Features Cooking Cooking Classes Kids kids activity Kids Cooking Classes Guide Education Highlight Guide to Kids Cooking Classes & Camps in Connecticut (2022 Edition) April Guilbault April 05, 2022 Feels like we were all just stuck home together and dreaming of getting OUT and low and behold, now we can! Let’s start with getting those kiddos some cool stuff to do once school lets out. Let’s hear it for cooking camps! To learn (in a fun way) about food, where it comes from, what the heck we can do with it, and yummm, how it tastes-what could be better? Follow it with some parent-kid trips to your local farms or farmers’ markets, and lookie there, you’ve just filled the calendar a bit for the summer months. Here’s to brilliant and tasty new discoveries!The Fig Cooking School-Milford www.figcookingschool.comHeld at their state-of-the-art teaching kitchen in Milford, The Fig Cooking School's "Summer Celebrations," “Best of the US,” and “Around the World” kids' cooking workshops, for ages 12-16, will feature recipes anchored in the wealth of colorful, fresh food available during the summer. Fig's interactive teaching will strengthen kids' culinary foundations as they sample local ingredients, learn about flavor profiles, and build strong technique. Fig is also located only 1 block from Walnut Beach, where (weather permitting) kids spend time every day, playing games, and exploring the area. Kids will come away with new friendships, happy tummies, and the skills to explore the culinary possibilities of the world around them. https://www.figcookingschool.com/kids-workshops Pink Rhubarb-Darien www.thepinkrhubarb.comWelcome to The Pink Rhubarb’s sixth year of providing summer programs in cooking, gardening, arts, and crafts. They are delighted to offer another year where your children can relax, learn, and explore both in the kitchen and the garden. Their small, co-ed groups are limited to 18 children ages 5-11 years old and are held at the Mather Homestead in Darien. Counselors are present to help your children prepare home cooked meals, desserts, and work in and harvest from the small cottage garden. There are plenty of teaching moments and connections between what is prepared and what is beginning to grow in the garden! It is important to bring a water bottle, a snack or lunch, sunblock, and any other special keepsakes that make your child feel secure when away from home. No cell phones or electronics please! Please reach out with any questions to: jane@thepinkrhubarb.com 203-979-7076.AMG Catering-Wilton www.amgcatering.comThis summer, AMG is offering 2 consecutive weeks of the “Young Chef’s Academy” for your young CIT, “Chef in Training”. Each week is a unique four-day, hands-on kids cooking camp! The CITs will be exploring American regional cuisines, global cuisines, farm to table, current food trends, street foods, grilling and many other culinary delights each day at camp. Menus are planned according to what’s in season and available, so they will be working with and learning about seasonal, fresh food. They also like to collaborate with our campers on what they want to learn each day. In other words…let the food teach itself! There will be no duplicate recipes weeks 1 and 2, so why not register for both weeks? Note: The kitchens are *not* food allergy free kitchens. Nuts, shellfish etc are used frequently. Some of the dishes may contain dairy, seafood and/or nuts. For ages 12-15. Camps are limited to 14 campers so claim your spot soon.Ambler Farm-Wiltonwww.amblerfarm.orgSign up for Adventures on the Farm Summer Program. Each week includes woodworking, hayrides, planting, visiting animals, harvesting, cooking, and more! For Preschool ages and grades 1-7. Registration open now.Aux Delices-Darien, Greenwich, Riverside, Westportwww.auxdelicesfoods.comAux Delices offers four, week-long sessions, or sign up for just one day. Each day has a different menu so you or your child can choose the food that interests them the most. Visit auxdelicesfoods.com or email cookingclass@auxdelicesfoods.com.Common Ground-New Havenwww.commongroundct.orgFarm to Feast Cooking camp where kids learn to cook and eat right! Each day kids will gather ingredients from the farm for each day’s cooking adventure, which varies from day to day. For ages 8-12.Cook and Grow-Bridgeportwww.cookandgrow.orgClasses for kids (and soon adults) to help them learn more about food: helping them to grow it, prepare it, enjoy it, and learn about it from a consumer standpoint. Register now for their summer camp weeks in June and July.Foodology-Plantsvillewww.foodologylab.comEnjoy a summer of culinary eureka moments with week-long themed Summer Cooking Intensives such as Great British Bake-Off, Foods of Italy, Heroes & Villains, Crime Scene Kitchen, as well many more. For grades 2-10. Space is limited, register soon.Global Local Gourmet-Hamdenwww.globallocalgourmet.comKids Kitchen Oasis Summer Cooking, Gardening and STEAM lab combines experimentation, cooking, gardening, science, tech, engineering art and math. Never a dull moment at these week-long sessions. Register online. For kids ages 7-13.Katalina’s-New Havenwww.katalinasbakery.comKids cooking camp, third week of August, a mix of baking and splash-pad fun. Return home each day with a box of deliciousness. Ages 5-12.Wakeman Town Farm-Westportwww.wakemantownfarm.org Your child will enjoy a true farm experience while having the time of his or her life in the great outdoors! From their Green Teen Summer Service Program, Little Farmers Preschool Camp, Jr. Farmers Camp, and chef camps, there are plenty of options. Camps and Programs is featured under programs @wakemantownfarm.org. Westport Continuing Education-Westportwww.westportsummerschool.comLearn cooking skills and prepare menus of American Regional, Asian, European, Latin American cuisines and desserts using fresh ingredients. Camps for students entering grades 2-5 and grades 6-9.
