At the Greater Wichita YMCA, we teach kids to find their way around a kitchen and to make good food choices in a fun, hands-on setting. They gain much more than cooking skills from the experience. Children who learn healthy habits at an early age, grow up to be happy and active adults.

75 minute class/10 weeks.

Level 1: Build basic culinary skills, incorporating nutrition and fun food experiments.

Includes: chef hat, apron, progress reports and a kid-prepared recipe showcase at the end of the session.

Level 2: Build on culinary skills from level 1 with new weekly concepts and recipes to make and taste.  

• Open to members and non-members
• Financial assistance available 

Fees: Members: $48/month for 3 months via bank draft, or $144 total (member rate) for the 10-week Academy.

Non-Members: $78/month for 3 months via bank draft, or $234 total (non-member rate) for the 10-week Academy.

A Free Cooking Workshop

The YMCA is excited to offer a series of hands-on cooking classes called Cooking Matters to pregnant women, parents or caregivers of young children (you do not have to be a Y member).  The free Cooking Matters series helps families learn to shop for and cook healthy meals on a budget.

Cooking Matters in English; 4 Week Program, 6:00PM-7:30PM at the Downtown YMCA

• Wednesday, November 12
• Wednesday, November 19
• Wednesday, December 3
• Wednesday, December 10

Cooking Matters in Spanish; 4 Week Program, 11:00AM-12:30PM at the Downtown YMCA

• Tuesday, October 21
• Tuesday, October 28
• Tuesday, November 4
• Tuesday, November 11

This is a 4-week program with free groceries.  There is no fee to participants. However, please make sure you will be able to attend at least three of the four class dates listed.  Class is for adults only, contact Tammi Krier regarding free childcare opportunities.

• Free take-home groceries to try new recipes on your family
• Meal planning & budgeting
• A grocery store tour for affordable, healthy foods
• Hands-on cooking to taste new dinner ideas 
• Free childcare available

Space limited for this free program. Open to members and non-members.

Preregistration required online. 

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Cooking Matters is locally supported by Dillons

Cooking Matters is a program of Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry Campaign.

Kitchen Flex Series

Abs Made in the Gym are Uncovered in the Kitchen

This series is a hands-on class designed to get you on track to achieve the health results you are looking for. We make cooking unapologetically delicious, nutritious and doable. Participants will learn new kitchen and eating strategies, amp up your cooking skills creating 3 new recipes each class, and taste what we make.  

• Age 18 +
• 90 minute class
• 4-part series, sign up for one, some or all.
• FEE: $10 a class for members, $20/class non-member rate

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