Chefsville’s programs are called Chefsville Kids and Chefsville (Adults). We deliver pre-K programs to daycares and pre-schools.
School aged kid programs for in-school times and after-school. Camps offered during holidays and school breaks with all kinds of wonderful themes.
On weekends we are either in Libraries, doing Birthday Parties, Scouting group cooking programs or having fun cooking with a group at various local Parks and Recreation Centers.
- Assembly Programs
- Classroom Curriculum Support
- Early Education and Pre-K
- Gifted and Talented
- After-School Enrichment Cooking
- Math Nights
- Multi-Cultural Nights
- Online Classes & Courses
- Professional Development
- Science Nights
- Special Education
- Food Literacy
- Math Chefs
- Science Chefs
- Space Chefs
- Appreciation Luncheons/Dinners
- Carnivals/School Festivals
- Fund Raisers
- Home School Groups
- Speaking Engagements
- Big Brothers Big Sisters
- Boy Scouts
- Girl Scouts
- Military Families
- Other Scouting Clubs
- YMCA and YWCA
- Cooking Birthday Parties
- Cooking Camps & Classes (School Breaks and Summer)
- Mom’s/Parent’s Night Out
Empowering kids in the kitchen, classroom and beyond!
Life Skills
Food and Kitchen Safety
Utensil Safety
Kitchen Organization
Recipe Preparation
Baking & Cooking
Using Different Cooking Methods
Using Math in the Kitchen
Budgeting
Food Storage
Equipment Handling
Cleaning Up
Loading the Dishwasher
Communication
Working with Others
Expanding their Palettes
Desensitizing Texture Intolerances
Exploring World Cuisines
Reading and Writing
Creation and Innovation
Critical Thinking
Problem-Solving
Skills Development
Skills Drills (Fun)
Teaching aids to connect math, science, language arts and social studies with cooking
Trusting a Process
Working and Communicating with Others
Measuring – Volume vs Weight
Consideration of Others
Challenges
Living in the Real World
Dealing with the Unexpected
Situational and Self-Analysis
Sequencing and Remodeling of Methods
Empowerment
Promoting life-long learning.
Project-based learning that allows everyone to engage to see tasks through.
Participants are hands-on with ingredients, equipment and serving-ware when baking, cooking, and activities.
We offer many games for the development of skills and understanding of food.
Discussions on nutrition.
Teaching Aids for many topics are provided.
Fun with Food.
Competition Skills taught.
Self-Motivation
Self-Confidence
Self-Control
Our mission is to promote family togetherness. We raise awareness of family issues such as childhood obesity, family violence, abuse and neglect. Chefsville provides life-skill education to help families overcome these issues.
Our goal is to get friends and families together around food and good nutrition. Also to help overcome food insecurities.
Our vision is to bring families closer together by spending quality time together.
We accomplish this by offering our signature cooking programs:
Chefsville offers cooking classes, camps, and clubs in the DFW Metroplex.
Facts
Having the ability to cook empowers people with confidence, creativity and the ability to solve problems. It is wonderful to go into the kitchen and imagine what may be done for mealtimes. Cooking gives one the encouragement that they can do it also. Cooking classes are a great 1st step.
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Interest in Cooking has Increased
In the last twenty years, everyone has been more interested in learning to cook. In part, this is due to all of the creative cooking programs on TV. Also, great movies have been made such as "Tortillas Soup", "Chef", "The Hundred-Foot Walk" and "Burnt". Chefsville programs immerse our clients into the world of discovery as they learn about the many ingredients, equipment, techniques and cultures. Food is never boring. For those into healthy eating, our Chefsville: Nutrition programs educate in a fun environment. All of our programs break down recipes and turn them into something fun, exciting, and healthy.
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Class Size, Legnth, and Topics
Normally class size is under 18 people and can run anywhere from forty-five minutes to an hour and a half. Focus is on either an ingredient, cooking technique, style of cuisine, or use of equipment. Chefsville and Chefsville Kids cover food and equipment safety as well as engaging with hands-on activities. We eat what we make, which is always fun.
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Some Benefits
One of the great benefits of increased interest in cooking has led to more variety and selection at grocery and specialty stores. This also pushes more interest in learning techniques and recipes. And there is more: creative expression. It is one thing to follow a recipe, but something else to modify it to what you like. The end result of learning is empowerment. With cooking, it gives our clients the empowerment to try new things and make them the way they would like. A study conducted over five years showed students of our programs scored higher on Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) reading and math tests than students who did not participate in Chefsville Kids programs. Students who participated in our programs as part of their academic course load showed: - consistent, positive academic development in core subjects; - have a positive attitude about school; - showed lower dropout rates than students who do not participate in the arts; and - demonstrate increased motivation.
For your convenience, programs are offered in the evenings and on weekends. While school programs for participants aged 7-18 are usually during the day and throughout the school year. Camps are offered generally from 9am until noon Monday thru Thursday; or 1pm - 4pm Mon - Thur. Chefsville is an educational non-profit, created in 2006 by Chef Scott Horwitz. Programming started with libraries in 2008 and schools in 2009. Chefsville delivers assembly programs and classroom programs to schools. PTAs and school principals may choose our after-school cooking clubs. Over 200 public schools have benefited from Chefsville programming in Dallas, Allen, Carrollton/Farmer's Branch, Fort Worth, Garland, Irving, McKinney, Mesquite, Plano, Richardson, Sachse, and Wylie. Chef Scott works with between 10,000-50,000 kids per school year connecting cooking with math, science, language arts and social studies. Program ages are 4 years old and up with our Food Appreciation program.
