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Kid Chefs

The Little Chef's Academy

A hands-on cooking adventure for kids mixing fun, flavour, and lifelong food skills!

🎄 The Little Chef’s Academy: Festive 6-Week Cooking Adventure - Home Ed Sessions

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Course Description:

Step into the festive season with The Little Chef’s Academy!
Over 6 magical weeks, your child will learn to cook, create, and explore delicious recipes made with real, wholesome ingredients. Each class blends fun, hands-on learning with gentle nutrition education teaching children where food comes from, how to make balanced choices, and the joy of sharing homemade meals.

Little chefs will measure, mix, chop (safely!), and decorate while building confidence and independence in the kitchen. Every week brings a new theme inspired by the season's warming winter flavours, Christmas favourites, and festive fun!

By the end of the 6 weeks, your child will have mastered a collection of nutritious, family-friendly recipes and earned their “Little Chef Certificate” to celebrate their new skills.

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👩‍🍳 How the Classes Work

  • Duration: 6 weeks (one 50 min - 1hr class each week)

  • Ages: 5–12 years (younger children may need light parental support)

  • Format: Small group, hands-on cooking and learning

  • Focus: Cooking skills, kitchen safety, healthy eating, and creativity

  • Includes: Recipe cards to take home each week + final “Little Chef Celebration” on the last class

Each session includes:

  1. A short mini lesson about the week’s theme (e.g. healthy swaps, festive flavours, where ingredients come from).

  2. Guided cooking activity - children prepare their recipe from start to finish.

  3. Tasting and decorating time!

  4. Clean-up, reflection, and sticker/certificate rewards.

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What They’ll Learn

  • Kitchen safety and hygiene

  • Basic cooking skills (mixing, measuring, whisking, chopping safely, kneading, etc.)

  • Identifying real, whole ingredients

  • Teamwork and independence

  • Seasonal eating and balanced nutrition

  • Confidence and pride in their creations

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Weekly Lesson Plan:

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Week 1: Gingerbread cookies

Week 2: Chocolate date Baubles

Week 3: Festive Pizzas

Week 4: Festive Fruit Tarts

Week 5: Pancake faces

Week 6: Mini Festive decorating party

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Classes start on Thursday 6th November @ Meopham Village Hall.

🌟 The Little Chef’s Academy: Sensory Chefs – 6-Week Cooking Adventure 🌟

 

Course Description:

Step into a world of taste, touch, and discovery with Sensory Chefs! Over 6 fun weeks, your little one will explore textures, smells, and colours through hands-on food play while building early kitchen skills. Parents join in too, making it a shared, playful experience. By the end, children will celebrate their creations and earn a “Sensory Chef Certificate

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👩‍🍳 How the Classes Work

  • Duration: 6 weeks (one 35 min class each week) Every Monday Term Time - 10:15 - 10:50am

  • Ages: 2–4 years (parents participate)

  • Format: Small group, interactive sensory cooking activities

  • Focus: Sensory exploration, early kitchen skills, parent-child bonding, confidence, and healthy food familiarity

  • Includes: Weekly hands-on activities, simple recipe cards, and a final “Sensory Chef Celebration”

Each session includes:

  • Mini sensory lesson: exploring the week’s focus (textures, smells, colours, or simple ingredients)

  • Guided hands-on activity: washing, mashing, stirring, or assembling food

  • Tasting and exploring flavors together

  • Clean-up, reflection, and small rewards

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Weekly Breakdown

Week 1 – Welcome to the Sensory Kitchen

  • Explore the kitchen environment

  • Touch, smell, and taste different fruits and vegetables

  • Practice washing and stirring

Week 2 – Tiny Hands at Work

  • Mash soft fruits and veggies

  • Spread, pour, and mix

  • Introduction to simple tools (child-safe spoons and mashers)

Week 3 – Mix & Measure Fun

  • Measure ingredients together

  • Mix and stir different textures (oats, yogurt, mashed fruit)

  • Discuss colours, smells, and textures

Week 4 – No-Cook Creations

  • Assemble fruit kebabs, wraps, and simple snacks

  • Decorate and layer foods

  • Learn sequencing and patience

Week 5 – Sensory Baking

  • Make simple no-bake “cookies” or energy bites

  • Explore shaping, pressing, and decorating

  • Talk about ingredient changes and textures

Week 6 – Celebration & Taste Test

  • Prepare a final simple snack together

  • Taste, share, and celebrate creations

  • Receive “Sensory Chef Certificate”

What They’ll Learn

  • Early kitchen skills (mixing, stirring, mashing, pouring)

  • Sensory exploration: touch, taste, smell, and colour

  • Confidence and pride in their creations

  • Basic food hygiene and safe handling

  • Early understanding of healthy, whole ingredients

  • Parent-child teamwork and bonding

📅 Classes start on Monday 3rd November @ Meopham Village Hall

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