Although spring has just only officially arrived, it’s already time to start planning some summer activities for the kids.
Luckily for Maple Leaf residents, they have a gem right down the street at the Kitchen Coach Cooking School, 850 N.E. 88th St.
If you want to help build some kitchen confidence in your young foodie, the Kitchen Coach has four weeklong classes planned throughout summer:
- Cake and Company, for ages 10-14, is from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. July 5-9. Students will learn the meaning of key baking terms during the introduction to pastry and cake making, buttercreams, petit-fours, sweet and savory pies, puff pastry, quiche, flatbreads and quick breads.
- Students are encouraged to bring their favorite home-cooked concoction, as well as any fresh-picked fruit, to the Home Cooking class that focuses on regional American fare. The class, for ages 10-15, is from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. July 26-29, then from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. July 30, with a graduation dinner that same night from 7:30-10.
- Basics for Budding Chefs is geared toward beginner chefs, ages 7-10, who want to learn more about the fundamentals of cooking. Class is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 19-22, with a class from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. July 23 that includes a graduation lunch for parents at 12:30 p.m.
- Students ages 12-15 explore cuisines from around the world at Melting Pot/Improvisational Cooking, from 10 to 4 p.m. Aug. 2-5 and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 6, with a graduation dinner that evening from 7-10.
If you’d like to learn some of these tricks yourself, the Kitchen Coach Cooking School, which is part of Mangia Bene Catering, also offers adult cooking classes. Check out the calendar here.
