where kids can learn to cook — and love it along the way.
Move over Goldfish, there’s a better post-school snack in town
Sprouts is offering after-school classes that take place at your child’s school. Your child doesn’t have to be a mini Wolfgang Puck to enjoy the classes. With all skill levels welcome, this is a great way to introduce your child to healthy habits in a fun way. Working with both private and public schools, the Sprouts team can create a program in 8 week sessions. If there’s no formal kitchen space at the school, the Sprouts team can work with school administrators to create a safe cooking environment that can be adjusted to fit any school’s classroom space. The goal is to get more students cooking hands-on with local, seasonal ingredients with an emphasis on healthy, simple, and delicious food. Offered for elementary, middle, and high school students, the 90 minute classes include a teacher, ingredients and tools needed for the class. The base price is $27.50 per child, per class, but prices can be flexible depending on the school’s needs.
A Culinary Option during School Breaks
Sprouts is offering youth cooking classes this Winter and through their summer camp offerings they are working on a 3-day Winter Cooking Camp that will take place at the end of December during students’ Winter Break. But this isn’t your standard cook-and-eat operation. Through Sprouts Cooking Club students are taught by guest chefs from some of the most popular restaurants in town. (think Union Square Cafe, Luke’s Lobster, to name a few). With blindfolded palate play and camper cook-offs, this isn’t your standard cooking camp. All cooking camps take place in restaurant kitchens throughout Manhattan and Brooklyn.
photo: Sprouts Cooking Club
The Deets of Camp
Geared towards kids age 7-13, the camps are from 11am-5pm, with pre-camp programs running from 9am-11am. At Pre-camp, kids explore some of the culinary highlights of the city, including visits to farmer’s markets, bakeries, community gardens, and cookbook stores.
You can sign up for the Winter Camp option by the day. Summer Camp 2018 will run Monday through Friday during the last three weeks of July (July 9th – 27th). While they are still working on their line up of chefs for next summer, we did get a sneak peek of some of their partners which include Mini Melanie, A&E Supply Co., and Harlem Grown.
Each 5-day camp week costs $590, and because Sprouts Cooking Club has a mission to ensure that all kids have the chance to cook alongside the city’s best chefs there are full and partial scholarship options to the camps.
We suggest you join their mailing list to be the first to know about their newest culinary adventures, including Winter Camp schedules and news about their new restaurant partners.
photo: Sprouts Cooking Club
But Camps aren’t the only Thing Cooking…
If there’s no formal kitchen space, the Sprouts team can work with school administrators to create a safe cooking environment that can be adjusted to fit any school’s classroom space. The goal is to get more students cooking hands-on with local, seasonal ingredients with an emphasis on healthy, simple, and delicious food. These 90-minute After-School classes are offered for elementary, middle, and high school students. And because all skill levels are welcome, this is a great way to introduce your child to healthy habits in a fun way.
photo: Sprouts Cooking Club
Yes, they do Birthday Parties, Right at Home
Each party package uses recipes and themes based off of Sprouts Cooking Clubs’ favorite chef and restaurant partners, including Alice Waters and Jamie Oliver. Party package start at $400 and include all ingredients, a group of Sprouts team members to lead the class, and kitchen clean-up.
