Cooking School

The purpose and focus of Les Petites Gourmettes is to bring fresh food and classic cooking techniques to the forefront for children. Most importantly, to have a great time and to show that there is good and “real” food far above and beyond McDonalds, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell.

Les Petites Gourmettes Children’s Cooking School was created by Linda Hopkins on June 19, 1995 in Scottsdale, Arizona. At that time, Linda had been teaching cooking to adults for over six years and came to realize that there was a great need for a cooking school for “kids only” in the Phoenix area. Les Petites Gourmettes was the first and is the longest running cooking school for kids in “The Valley of the Sun”.

Les Petites Gourmettes is a “hands on” school. Children, ages 8-18, create a full menu based on various themes each day. The kids cook the menu and sit in the formal dinning room to enjoy the delicious food. Four and five day classes are offered 5 or 6 different weeks each summer.

Some of the Summer Themes have been “International Week”, in which the kids cook the foods from such countries as France, Italy, China, Mexico, USA, Germany, etc. Another theme was “Holiday” where a full menu was created each day for such holidays as 4th of July, Valentines Day, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, and Thanksgiving.

Please go to the “Classes” page to see what classes and menus we are offering this summer!

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