Growing Chefs! Ontario: Kid’s Monthly Cooking Classes

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What to Expect: Join our Chefs each month as they explore seasonal flavours and exciting twists on much-loved recipes that are great for the whole family! Our Chefs will take participants step-by-step through the recipes, helping your young chefs develop confidence, enthusiasm and cooking skills.

Do your kids fall out of our age range? Do you prefer to cook along in your own kitchen? Recipes will be posted online in our Growing Chefs! At Home catalogue so you can recreate class favourites at home!

Ages: 7 – 11

Location:will be hosted at our new location, The Grove at The Western Fair District, located at 900 King St. This facility is more spacious than our Growing Chefs! Headquarters, with a teaching classroom equipped with audio/​visual supports.

Dates & Time: Monthly Kids Cooking Classes run from 6:00 – 7:30pm on Wednesday Nights, once per month.

Fall 2021 Dates:Sept 22(FULL), Oct 20, Nov 17, Dec 08

Capacity: To ensure every participant has the opportunity to interact with our Chef team and program staff, while properly distanced, the capacity of this program is limited to 12 participants.

Pricing: Recommended price of $25, subsidized price of $10.

Registration opens the 1^st of the month and space is limited, so we recommend registering as early as possible to reserve a space as there will be no drop-ins. Growing Chefs! Ontario is committed to providing low-cost food education experiences for children and youth. If cost is a barrier to registration, please contact [email protected]​growingchefsontario.​ca to explore subsidy options.

Chef Leaders: Our Education Chef Team: Chef Katherine, Chef Anna, Chef Ryan and Chef Nick

Menu: Our class themes for the Fall 2021 classes will focus on Family Dinner Favourites!

Covid Safety: Growing Chefs! Ontario is in regular contact with the Middlesex London Health Unit to ensure we are following strict guidelines. Throughout the pandemic we have always gone above what was required by public health measures. We are following guidelines for cooking and food skills programs set-out by Public Health. Participants are required to wear a reusable or single-use medical mask unless eating, or maintaining a distance of at least 2 metres when outdoors. Surfaces will be cleaned and sanitized regularly, and in between each activity, and when participants leave an area.

Food Allergies: If food allergies are a concern, rest assured that our team is highly experienced in managing dietary restrictions. Do not let a dietary concern prevent your child from participating in our programming. Get in contact with our staff team and we’ll do our best to make appropriate accommodations.

Cancelations: Once full payment is received and registration is confirmed, any cancellation must be directly communicated to Growing Chefs! Staff as early as possible. Cancellations made once the program has started will be eligible for refunds on a case by case basis.