Kidinary Cooking Academy

Kidinary Cooking Academy, Carbondale, IL 60585

mapKidinary Cooking Academy, Carbondale, IL 60585

About

Kidinary Cooking Academy offers kids’ cooking classes, scout classes, and hands-on cooking camp adventures and competitions such as Donut Wars and War of Cupcakes. The program also offers private small group customizable classes and virtual private parties. It comes to various locations with all the cheffing goods and safe allergy substitutions needed to get children cooking.

• Schedule: Class and camp options are available Monday–Thursday between 10am and 4pm, Friday between noon and 7pm, and Saturday between 10am and 7pm.

Kidinary Cooking Academy is a nut-free, allergy-friendly cooking school that partners with parents to train up children through hands-on practical daily life skills for a lifetime of wellness. All allergy substitutions are approved by a lead chef with a Masters in Pediatric Nutrition. The program includes character building activities based on Biblical principles connected to the recipes, an interactive nutrition lesson or activity, simple healthy eating tips, and lunch during cooking camps. It offers private small group customizable classes or parties in the comfort of a family’s home, as well as both in-person and virtual private parties. Kidinary Cooking Academy’s mission is to change the trend of childhood obesity by allowing kids to dive hands first into cooking. The program works with groups such as Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Royal Rangers, and Awana. Copyright information for Kidinary Cooking Academy dates to 2019.

Parent feedback includes comments that children “loved everything,” that classes are hands-on and include recipes like raviolis, pita pizza, cannolis, and activities like Donut Wars, and that workers are described as “great with all the kids.” One parent of a child with multiple food allergies reports that staff take great care to work around recipes so the child is eating safe foods, that the program teaches basic cooking and nutrition skills, and that the instructor has a great personality.

Last updated January 9, 2026.

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