Kids & Teens Cooking Camps
Cooks of Crocus Hill – Grand Ave St. Paul, 877 Grand Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55105
About
Kids & Teens Cooking Camps include hands-on cooking classes such as Teen Takeover: Culinary Confidence, Teen Takeover: The Restaurant Line, and Kids in the Kitchen sessions like Deep Dive into Desserts, Tour de France, State Fair Favorites, and Pasta Masters. Camp activities include making fresh salsas and fries, rolling handmade pasta dough, sharpening knife skills, sauce making, creating homemade pizza, whipping up classic Italian desserts, working with dough for giant pretzels and tying pretzel knots, making mini donuts, and practicing baking and decorating skills such as piping, pastry mixing techniques from creaming to reverse creaming, and making buttercreams. The program also includes cooking demonstrations as part of its broader cooking class offerings.
• Ages: 8–18 years old
• Schedule: Multiple four-day camps and intensive series with morning and afternoon options, including Teen Takeover: Culinary Confidence, Kids in the Kitchen: Deep Dive into Desserts, Kids in the Kitchen: Tour de France, Teen Takeover: The Restaurant Line, Kids in the Kitchen: State Fair Favorites, and Kids in the Kitchen: Pasta Masters.
• Price: $375.00 per session, with one Kids in the Kitchen: Tour de France session listed as MSRP: Was: $375.00 Now: $335.00.
Kids & Teens Cooking Camps are part of Cooks of Crocus Hill, which began in 1973 as “Thrice” in St. Paul and became “Cooks of Crocus Hill” in 1988. The business states it has been locally owned and operated for over 50 years and describes itself as the largest kitchen retailer in the Midwest. The company’s mission states, “We believe that ‘life happens in the kitchen’ and sharing discoveries about food through cooking classes, events, our crop share program and a highly curated retail assortment of culinary tools.”
The leadership history notes that Martha Kaemmer and her sister Mary Rice started “Thrice,” and that Karl Benson joined Cooks. Community involvement includes a Crop Share program that offers single-share seasonally fresh ingredients in quantities that customers can enjoy, as well as partnerships with Bellecour Bakery, including Bellecour Bakery at Cooks in St. Paul and the Cooks | Bellecour concept launched in 2023.
Testimonials about the broader Cooks of Crocus Hill experience describe engaging events with “fantastic, helpful, and patient staff,” classes that some participants call “the best money” they have spent in a long time, and praise for customer service described as “AMAZING CUSTOMER SERVICE.”
Last updated June 27, 2026.
• Ages: 8–18 years old
• Schedule: Multiple four-day camps and intensive series with morning and afternoon options, including Teen Takeover: Culinary Confidence, Kids in the Kitchen: Deep Dive into Desserts, Kids in the Kitchen: Tour de France, Teen Takeover: The Restaurant Line, Kids in the Kitchen: State Fair Favorites, and Kids in the Kitchen: Pasta Masters.
• Price: $375.00 per session, with one Kids in the Kitchen: Tour de France session listed as MSRP: Was: $375.00 Now: $335.00.
Kids & Teens Cooking Camps are part of Cooks of Crocus Hill, which began in 1973 as “Thrice” in St. Paul and became “Cooks of Crocus Hill” in 1988. The business states it has been locally owned and operated for over 50 years and describes itself as the largest kitchen retailer in the Midwest. The company’s mission states, “We believe that ‘life happens in the kitchen’ and sharing discoveries about food through cooking classes, events, our crop share program and a highly curated retail assortment of culinary tools.”
The leadership history notes that Martha Kaemmer and her sister Mary Rice started “Thrice,” and that Karl Benson joined Cooks. Community involvement includes a Crop Share program that offers single-share seasonally fresh ingredients in quantities that customers can enjoy, as well as partnerships with Bellecour Bakery, including Bellecour Bakery at Cooks in St. Paul and the Cooks | Bellecour concept launched in 2023.
Testimonials about the broader Cooks of Crocus Hill experience describe engaging events with “fantastic, helpful, and patient staff,” classes that some participants call “the best money” they have spent in a long time, and praise for customer service described as “AMAZING CUSTOMER SERVICE.”
Last updated June 27, 2026.
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