"Upscale" Cooking Classes for Kids

[Carrot Top]

In the middle of doing research on another topic entirely, I came across this site: Savvy After School Gourmet Cooking Classes for Kids.

Two things startled me about it. The high-end aspect of it (I've seen children's cooking classes, but nothing quite this formal or at this price structure) and the fact that. . .this lovely thing is in *New Orleans*! (Which says something, though I'm not sure exactly what , about how re-building is progressing. . .)

Are there any cooking classes for kids like this in your area?

Do you think this would be a successful venture in your area? Why or why not?

Just curious.

[daniellewiley]

In the middle of doing research on another topic entirely, I came across this site:  Savvy After School Gourmet Cooking Classes for Kids.

Two things startled me about it. The high-end aspect of it (I've seen children's cooking classes, but nothing quite this formal or at this price structure) and the fact that. . .this lovely thing is in *New Orleans*! (Which says something, though I'm not sure exactly what  , about how re-building is progressing. . .)

Are there any cooking classes for kids like this in your area?

Do you think this would be a successful venture in your area? Why or why not?

Just curious. 

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We have Kiddy Cuisine at one of our Whole Foods here in Chicago. We're new to the city so I haven't explored it yet (plus, my daughter cooks with me all of the time anyway - I'm not sure how much she'd get out of it). But, I hear it is popular.

Link

[Carrot Top]

I bet you'll love Chicago, Danielle.

The Whole Foods classes are more like what I'm accustomed to seeing here and there. The price is about half of what the course above is charging per child (though still it likely would not be considered inexpensive by many people) and the kids attend "per session" with no committment to a semester, which is close to what a nine-week course really is. . .

I do know that there are more kids interested in becoming professional chefs than ever before.

Will this replace ballet classes and soccer for some I wonder?

[Carrot Top]

Here's one from the CIA: Kids in the Kitchen. These run on Saturdays from 9 to 3 and the cost is $170.

Mmm. I guess though that this (in terms of a "business venture") is just gravy to the CIA. A fun thing, a good thing, that can ride of the tails of reputation and give kids an idea of whether or not they might want to attend "for real" when they get a few years older. NIce gravy though. One might actually want to call it "sauce" instead".

[rooftop1000]

My company blocked that site for potential porn content???????

tracey

[Carrot Top]

That's hilarious.

Which one, the CIA one or the New Orleans one?

Of course the thought of the prices seem rather abhorrent to me, and the idea of having to pay someone to teach my kid to cook, too, but pornographic?

I

don't

THINK

so.

P.S. The CIA one can be accessed by linking directly to "Culinary Institute of America" then searching through the "Enthusiast" courses.

Maybe it was the word "enthusiast" that set your company's system off.

Edited October 11, 2006 by Carrot Top (log)

[daniellewiley]

I already am loving it. :-)

My daughter would NEVER give up ballet, but if given the choice of cooking vs. soccer or swimming, or something like that, she would almost certainly choose cooking. She always tells me that she can't wait to be eight because "that's when I can cook things by myself."

I bet you'll love Chicago, Danielle. 

The Whole Foods classes are more like what I'm accustomed to seeing here and there. The price is about half of what the course above is charging per child (though still it likely would not be considered inexpensive by many people) and the kids attend "per session" with no committment to a semester, which is close to what a nine-week course really is. . .

I do know that there are more kids interested in becoming professional chefs than ever before.

Will this replace ballet classes and soccer for some I wonder?

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[jsmeeker]

a local grocery store in the Dallas area (and a few other Texas cities) offers cooking classes target for kids and classes targeted for teens. During the summer, they have a "Cooking Camp". (a series of classes over a period of several weeks).

I don't know how "upscale" the classes are, but the grocery store itself is an upscale grocery store.