AESE’s

YOUTH TEST KITCHEN

There is a high demand locally for science enrichment coursework! 

Fortunately, culinary arts integration and S.T.E.A.M. education are a natural fit. The STEAM goals of collaboration, inquiry and logical reasoning are easily fostered and the Next Generation Science Standards can also be targeted. Our YTK program aims to inspire youth to become engaged in S.T.E.A.M. education through focused hands-on research and analysis with professional chefs and science educators.

We are poised to bring our Youth Test Kitchen program and activities to:

• North County Public & Private school science classrooms

• ONLINE! into your living and learning spaces!

• Sand N’ Straw Community Farm in Vista, CA for a 10-week Fall Semester series, offering hands-on food-meets-science enrichment courses

These unique S.T.E.A.M. opportunities will allow our local young emerging adults to have the special science enrichment courses they need and have been asking for. Our YTK Program is designed for youth aged 12-to-18 to connect with YTK Chefs & Educators and learn about various topics, try hands-on activities, and interact with like-minded peers. These are fee-based programs and space is limited.

Registration for summer, in-school or after-school programming is geared towards science teacher enrollment of full classes -or- parent enrollment of their child — typically paid for by public, private, charter or homeschool programming allowance and funded by local, state, and/or federal organizations— encouraging interactive and challenge-based S.T.E.A.M. learning opportunities.