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About

Little Monsters Culinary offers fully hands-on kids cooking and culinary classes where children take part in tasting activities, cooking activities, and prepare 2–3 recipes. In these classes, kids explore different textures and senses, create their own snack mix at a station, and learn to clean up their stations and hands before and after cooking. The program also offers special events such as a kids camping culinary class, Kids Bingo, Trivia & Movie Night where kids create their own bingo cards, play kids trivia, watch a movie, make jewelry, build strawberry shortcakes at a dessert bar, eat fresh popcorn from a popcorn machine, and eat pizza with water provided.

• Ages: 4–12 years old
• Schedule: Classes and events are offered on select Sundays, generally in the afternoon, including kids culinary classes and a kids camping culinary class from 2:30–4:00, and a Kids Bingo, Trivia & Movie Night from 4:00–7:30.
• Price: $50 for each May kids culinary or kids camping culinary class and $85 for the July Kids Bingo, Trivia & Movie Night.

Little Monsters Culinary describes itself as the leading kids culinary experience in Sonoma County, with all classes fully hands on and interactive and thoroughly tested and kid approved. The mission includes exploring each child’s individual palate, celebrating everyone’s likes and dislikes, and emphasizing clean up and proper hygiene as part of the cooking process. The program partners with Wildhaven Sonoma, a local glamping resort, to offer a kids camping culinary class and has connections with local agriculture through managing Tierra Vegetables’ commercial kitchen and helping develop their molino program, which turns their corn into masa for tortillas.

Little Monsters Culinary is led by Little Monsters Master Chef Julia Farkas Gnall. Julia Farkas Gnall is CPR/AED certified and has over 20 years of professional kitchen experience. After graduating from Le Cordon Bleu in San Francisco, she concluded her studies in Italy where she learned to make fresh pastas from a Michelin-rated chef. Her background includes working in the pastry program at Gary Danko, working at Boulevard where she advanced from garde manger to saucier, and managing Tierra Vegetables’ commercial kitchen while helping develop their molino program.

Last updated May 20, 2026.

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