Join us for youth summer cooking camps!
Is your child interested in honing their cooking and baking skills while learning about nutrition? The Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition offers summer cooking camps for youth ages 9-12. Camp registration will open on Jan. 3 for the summer 2024 camps. See photos from our 2023 camps!
Summer Camp Information
Camp Details
Location: 502 W. Lake St.
Monday – Thursday 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Friday – 9 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Cost: $350 per camper (scholarships applications will be available)
Ages: 9-12
Director: TBD
Assistant Director: TBD
Instructors: TBD
Camp limit: 16 per camp
DATES: TBD
Camp 1 - Baking Extravaganza
Spend each day baking breads, quiche, muffins, cookies, cakes, and more!
Weeks available: TBD
Camp 2 - Global Tastebuds
Spend each day making entrees and desserts from around the world. We will focus on Japan, Australia, Chile, and Scotland!
Weeks available: TBD
Volunteers Needed!
Do you have a teenager (ages 15-17) who would like to volunteer by assisting our camp instructors? or Do you work on CSU campus and have time in the summer to come help us out for a week volunteering? Reach out to Zara Hopkins, camp director, for more information.
Sample Schedule
- 8:45 – 9 a.m. – Arrival
- 9 – 9:15 a.m. – Introduction to the day’s activities
- 9:15 – 10:45 a.m. – Kitchen Time
- 10:45 – 11 a.m. – Sampling
- 11 – 11:45 a.m. – Crafts
- 11:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. – Lunch
- 12:30 – 2 p.m. – Kitchen Time
- 2 – 2:15 p.m. – Sampling
- 2:15 – 3 p.m. – Cleanup!
- 3 – 3:30 p.m. – Outdoor activity
- 3:30 – 4 p.m. – Pickup