Kids Cooking schools Directory - 
Find a Cooking School for your child in you state
More and more kids are getting interested in learning how to cook. Although I am a huge fan of teaching your children how to cook at home, there are some excellent commercial cooking schools now available to our young adults.
Here is a growing list of some of the schools that I found available on the Internet. This list is for information only and I highly recommend you do your homework and thoroughly check out these schools before sending you kids.
Please be sure to check out my Squidoo lens called Teaching Your Kids To Cook. It describes the benefits of teaching your kids how to cook at home in your own kitchens and a great way to start your children's culinary adventure.
US Cooking Schools for Kids
Arizona
Les Petites Gourmet - a hands-on cooking school for children ages 8 - 18.
Young Chefs Academy - Phoenix, AZ & Scottsdale, AZ - offers cooking classes to children in a safe environment that encourages discovery and creativity. Over 155 franchises sold since June 2005
California
Stir Crazy Kidz - West Hills, CA - 1 1/2 or 2 hour sessions for students aged 5 to 14 with class sizes of 6 to 8.
Chef Bambino - El Dorado Hills, CA - offers children's cooking parties for birthdays and special events
Young Chefs Academy - Claremont, CA - Fresno, CA - Gilroy, CA - Irvine, CA - Simi Valley, CA & Sunnyvale, CA - offers cooking classes to children in a safe environment that encourages discovery and creativity. Over 155 franchises sold since June 2005
Florida
Foodies - Saint Petersburg, FL - Where friends meet to cook. Offering cooking classes for kids aged 4 to 11 and up plus weeklong cooking camps in the summer and holiday breaks.
Young Chefs Academy - Brandon, FL - Coral Springs, FL - Englewood, FL - Hunter's Creek, FL - New Tampa, FL - Orlando East, FL - Pembroke Pines, FL - offers cooking classes to children in a safe environment that encourages discovery and creativity. Over 155 franchises sold since June 2005
Massachusettes
Kids Can Cook - Boston, MA - a fun, educational afterschool program for middle school children in Boston that teaches critical life skills in a nurturing environment through the world of cooking.
Create-a-Cook - Newton, MA - especially geared for kids to enjoy themselves,
learn about good food, and have a great
time in our kid-friendly kitchens.
Minnesota
Way-Cool Cooking School - Eden Prairie, MN - cooking sessions for kids are a great way to teach children life long skills and most importantly build those family values and memories around the dinner table that will last forever.
Young Chefs Academy - Edina, MN - offers cooking classes to children in a safe environment that encourages discovery and creativity. Over 155 franchises sold since June 2005
New Jersey
Love Your Fruits and Vegetables - Princeton, NJ - a "GREEN" cooking school for kids.
Young Chefs Academy - Hillsborough, NJ - Marlboro, NJ - offers cooking classes to children in a safe environment that encourages discovery and creativity. Over 155 franchises sold since June 2005
KitchenKapers - Moorestown, NJ - All kids cooking classes are structured to provide hands-on, interactive instruction. Under supervision of the chef, students learn to make a main course, side dish and dessert and then sit down to enjoy the fruits of their efforts with their classmates.
North Carolina
Classy Kids Cook - Raleigh, NC - cooking school to combine the life skills of etiquette training with culinary lessons.
Lil' Chef - Raleigh, NC - cooking adventures for kids
Pennsylvania
Love Your Fruits and Vegetables - Narberth, PA & Philadelphia, PA - a "GREEN" cooking school for kids.
Texas
Kids Cooking Company - Dallas, TX - Kids Cooking Company is an innovative concept in children`s cooking classes which was developed to inspire, excite and feed the curiosity of your growing gourmet.
Young Chefs Academy - Austin-South, TX - Colleyville, TX - Frisco, TX - Ft. Worth, TX - Harlingen, TX - Houston-Westchase, TX - Katy, TX - McAllen, TX - McKinney-Allen, TX - Plano-NW, TX - Round Rock, TX - San Antonio, TX - Sugarland, TX - The Woodlands, TX - offers cooking classes to children in a safe environment that encourages discovery and creativity. Over 155 franchises sold since June 2005
