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The Culinary Dude offers hands-on cooking camps, kids cooking summer camps, cooking classes, after school enrichment classes, holiday camps, winter camps, summer camps, and unique cooking birthday parties. Campers cook their own daily lunch from scratch, choose which recipes they would like to create each day, and work with a wide variety of tactile recipes using the freshest ingredients in a cooperative group setting. The program is a nut-free business that uses sunflower seeds, SunButter, and Wowbutter as nut replacements unless otherwise requested, and it presents its 100% hands-on, child-centered culinary curriculum in a non-threatening, pressure-less environment that focuses on fun, health, safety, nutrition, and teamwork.
• Ages: 6–15 years old
• Schedule: Camp days run from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., with drop-off starting at 9:55 a.m. and pick-up at 2:00 p.m.
The Culinary Dude is a boutique camp that limits enrollment to a maximum of 20 campers per session and caps numbers to keep classes intimate, with a focus on catering to each child individually and helping them where they need improvement. For safety, the program requires closed-toed shoes and appropriate clothing, does not allow cell phone use during camp except for emergency parent communication or pick up, and offers a small snack at break each day while asking families to send a water bottle from home. Kids make their own lunch daily, families may send extra food or drink if needed, and various types of plastic containers are provided so campers can bring leftover food home, with appreciation if these are returned washed.
The Culinary Dude operates as a nut-free and eco-friendly (green) business serving the greater Los Angeles area, using an electric automobile for transportation, recycled shopping bags for shopping, compostable by-products whenever possible, reusable and sometimes biodegradable food containers, and a large percentage of second-hand or recycled pots, pans, and cooking supplies, with menus, confirmations, and billing handled via email. The Culinary Dude has been in business for over 20 years, and the team notes that they are parents themselves. The Culinary Dude, Scott Davis, received a degree in Education and a degree from the Le Cordon Bleu Program at California Culinary Academy, and he has combined these two areas since 2005; he also describes having been a picky eater as a child and understanding kids’ point of view.
Owner and operator Scott Davis, also referred to as Chef Scott Davis, has worked with St. Thomas the Apostle Elementary School since 2014, teaching culinary skills after school once a week during the school year and running camps during holiday vacations and summer. A letter from the school describes his program as well organized and educationally sound, notes that some students take the class every year because he varies the curriculum, and states that parents have been appreciative and that the school strongly recommends The Culinary Dude. Parent testimonials describe children attending themed weeklong camps such as Star Wars, Harry Potter, and Food of the Pop Stars, mention that kids enjoyed being hands-on with new recipes, chopping, cooking, cleaning, trying new foods, and working as a team, and report that campers sometimes bring home dishes like Japanese food and California rolls, as well as other meals in containers if families send Tupperware.
Last updated July 4, 2026.
• Ages: 6–15 years old
• Schedule: Camp days run from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., with drop-off starting at 9:55 a.m. and pick-up at 2:00 p.m.
The Culinary Dude is a boutique camp that limits enrollment to a maximum of 20 campers per session and caps numbers to keep classes intimate, with a focus on catering to each child individually and helping them where they need improvement. For safety, the program requires closed-toed shoes and appropriate clothing, does not allow cell phone use during camp except for emergency parent communication or pick up, and offers a small snack at break each day while asking families to send a water bottle from home. Kids make their own lunch daily, families may send extra food or drink if needed, and various types of plastic containers are provided so campers can bring leftover food home, with appreciation if these are returned washed.
The Culinary Dude operates as a nut-free and eco-friendly (green) business serving the greater Los Angeles area, using an electric automobile for transportation, recycled shopping bags for shopping, compostable by-products whenever possible, reusable and sometimes biodegradable food containers, and a large percentage of second-hand or recycled pots, pans, and cooking supplies, with menus, confirmations, and billing handled via email. The Culinary Dude has been in business for over 20 years, and the team notes that they are parents themselves. The Culinary Dude, Scott Davis, received a degree in Education and a degree from the Le Cordon Bleu Program at California Culinary Academy, and he has combined these two areas since 2005; he also describes having been a picky eater as a child and understanding kids’ point of view.
Owner and operator Scott Davis, also referred to as Chef Scott Davis, has worked with St. Thomas the Apostle Elementary School since 2014, teaching culinary skills after school once a week during the school year and running camps during holiday vacations and summer. A letter from the school describes his program as well organized and educationally sound, notes that some students take the class every year because he varies the curriculum, and states that parents have been appreciative and that the school strongly recommends The Culinary Dude. Parent testimonials describe children attending themed weeklong camps such as Star Wars, Harry Potter, and Food of the Pop Stars, mention that kids enjoyed being hands-on with new recipes, chopping, cooking, cleaning, trying new foods, and working as a team, and report that campers sometimes bring home dishes like Japanese food and California rolls, as well as other meals in containers if families send Tupperware.
Last updated July 4, 2026.
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