Adaptive Cooking Classes
Fact Sheet -
The Adaptive Cooking Class What is an Adaptive Cooking Class? An adaptive cooking class is a cooking class dedicated for people with disabilities of all ages and varying challenges who want to learn to cook. Emphasis is given to healthy eating habits within a designated budget. Our teaching demonstrates how various readily available devices or gadgets can be utilized despite their disability to allow for success and achievements within the kitchen. We provide the opportunity for participants to use these various adaptive devices successfully in the classroom and encourage their use at home. In addition, we teach those who must depend on support staff to prepare foods for them how to guide or instruct their help to prepare healthy, cost effective foods for them.
Adaptive Cooking Special Edition
What will it include?
Who will do it?
Classroom discussions encourage participants to cook and participate in community social food related events with confidence. This enables and jump starts the building of a totally inclusive community.
The classes were sponsored by the Ontario Restaurant Hotel and Motel association in partner with the Government of Ontario. Class instructions were given by Executive Chefs in the industry who have teaching experience. The chefs who participated in this pilot initiative were Nick Gucanin from the Best Western Lamplighter Inn in London and Romel Griarte from the Radisson Admiral Hotel.
Budgeting for the best buy practices are taught to our participants. We demonstrate how and where to participate in other community programs geared toward healthy local producers and cost savings.
A special thanks to McCormick Foods who sponsored the building of an adaptive mobile kitchen that was used for each of our classes and will continue to be used at the community level. It was their special donation that allowed us to bring the cooking experience to our participants.
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