Chefcitos – Kid’s Cooking Classes

Chefcitos – Kid’s Cooking Classes offers interactive in-person cooking classes where children learn how to use appropriate cooking tools and create fun, seasonal recipes. Activities include making the viral crispy rice salad bowl filled with crunchy veggies and plant-based proteins, making a special drink, and preparing snacks using produce from the garden. Classes are offered for youth in grades K–6.

• Ages: 5–11 years old
• Schedule: 1.5 hour classes with multiple Saturday time options
• Price: Cost: $30 per child with a 50% discount for National City residents. Private Kid’s Cooking Classes: 1.5 hour classes for up to 14 children ($35/child or minimum of $350).

Chefcitos – Kid’s Cooking Classes is led by Youth Nutrition Education Specialist, Morgan. The program is part of a broader focus on education, access, and advocacy that includes science-based environmental education and nutrition lessons, hands-on gardening and cooking classes, and job skills and leadership development programs for youth, adults, and families. The program’s stated purpose is to build healthy families and a healthy environment.

Last updated March 25, 2026.