Welcome!

Over the next few weeks, you will learn how to carefully and professionally prepare healthy and delicious foods for yourself, your family, and your friends. We always start with clean hands, basic safety measures, and consistent knife skills. Even if you're comfortable with a knife, learning proper techniques for holding the knife will create a safer, more efficient carving experience. Good knife skills are essential and practice is the key to improving those skills. We will move through more advanced skills from episode to episode. You will find your confidence and your speed increasing. At the end of every episode, we will ask you to share photos and to think about the lessons, and share any “Wow!” moments. Discuss these things in your group and learn from each other.

Healthy Eating

Another important focus of this program is on healthy eating. When you focus on fueling your body with a variety of different foods and colorful fruits and vegetables, you will feel better and be more focused in the classroom or on the field or court! Healthy eating is fun once you understand flavors and combinations. Each recipe will have you explore ways to prepare delicious and nutritious foods that everyone can enjoy. A good rule to follow is less salt, less sugar, and fewer fats and oils. By the end of these sessions, you will be able to create amazing meals and snacks that taste great and are good for your body. Smart eating does not have to be boring, or expensive, or time-consuming.

Skills Over Recipes

You might see some of the recipes and think, "I don't need a lesson to make fruit skewers!" But hold tight! Remember, the goal over these 8 episodes is to teach you proper techniques so that you continue to grow in your chef skills. If you aren't using proper techniques, you'll find yourself stuck later on when there are more advanced menu items. And remember, it is not about learning recipes. It is about learning techniques and what food combinations work together and what substitutions you can use to create even more exciting dishes. Learn the basics and then use your imagination!

Chef de Cuisine Education Foundation, Sensations Salud, LLC and team are providing educational information only. This information does not replace the advice of your medical doctor. If you have specific healthcare or medical questions, please reach out to your own health care team.

Warning: Knives are inherently dangerous tools and are used at your own risk.

To reduce this risk, plastic serrated knives are provided. However, they are still capable of causing injury. Parent supervision is required when using any knife. If you choose to use a metal knife instead of the plastic knives provided, you do so at your own risk. Until you have learned cutting skills and develop comfort with knives, parents need to be involved in all cutting exercises.