Culinary Camp Session 8: August 5th – 9th; Ages 12-18

Session 8: August 5th – 9th

Welcome to our Kids Culinary Camps!

Back for the 10th year, each camp runs Monday – Friday from 9 am – 1 pm within our cooking space at Bowers in Lower South End. We highlight all of our cooking classes by using local and fresh ingredients. Our Award-Winning Kids Culinary Camps are meant to be more then your ‘cookie-cutter’ and “kitchy” cooking school. Chef Alyssa’s Kitchen wants to teach the young chefs fantastic dishes!  We do kindly request that your child has some experience cooking with a parent in the kitchen before signing up.

All recipes are designed by Chef Alyssa and led by our chef instructor team made up of full-time team members with culinary and/or baking and pastry degrees and years of industry experience.

Each session of culinary camp will host 16 campers. Split into two groups of 8, they will each be led by one of our chef instructors. Additionally there will be a camp counselor to greet you and assist the campers each day.

On Friday afternoon – parents are invited to observe the end of class (around 12 pm) and enjoy lunch with their young chef.

Each child will receive an apron (first year campers) or other gift (returning campers) and recipe book to take home. And please let us know about any allergies as soon as possible.

Do you have a child who is on the age cusp one of the sessions? E-mail us and we’ll determine together the best place for them!

Pricing for each session is $440, which includes everything (including a daily snack). It’s best to sign-up early as our camps will sell out in advance. Tickets are non-refundable after April 30, 2024. Please do not sign up for multiple camps as a placeholder. Any refunds will be issued by mailed check.

Notes: Camp is free of all nuts and sesame products (although some ingredients may be processed in a facility that processes these product). We do however, pride ourselves on using whole and mostly local ingredients! We make substitutions and accommodations anytime possible. Although we cannot provide a substitute for all items that include egg, dairy, gelatin (contains pork) and/or gluten, there will certainly be something your camper will be able to eat and enjoy each day. Please list all allergen information when signing up.

Campers will be required to bring a large Tupperware container daily for all the items they will be bringing home. We want to do our part to conserve!

Groupings: While we do our very best to keep friends/siblings together in the same group to cook… Groups of 4 or more that sign up together may be split up on certain days to balance out ages and ability levels. Campers (who sign up in groups of 4 or more) will always cook with at least 1 person they came with! Thank you for your understanding.

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Each day of the class will focus on a specific theme. This will include: 

Campfire Grilling Classics, Greek, Baking, Cajun/Creole and Burger Day

 

Campfire Grilling Classics

Grilled Chicken Kebabs with Summer Vegetables

Skillet Cornbread

Homemade Marshmallows with Candy Filling

Focused Skills: knife skills, grilling, understanding of temperature throughout cooking process from proteins to sugar in confections.

 

Greek

Homemade Pita Bread, Marinated Chicken and Tzatziki Sauce

Cucumber Salad

Greek Potato Salad with Feta Cheese

Honey Cake with Orange Syrup

Focused Skills: bread baking, infusing flavor with marinades and sauces

 

Baking

Decorated Cupcakes: Colorful Monsters

Flaky Biscuit Sandwiches with Sheet Pan Omelets (optional bacon or sausage)

Focused Skills: cake baking, making and coloring icing, piping and decorating, biscuit method, egg cooking

 

Cajun/Creole

Jambalaya with Mild Andouille Sausage, Shrimp, Vegetables and Rice

Chicken “Oyster” Po Boys

Corn & Okra Maque Choux

Beignets

Focused Skills: developing flavors, cooking rice, prepping vegetables, yeast doughnuts

 

Burger Day

Homemade Buns

Ground Beef

Burger Toppings and Special Sauce

Crispy Wedge Potatoes

Watermelon Popsicles

Focused Skills: baking rolls, grinding beef, fruit popsicles

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-1 ticket is for 1 person

-Please note, just as in all CAK events each guest will be sharing equipment, tools, prep and ultimately the food they’ve made during the class with their table-mates.

-Camp registration becomes non-refundable April 30th.