Inspired Chefs Program
The Inspired Chefs Cooking School is a culinary program for kids to learn food prep, kitchen safety, and how to create healthy, delicious food!
- Cooking classes for students ages 5–8
- The perfect spot for kids to explore and develop new culinary skills
- One-day events are a great opportunity for you and your child to create a delicious meal together
- The Afterschool Program is a six-week course for kids to chop, mix, and sauté their way through a structured curriculum that builds on skills week by week.
If the class you want is sold out, contact us to join the waitlist call (360) 956-0818 ext. 103 or email reservations@hocm.org.
Inspired Chefs: Mother’s Day Practice Brunch – SOLD OUT
For Ages 5-8 | Saturday May 6, 2023 | 9:00–11:30 am
$45 Members/$50 Non-members (one child & one adult)
Bring your grownup and practice making brunch before Mother’s Day! We will learn to flip our pancakes at the just right moment, we will create fruit toppings and whip our own cream, and we will make a refreshing smoothie that your whole family will love, and that you can recreate the following weekend at home!
Full payment is required to register. $15 of program tuition is non-refundable. Remaining tuition and materials fee is refundable for cancellations made at least 2 weeks prior to class date.
For more information, please call (360) 956-0818 ext. 103 or email reservations@hocm.org.
Inspired Chefs: Cooking Around the Clock!
For Ages 6-8 | May 3–24, 2023 | Wednesdays, 2:30–5:00 pm
$160 Members/$200 Non-members (child only)
This weekly cooking course is a perfect spot for children to develop their culinary abilities as they chop, mix, and sauté their way through the structured program that builds on skills week by week. Young chefs will explore the world of breakfast foods in week one, work their way through lunch in week two, assemble a dinner feast in week three, and wind it up with some delectable desserts in week four.
WEEK 1 (May 3): Breakfast Bonanza
Learn to mix and flip pancakes and crepes, chop fruit to create toppings, and whip real cream.
WEEK 2 (May 10): Lavish Lunch
Learn to cook pasta and make a yummy cheese sauce, chop veggies and plate them, and make salad dressing for dipping.
WEEK 3 (May 17): Dinner of Delight
Learn to cook pasta, make Spaghetti Bolognese meat sauce, assemble and bake garlic bread, and chop veggies to make a green salad.
WEEK 4 (May 24): Delectable Dessert
Learn to peel and chop fruit, make crunchy oat topping, and bake your own fruit crisp.
Full payment is required to register. $50 of program tuition is non-refundable. Remaining tuition and materials fee is refundable for cancellations made 2 or more weeks prior to class start date.
For more information, please call (360) 956-0818 ext. 103 or email reservations@hocm.org.
Registered families must submit required education program forms at least two weeks before program start. If registering after the deadline, please return forms as soon as possible.
Email completed forms to edforms@hocm.org.
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Inspired Chefs: Chefs in Charge! (SOLD OUT)
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This class is sold out. Contact us to join the waitlist call (360) 956-0818 ext. 103 or email reservations@hocm.org.
For Ages 6-8 | January 25 – March 1, 2023 | Wednesdays, 3–5 pm
Young chefs will explore our café menu and cook our greatest hits, learn about food prep and safety, and work together to create delicious meals!
WEEK 1 (Jan. 25): Eggsellent Scrambled Eggs
Learn how to crack, whisk, and scramble eggs on the stove top, chop and cut herbs, plate and garnish yummy scrambled eggs.
WEEK 2 (Feb. 1): Versatile Veggie Stir Fry
Learn the tricks and techniques to stir fry vegetables. Rinse and cook rice, wash, chop and grate veggies, sauté and add sauces.
WEEK 3 (Feb. 8): Easy as Pie Baking
Learn to make flaky and delicious pies. Cut butter with flour, roll out dough, create pie filling, and bake.
WEEK 4 (Feb. 15): Ultimate Pizza Party
Learn to make easy pizza from scratch. Roll out dough, spread sauce, grate cheese, cut meat and veggies to create perfect toppings.
WEEK 5 (Feb. 22): Artisan Café Sandwiches
Learn the art of café sandwich making. Choose your bread, cheese, chop veggies and meat, assemble and press with a panini maker.
WEEK 6 (March 1): Tasty Quiche Feast
Combine all your new cooking skills to make, roll and shape dough, crack and whisk eggs, mix ingredients, wash, peel, chop and grate veggies, bake, plate and garnish different quiches.
Class Pricing
Six-week program $240 Members / $300 Non-Members
Tuition, Cancellation Policy & Required Enrollment Forms
Full payment is required to register. $50 of program tuition is non-refundable. Remaining tuition and materials fee is refundable for cancellations made 2 or more weeks prior to class start date.
For more information, please call (360) 956-0818 ext. 103 or email reservations@hocm.org.
Registered families must submit required education program forms at least two weeks before program start. If registering after the deadline, please return forms as soon as possible.
Email completed forms to edforms@hocm.org.
The Inspired Chefs project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.