Cooking Programs

Kid Food Nation

Kid Food Nation is a BGCC national program that aims to improve children’s health by teaching food skills and enhancing food literacy in a fun and interactive program. Kid Food Nation is an 8-week program that builds week to week based on the knowledge and skills being taught by our trained staff. Participants develop confidence in their ability to cook and create healthy meals on their own by learning new skills such as cutting, grating, peeling, mashing and mixing; gaining knowledge in how to read a recipe, make a healthy choice about what they eat, build a grocery list and where food comes from (and how best to support local); having confidence to change food habits, one goal at a time!

The first Kid Food Nation Program for the 2024 – 2025 school year will be for the 8 – 10 year olds and will start on October 21st. The second program will be for 10 – 12 year olds. (10 year olds must only sign up for one program to give others a chance) It will be from February 3rd – April 7th. There will be no program on Family day or during the March break.

After School Cooking Programs

Each week, members have the opportunity to participate in cooking classes in the afterschool program. Our members are taught to make basic snacks and meals that can easily be re-created at home with limited skills and supplies. Members also get to experience creating the occasional “high skilled” recipe such as making pasta from scratch or sushi, which gives them the opportunity to try something completely new!

Cooking programs 

Kid Zone – Tuesdays 

Youth Zone – Wednesdays 

Senior Zone – Thursdays