Cooking & Baking Youth & Teen

Cooking with S(T)EM Activities

ages 4.5–7 r$355 N$385

Let the magic of cooking take you away! Daily campers will create delicious food as they learn their way around a kitchen. We start the day with a culinary experience and transition into math, science and engineering activities (no technology). The camp allows kids an opportunity to ask questions, observe, investigate and experiment while having the opportunity to classify, measure, count, estimate and recognize numbers and fractions in a practical real life setting. Each participant receives a recipe book. Campers learn kitchen and food safety, proper use of utensils, basic cooking techniques, and the art of cleanup.

Material Fee $25

Week 2

Mon–Fri June 12–June 16 (5×) 9:00am–12:00pm

Week 3

Mon–Fri June 19–June 23 (5×) 9:00am–12:00pm

Instructor: Jessica Roine & Nancy Andrada

Location: Veterans Memorial Building, Kitchen

Min: 10; Max: 24

Expedition Kitchen

ages 10–15 r$425 N$455

Chefs will learn to explore with all of their senses in the kitchen. This skills-based culinary camp will teach techniques that will bring out the best in food and flavor. We’ll take a deep dive into delightful sauces and explore sweet and savory spice blends. In addition to a week of delicious culinary adventures, campers will come home with the skills and confidence to prepare balanced plant-based meals for their families and communities. Material Fee $50

Week 2

Mon–Fri June 12–June 16 (5×) 12:30–3:30pm

Instructor: Alicia Faris, Path to Panacea

Location: Beach Elementary, Kitchen Min: 8; Max: 12

Taste Travelers

ages 10–15 r$340 N$370

Get ready to explore a world of flavor and culinary delights. Prepare your taste buds for liftoff (no passport required) as we explore food through a prism of culture, time, and place. In this camp, we will examine food traditions from around the world as we build skills and discover new herbs, spices, and ingredients along the way. Cooking cultural food builds unity, understanding, and an appreciation of differences. Leave with the confidence to create your own cultural meals and snacks.

Material Fee $40

Week 3

Tue–Fri June 20–June 23 (4×) 12:30–3:30pm

Instructor: Alicia Faris, Path to Panacea

Location: Beach Elementary, Kitchen Min: 8; Max: 12

Culinary Creatives

ages 10–15 r$425 N$455

This colorful camp will explore creativity in cooking. Going beyond your typical cooking class, this is a week-long immersion into the world of food. Learn to cook, bake, think, and taste like a professional chef. Campers will uncover the ways in which flavors are created and learn the art of balance. Learn to make classic culinary delights and come home with the skills to create your own signature restaurant-style dishes. We will finish camp with a friendly chopped style cooking competition.

Material Fee $50

Week 4

Mon–Fri June 26–June 30 (5×) 12:30–3:30pm

Instructor: Alicia Faris, Path to Panacea

Location: Beach Elementary, Kitchen Min: 8; Max: 12

Alicia Faris is holistic nutritionist and culinary educator who finds time spent cooking and sharing nourishing meals the best kind of medicine. After graduation from Florida State with a BS in Marketing, she went back to school at Bauman College in Berkeley to further her studies in the field of Nutrition. Inspired by bountiful California produce, she dove head first into the culinary world, working at some of San Francisco’s most beloved restaurants.

Energized to share her passion for good food, Alicia has been teaching culinary nutrition to children and their families around the Bay Area since 2015. She’s on a mission to make healthy habits come to life by bringing joy back to the family meal.

Alicia is the founder of Path to Panacea a youth cooking program that provides nourishing, engaging, and delicious culinary adventures!