Young chef's academy open house

Eric and I had heard about a little place called the Young Chef's academy in Gahanna.  By luck, we got an email about an open house on a day when we were free, so we headed up!  It was pretty busy, but a really cute setup!

There were 3-4 stations set up, where you could get an idea of how a class would work, and all the stations were set up by "senior chefs" who were maybe 10-12 yrs. old, how cool!  We headed to the smores station, which was quite clever.  they had pre-melted marshmallow and Nutella--and Amara was able to spread it on graham cracker squares.  Then you use your spreading stick and sandwich both sides on the stick, making a smore "pop" out of it!

Next it was on to mini pizzas.  They pressed out their tiny dough balls into circles, then the head chef squeezed sauce on for them, top with cheese and mini pepperonis and off to the oven!!  

While it was cooking, we decorated our own chef hat with markers and enjoyed a blue drink of some kind (we don't really do the sugary drinks, so it was a treat for sure!) It tasted about like a melted popsicle, but she liked it.

We were able to get some takeaways and tools--we didn't stay all that long and she wasn't interested in the pasta salad station (she's come into a bit of a shy phase all of a sudden, and doesn't want to be left) but we really enjoyed it.

We actually signed up for one of the one-day classes for November, since it was discounted on the open-house day, and I'll certainly report back at how we all do!