Teaching Culinary Tools & Techniques Workshop

Overview of  Workshop

Understanding how to use basic culinary tools is key to developing lifelong cooking skills. This workshop provides strategies for teaching students about tools and techniques, and facilitating safe use of hand tools including knives and other sharp tools in age-appropriate ways, making it ideal for educators leading cooking lessons for people of any age. Learn how to guide hands-on food prep activities that not only build essential knife skills for kids, but also support teamwork, independence, and lifelong healthy habits.

In this workshop, educators will:

• Learn how to introduce and demonstrate a variety of culinary tools
• Learn how to facilitate safe hands-on practice of essential culinary tools
• Learn how to teach accurate measuring techniques for both solid and liquid ingredients
• Receive the Food is Elementary Culinary Tools & Techniques lesson plan
• Receive the Food is Elementary Knife Safety lesson plan