Find Your Inner Celebrity Chef Afterschool Program
We aim to teach a new generation of young celebrity chefs how to transform healthful, seasonal and locally sourced fruits and vegetables into delicious healthy meals. Our culinary edutainment afterschool program is designed to teach kids and young adults the skills to promote self reliance on developing a healthy lifestyle by engaging them in a fun way to do real cooking instead of just opening bags and boxes.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, less than 20% of young people eat the recommended 5 or more servings of fruits and vegetables. Our program strengthens the local agricultural economies by promoting the selecting, preparing and cooking of locally grown fruits and vegetables.
Students learn how to prepare a variety of recipes incorporating ingredients from the years bountiful harvest, including dishes that not only contain a broad assortment of seasonal veggies, but also recipes that feature herbs and spices which help them eat healthier by cutting down on salt, fat and sugar when cooking.
The program also teaches students about healthy, environmentally conscious foods and how consuming these sustainable foods can be affordable, good for people and good for the planet.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, less than 20% of young people eat the recommended 5 or more servings of fruits and vegetables. Our program strengthens the local agricultural economies by promoting the selecting, preparing and cooking of locally grown fruits and vegetables.
Students learn how to prepare a variety of recipes incorporating ingredients from the years bountiful harvest, including dishes that not only contain a broad assortment of seasonal veggies, but also recipes that feature herbs and spices which help them eat healthier by cutting down on salt, fat and sugar when cooking.
The program also teaches students about healthy, environmentally conscious foods and how consuming these sustainable foods can be affordable, good for people and good for the planet.
