Camps

Summer Camp 2025

Junior Chefs Kitchen is enriching young lives through an adventure in culinary and nutrition education. We are so fortunate to work with a Registered Dietitian who helps guide our curriculum, recipes and more with evidence-based nutrition information. 

Our Camp gives your child the opportunity to have fun and explore cooking in a clean, safe environment. The curriculum will reflect our daily classes and be a mixture of cooking (and cleaning) and will revolve around an interactive theme with different lesson plans that will keep your child engaged. On any given day, your child might take a cooking class, prepare a meal for someone in need, meet a chef, learn about the history of various foods and cultures, arts and crafts, create their own recipe, get a little physical activity at nearby Jonquil park, and occasionally go on a field trip to visit a professional kitchen!

Important Dates:

🗓 Weekly Themes posted January 22nd

🗓 Registration for Members & Previous Summer Camp attendees will be sent out via email on January 30th at 12pm

🗓 Registration for Gen Pop goes Live February 4th at 12pm

🗓 Recipes posted by February 15th

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Pricing & Details:

🥦 Full Day 9am - 3pm: $650 per week

🥭 Full Day Drop In $140

🍌 Half Day 9am - 12pm: $350 per week

🍇 Half Day Drop In: $75

Early Bird Pricing Discount of 10% runs through 3/31. Use Code: JCKEARLY2025 - sign up now, we will sell out & have limited room!

After-Care is available from 3-5pm for an additional $20 per day per child. Must be purchased at time of registration or no later than 1 week prior to the start of camp.

Ages 4+ for Camp > Kids will be grouped by age brackets, max 10 kids in a group.

Siblings get 10% off

Lunch & Snack Included - just bring a labeled water bottle & tupperware to pack-up leftovers in an eco-friendly way! Feel free to pack a NUT FREE Snack if you have a super selective eater, although we always create kid-friendly backups to ensure children are well fed!

What you can expect:

🥑 Fully prepare & eat two recipes each day for our Full Day Campers

🥭 Crafts galore

🌶 Movement activities to get the squiggles out

🍉 Games from our childhood - heads up 7 up?!

🍏 Board Games for a little friendly competition

🍞 Whole fruit snack + lunch provided

🥩 Daily trip to nearby Jonquil Park

🍔 Field trips to local restaurants for kitchen tours. Stay tuned for our Summer Camp 2025 field trips!

🧀 Chicago Chef collaborations & guest appearances

🍓 Fully licensed & CPR / First Aid certified staff

🍕 Fostering a Growth Mindset, teamwork, making friends and trying new foods!

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Day Off Camp Pricing & Details:

• Full Day Drop In $120
• Full Day 9am - 3pm
• After-Care is available from 3-5pm for an additional $20 per day. Must be purchased at time of registration or no later than 1 week prior to the start of camp.
• Ages 4+ for Camp
• Siblings get 10% off
• Lunch & Snack Included - just bring a labeled water bottle & tupperware to pack-up leftovers in an eco-friendly way!

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Not seeing a specific day your school is closed?? Contact Us and we’re happy to help coordinate logistics.

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