Growing Up Gourmet Blog

New session of Restaurant Camp just added: 8/12-8/16!

Wow, we are thrilled with the overwhelming response to Restaurant Camp this summer! With over 8 weeks to go before camp begins, both the July and August sessions were sold out! We’re pleased to announced a third session of Restaurant Camp has just been added for August 12 – 16.  Don’t delay — enroll today!

Camp Fairs

Visit the Kitchen Kid booth at a camp fair near you! Stop by and say hi! Sun. 3/10: Summer Days Camp Fair Stephen S. Wise School, Los Angeles, 1-4pm Sun. 3/10:  Manhattan Beach Parks and Rec Summer Camp Expo Joslyn Center, Manhattan Beach, 10am-1pm Sat. 3/16 Meadows Camp Fair Meadows School, Manhattan Beach, 10am-2pm  

Camp Scholarship Info

Summer Camp 2013 Scholarship Information We believe the kitchen classroom is the tastiest place for everyone to learn, and are committed to making this possible for deserving students this summer. If you are interested in applying for a full scholarship to one session of summer camp, please send a letter with the following information: ~Child’s name /Read More

Summer Camp Sneak Peak!

Summer 2013 Registration is coming soon! Plenty of locations and exciting new themes. We are adding a CIT program and a sizzling fun Books for Cooks tot session.  Please check back next week for all the delicious details. Santa Monica: July 1 to 5 (closed on the 4th) Bakery and Café July 8 to 12Read More

Parents’ Night Out: January 26, 5-9pm!!

Don’t miss Kitchen Kid’s inaugural Parents’ Night Out workshop: Dinner and a Movie! Parents, drop your kids off for a night of delicious food, fun, and new friends, while you enjoy a night out on the town! (Just don’t be surprised if your kids eat better than you do!) We’ll be cooking a Ratatouille themedRead More

Holiday Workshops!!

Celebrate the season in the kitchen! Don’t miss our upcoming Thanksgiving & holiday workshops! Saturday, November 10, 11am-2pm: Sides and Pies — A Cornucopia of Thanksgiving! Saturday, December 8, 11am-2pm: Christmas Morning and a Taste of Hanukkah Eve (While parents shop ’til they drop on the 3rd Street Promenade) And save the date: Saturday, JanuaryRead More

See you at Westside Children’s Center Arts Festival!

We are excited to be sponsoring the Westside Children’s Center benefit Arts Festival Sunday, Oct. 7! Come support this incredible organization and wonderful family event on the Sony lot. We’ll be cooking up lots of fun! http://www.westsidechildrens.org/artsfestivaldonations2012

Restaurant Camp on KCRW’s Good Food!

Our brand new Restaurant Camp is featured this week on Evan Kleinman’s Good Food show on KCRW! Listen here!  This group of exceptional young chefs at the Santa Monica camp launched a sushi restaurant, “Yum Yum Yum Sushi”, that served an impressive Mt Fuji lava cake, and a Southern comfort restaurant, “Road House”, serving aRead More

Camp Photos — See the fun!

Come see how much fun we are having at camp this summer! We’ve posted photos from our Restaurant Camps on our Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/kitchenkid You’ll love the shots from our behind-the-scenes tour of Border Grill and MB Post!!!

Little Bee Cooking Class at Whole Foods El Segundo

Join Kitchen Kid Saturday, June 23 from 10am-11am for a very special cooking class in honor of the honey bee! We will be teaching the importance of the honey bee as a pollinator in our food system. In this fun-filled hands-on class, kids will make their own yogurt parfaits layered with fruits that are pollinatedRead More