Growing Up Gourmet Blog

Holiday Spectacular Cooking Class!!

Drop, Shop, and Cook! Parents — drop your kids off at our summer camp kitchen on the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica and holiday shop ’til you drop!!! Kid chefs will enjoy a spectacular holiday menu cooking Mini Beef Wellington, Traditional Latkes, Winter Quinoa Salad, Smashed Sweet Potatoes with Caramelized Apples, Candied Brussels Sprouts,Read More

Fun Food Fest this Wednesday, November 2!

Join Kitchen Kid for a healthy dose of delicious food and fun at Washington Elementary School’s Fun Food Fest! This community event will inspire families to cook and eat well! Sponsored by Live Well, Beach Cities Health District, Vitality City, and Whole Foods Market, it is sure to be a great night! Wednesday, November 2,Read More

Good Food Festival This SATURDAY!

Don’t miss Kitchen Kid at the Good Food Festival this Saturday 9/17 at Santa Monica High School.  We will be at booth 11 across from the Food Trucks, and presenting a “Garden Harvest Party” from 2-2:45.  Come support the GOOD FOOD MOVEMENT with incredible speakers, workshops, chef demos, seminars, and GOOD FOOD! We just cameRead More

New Classes This Fall!

We are excited to teach Classroom Cooks.

Join us at the Good Food Festival!

Kitchen Kid is delighted to be a presenter at the Good Food Festival, celebrating 30 years of the Santa Monica Farmers Market.  Join us on Saturday, September 17 as we harvest lettuce and enjoy a holistic approach to edible education! Complete event details available at: www.goodfoodfestivals.com. About the Good Food Festival: The very first SouthernRead More

Summer Camp Re-Cap

It was a delicious summer to be a Kitchen Kid! Our camps throughout LA have concluded, and we are gearing up for fall! Our camps were featured in several local newspapers, which you can read here.  And photo highlights have been added to our Facebook page.  Are you a fan?! Check them out, and stayRead More

You Won’t Believe What We are Cooking!

I kid you not: 15 carnivorous kids just chose a vegan beet burger on a handmade potato bun as the winner of Wednesday’s Iron Chef challenge! And a red velvet cake (colored with beets!) with strawberry icing came in a close second.   Our kitchen cranked out incredible root vegetable dishes — after the kids shoppedRead More

Kitchen Kid on KCRW’s Good Food

If you missed Samantha on the Market Report with Laura Avery last Saturday morning on KCRW, you can listen to the podcast here. She also shares a recipe for Hot Pink Butterfly Pasta, (available here) and discusses Kitchen Kid’s popular summer camp.

Kitchen Kid Gets HGTV’d

It’s pretty incredible when someone feels strongly enough about what you do that they transform your backyard and home office into an oasis that perfectly encapsulates your passion, style, and beliefs!!! Well, my family got HGTV’d!!! And Kitchen Kid has a gorgeous new headquarters, surrounded by lush strawberries and leafy lettuce! Want to see more?Read More

Join us at Healthy Living Festival

Kitchen Kid will return to Growing Great’s Healthy Living Festival on Sunday, May 15, from 12-4pm at Metlox Plaza in Manhattan Beach.  The  festival features delicious food samples from local restaurants, music, readings, garden classes, a bouncer, and lots and lots of fun for families! Kitchen Kid will share a booth with YogaBuddies, so comeRead More