Sprouts Cooking Club

Program Type: 
Kitchen Classrooms, Garden Classrooms
Grade Level/Age Group: 
High School, Middle School, Upper Elementary, Lower Elementary
Number of Individuals Program Serves: 
1,000
About the Program: 

Mission

  • Sprouts’ strives to teach Bay-Area children of all socio-economic backgrounds how to cook, hands-on, with real chefs, using real ingredients, in real restaurants whenever possible.

 

Description

  • Sprouts' Cooking Club is a program based in the East Bay that provides children the opportunity to cook in real restaurants with real ingredients, right alongside real chefs.

 

Mentors/ Inspiration

  • Alice Waters
  • Michael Pollan, Food Activist and Author, UC Berkeley Advisor
  • Ben Eichorn, Former Head Gardener of Edible Schoolyard
  • Justine Kelly, Chef de Cuisine of The Slanted Door
  • Charlie Hallowell, Owner and head chef of Pizzaiolo and The Boot and Shoe.

 

Partners

 

Program Members: 
Karen Rogers