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Mimi's Cooking Class (Kids & Youth Programs) includes hands-on options such as a Cooking Summer Camp with Chef Mimi, Youth Culinary School with Mimi, and kids and youth cooking classes. Program activities feature specific dishes and themes like Pasta from Scratch with Chicken Alfredo Sauce and Marinara Sauce, Handmade Pasta with Creamy Alfredo Sauce, Mediterranean Chicken and Hummus, Dubai Chocolate Chip Cookies, Baklava, Brazilian Recipes, Jamaican Jerk Chicken, Fun and Easy to learn Pad Thai, Egg rolls and samosas, Easy Ethiopian/Eritrean Cooking Class, and a Louisiana Jambalaya and Cornbread Cook-Along Class. The program also offers Chef Mimi’s Family Cooking Class – Alfredo Magic, kids and youth summer camps, in-person and online cooking classes, private in-home cooking lessons, and private kids or adults’ birthday parties.
• Ages: 8–18 years old
• Schedule: Sessions are offered on multiple three-day blocks, including June 9–11 and August 3–5 from 9:00 AM–12:00 PM, and June 23–25, July 28–30, and July 6–8 in late morning to midday time slots.
Every camper in the Cooking Summer Camp with Chef Mimi earns a culinary diploma. Chef Mimi leads the program as a cooking instructor and personal chef and is the owner and distributor of signature hot sauces My Awaze and Mimi’s Kochkocha. Chef Mimi has nearly a decade of experience, is a Best of the Twin Cities Silver Winner, and has been featured on CBS and Fox local live TV. She has taught community education classes in Minnesota and Wisconsin, led cooking workshops across the Midwest and Southwest both in-person and virtually, and has shared her cooking instruction with kids, youth, adults, and seniors. Her community and institutional collaborations include Augsburg College, the University of Minnesota, Macalester College, and an upcoming collaboration with Purdue University, and she has provided corporate team-building events and company outings, including for Minnesota Vikings families.
The program also offers team building private classes, corporate team-building events and company outings, personal weekly meal plans, and catering services featuring Sambusas and Eggrolls for events, along with Samosas and Sliders (Beef/Chicken options). Additional products available through Chef Mimi include gift cards, Awaze hot sauce, Kochkocha/DaTa/Zhoug Green chili HOT sauce, Chocolate Pistachio Cookies, and Pistachio Cream. Mimi’s Cooking class holds a 5.0 rating based on 9 Google reviews.
Last updated June 27, 2026.
• Ages: 8–18 years old
• Schedule: Sessions are offered on multiple three-day blocks, including June 9–11 and August 3–5 from 9:00 AM–12:00 PM, and June 23–25, July 28–30, and July 6–8 in late morning to midday time slots.
Every camper in the Cooking Summer Camp with Chef Mimi earns a culinary diploma. Chef Mimi leads the program as a cooking instructor and personal chef and is the owner and distributor of signature hot sauces My Awaze and Mimi’s Kochkocha. Chef Mimi has nearly a decade of experience, is a Best of the Twin Cities Silver Winner, and has been featured on CBS and Fox local live TV. She has taught community education classes in Minnesota and Wisconsin, led cooking workshops across the Midwest and Southwest both in-person and virtually, and has shared her cooking instruction with kids, youth, adults, and seniors. Her community and institutional collaborations include Augsburg College, the University of Minnesota, Macalester College, and an upcoming collaboration with Purdue University, and she has provided corporate team-building events and company outings, including for Minnesota Vikings families.
The program also offers team building private classes, corporate team-building events and company outings, personal weekly meal plans, and catering services featuring Sambusas and Eggrolls for events, along with Samosas and Sliders (Beef/Chicken options). Additional products available through Chef Mimi include gift cards, Awaze hot sauce, Kochkocha/DaTa/Zhoug Green chili HOT sauce, Chocolate Pistachio Cookies, and Pistachio Cream. Mimi’s Cooking class holds a 5.0 rating based on 9 Google reviews.
Last updated June 27, 2026.
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