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Growing Chefs! Ontario
This document summarizes the work of Growing Chefs! Ontario, an organization dedicated to food education projects for children and youth. It unites chefs, growers, and educators to teach kids about healthy, local food. Growing Chefs! provides programming like summer camps and after school programs to give children confidence and knowledge about growing and cooking seasonal cuisine. The document outlines the history and impact of their community-based programming, how they have partnered with over 15 organizations to teach cooking skills to over 900 youth. It also provides tips for designing engaging and useful cooking education programs.
Growing Chefs! Ontario
- 2. Growing Chefs! Ontario GrowingChefs! is dedicated to uniting chefs, growers, educators and community members in food education projects for children and youth
- 3. the mission... To getkids excited about wholesome healthy food! Growing Chefs! Ontario: provides children with the confidence, knowledge and enthusiasm to grow and prepare local, seasonal and healthy cuisine
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- 5. Growing Chefs! Growing Communities SummerCamp After School Programs Youth Groups Community Centres Conferences Farmers’ Markets
- 6. Growing Communities By TheNumbers 2012/2013: - Over 90 cooking classes offered in partnership with over 15 community organizations - Over 140 paid hours for youth chef apprentices - Over 900 children/youth participants (ages 3 – 24)
- 8. What makes GrowingCommunities successful?: • Portable • Properly trained Instructors • Partnerships • Adaptability • Community Givebacks
- 11. THE HISTORY OFGROWING COMMUNITIES COOK IT UP! A Food education and skill building program for at-risk youth Facilitated by: The London Community Resource Centre And The Middlesex London Health Unit
- 12. LONDON COMMUNITY RESOURCECENTRE: Cook It Up! A How-To Manual Cook It Up! How-to Manual Planning, Implementing, & Evaluating a Community-based Cooking Program London Community Resource Centre London, ON http://lcrc.on.ca > Resources > Food Security Resources and Reports November 1, 2010 For information, please contact: Linda Davies, Executive Director London Community Resource Centre 652 Elizabeth Street. London, Ontario N5Y 6L3 phone: 519-432-1801 e-mail:linda@lcrc.on.ca > Cook It Up!
- 13. DESIGNING COOKING ANDFOOD SKILLS PROGRAMS • Is it Interesting? • Is it Engaging? • Is it Useful? • Is it FUN?
- 14. INTERESTING ENGAGING USEFUL Will the participantswant to eat what they make? FUN
- 15. INTERESTING • • • ENGAGING USEFUL FUN Understand what thekids you are working with have to gain from the activity Organize and deliver the activity in a way that is relevant to the participants. What are they learning in school that they can relate the activity to?
- 16. Example: Salsa EXAMPLE #1 Children whoare 3 – 7 years Skills: measurement (math), following a recipe (literacy), identifying ingredients (geography/history), following instructions in a specific order, cleaning up.
- 17. EXAMPLE #2 Children whoare 8-12 years Skills: • Some chopping with safe choppers • washing/cleaning produce • food safety • seasoning exercise • managing work space • mis en place
- 18. EXAMPLE #3 Youth Ages13- 18 Skills: • knife skills • altering recipes • washing/cleaning produce • Seasoning • Meal planning • historical/geographical/ cultural context • following detailed/complex instructions
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- 20. GROWING COMMUNITIES FUND •Contributing Partners: Libro Financial Group The Joseph Rea Fund for the Environment The London Community Foundation The Springs Restaurant Kantina Restaurant Milo’s Craft Beer Emporium
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