Chef in the Classroom

With fewer households cooking from scratch these days, kids are often missing even the most basic food preparation skills. Recognizing that knowing how to cook is a life skill that can help lead to healthier choices, REAP's Farm to School program has partnered with local chefs to bring that knowledge into the classroom.

"Chef in the Classroom," was launched when Chef Tory Miller of L'Etoile started teaching kids at Sherman Middle School how to make delicious meals from local ingredients. The program has expanded to include several local chefs giving cooking lessons at Madison middle and high schools.

During Chef in the Classroom visits, kids learn how to make everything from pizza to traditional Mexican sopes - all from scratch and using as many locally-grown ingredients as possible.