Learning to cook helps kids to learn about nutrition and healthy eating. They are growing up with fast food and junk food at their fingertips, which is part of the reason why child obesity is on the rise! Teaching kids to cook will help instill skills to last them a lifetime.

• Boost self esteem
• Creates family bonding
• Children use math, science, language, and creativity.
• Children learn to work together as a team
• Cooking teaches children planning and time management

• A dash of time
• A pinch of originality
• A cup full of enthusiasm

This exciting new cooking program provides a hands-on, fun atmosphere for children 3-5 years old.

Our goal is to make children more comfortable in the kitchen while having fun, eating healthy and learning about the foods they eat.

Wee Chef will�
Enhance your child�s fine motor skills
SomethingImprove social skills
Heighten creativity
Increase problem-solving skills
Builds self-esteem

Classes for Wee Chefs include �Eating the Alphabet�, our �Story with an Appetite�, and many more. Each month we will focus on a new topic and cooking skill using age appropriate recipes and concepts.

Each �budding chef� will earn proper kitchen procedures, recipe reading, safety and sanitation, as well as building on fundamental and advanced cooking skills that will set the tone for a lifelong adventure with food. All of this is accomplished in a hands-on, fun atmosphere in our fully equipped cooking studio. Children are lead by our team of culinary instructors ready to guide them in their understanding of food. Classes on every topic imaginable for children are held on weekday after school and on select Saturdays. Check our monthly calendar for current class offerings, times and description of classes.

The Budding Chef Cooking School is the Tennessee Valley�s newest culinary destination. At The Budding Chef, we teach you how to cook the foods you love to eat in a fun and dynamic setting. All of our classes are designed to be enjoyed by the beginner to the more accomplished home cook. In fact, the only skill you need to possess is a love of food. Our classes cover a wide array of topics; Baking & Pastry workshops, International& Regional Cuisine, Culinary Essentials, Wine Dinners & Tasting, Grilling workshops just to name a few. Lead by our team of professional instructors our hands-on and demonstration formatted classes will demystify the art of cooking and awake the �foodie� in you. Spend a morning, afternoon, evening, or even a few days with us in our cooking studio. In our single-subject classes you�ll learn new skills in just a few hours, or enroll in one of our series classes; all while making new friends and enjoying the wonderful dishes you have made.

At The Budding Chef, we�re always �cooking-up� fun and informative classes; a few to consider:

• Weekday evening & Saturday cooking seminars
• Adult Themed Cooking Parties
• Kitchen/Cooking Bridal Showers
• "From First Kiss to Kitchen Bliss" Newlywed Cooking Classes
• Office Parties
• College Survival Cooking Classes
• Expectant Mother Classes
• Baby Showers
• Date Night
• Girls/Friends Night Out

The Budding Chef is pleased to offer a unique way of nurturing cooperation, teamwork, while eliminating barriers and creating new and lasting rapport for your valued employees.� How you ask?� It is our Culinary Team Building, an engaging activity with �edible� results.

The most important dynamic in any professional kitchen is group coherence.�This dynamic is also a key component to any successful business.� Culinary Team Building events offer an enjoyable opportunity to bring together employees from various departments in your organization and create an experience for them to meet and work together as a team and produce immediate results.� By the way, they have fun doing it too!