holiday camp 2024
COOKING | YOGA | MINDFULNESS | FUN
Yoga of Cooking Chocolate and Ice Cream Making + Knife Skills Holiday Camp
Campers practice yoga, breathing, and make a farm to table culinary creation.
Holiday Camp Registration is OPEN (limited space available)
January 1 - 5, 2024
9AM - 3PM | Ages 5 - 12
Location: South Berkeley
Each day will begin with games, yoga and breathing. Campers will learn from a chef instructor, practice basic knife skills, and cook a family style dish together! At the end the campers will get to eat what they cooked!
Sample Menu
(Note Subject to change based on availability)
Mon: Knife Skills 101 Farmers Market Lentil Soup & Homemade Bread w/Butter
Tue: Knife Skills 102 Vegan Sushi, Miso Soup & Yogi Chai
Wed: Chocolate Making 101 Mac n Cheese & Handmade Chocolate
Thurs: Ice Cream Making 101 Kale Fajitas, Black Beans and Rice & Hand churned ice cream
Fri: Chocolate Making 102 Pasta w/ Pesto Zucchini & Handmade Chocolate
Bliss Belly kitchen offers eco-conscious and soul conscious cooking classes utilizing farm fresh ingredients, yoga, and mindfulness to give children the best possible connection to themselves and to the land and source where their food comes from.
Best of all, we will make chocolate from scratch on the final day of camp!
Learn to make simple, delicious, and nutritious meals. We use healthy locally sourced organic ingredients to teach children about the basic fundamentals of healthy cooking and eating. Participants learn to source, cook, and eat delicious recipes.
Whether it’s packing a lunch, making a snack, or helping to prepare a family meal, these students will be prepared to support busy family life challenges with a new found knowledge and empowerment around cooking and good food!
Sample Schedule:
9AM - 11AM: Games, Yoga, Mindfulness Snack break
11AM - 1PM: Culinary Lesson and Cooking
1PM - 1:45PM Lunch break - Kids eat what they make!
1:45PM - 3PM Clean Up time, Arts and Crafts, and Free play.
“I really appreciate Chef Neelam's emphasis on fresh, whole, organic ingredients and eliminating refined white sugar. My daughter remained engaged well through the camp day, and was really pleased with her increasing skills and kitchen autonomy. She got a big self esteem boost from the camp and wants to keep cooking for our family regularly.”
- KP, Parent of an elementary aged child
The results are in! Here’s what kids and parents are saying about our classes:
“I feel more confident in the kitchen, and I know what I am doing.”
“This camp improved my knife skills and made it more easy to bake by myself And it gave me mor confidence while cooking it also made me more curious in the kitchen.” - 12 year old girl
“I really liked the camp. It helped me learn how to cook. I really liked the yoga too.”- 9 year old boy
“That was a fun camp!” said my daughter while cleaning the kitchen after a week of cooking camp. This camp also teaches lifelong practices: yoga and mindful breathing, learning about and how to cook healthy food and safe knife handling skills. Amazing!”
“This really worked as a camp! The kids worked well together and had a lot of fun. The meals were delicious and it was such treat to have my son cook lunch everyday! The morning yoga and games were also really fun and a great way to start the day. Loved it!”
FAQs
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AA full refund will be issued if the date of cancellation is 1 month prior to the first day of camp.
A partial (50%) refund will be issued if the date of cancellation is within 3 - 4 weeks of camp start date.
Any cancellations within 14 days of camp will not receive a refund.
Bliss Belly Kitchen reserves the right to cancel a camp or program if it does not meet the minimum enrollment of 12 campers. In which case all registered participants will receive a full refund.
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We have 1 staff person for every 12 campers in order to ensure an enriching, safe, and positive camp experience.
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We have between 36 - 48 campers per week. Campers are divided into groups of 12 . Our camper to staff ratio is 12-1.
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Chef Neelam is the founder of the camp and the designer of the Bliss Belly Kitchen Yoga of Cooking Curriculum. She hand picks only the most caring, considerate, and qualified humans to bring the joy of cooking, meditation, yoga, and human values to your child. All Bliss Belly Kitchen instructors undergo a rigorous training and evaluation process.
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We are proud to host a stellar staff of culinary school graduates, credentialed school teachers, youth yoga and mindfulness instructors, and former chefs. All of our staff have received background checks and Food Safe and CPR certified.
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We maintain rigorous safety standards in our culinary classroom. Every camper is taught kitchen hygiene and safety, including proper handwashing, knife skills, and food safety. Our culinary instructors monitor the safe use of all culinary tools.
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We are a vegetarian cooking camp. If your child has other dietary restrictions, you can let us know during the registration process. We operate with a Food Allergy Management and Prevention Plan (FAMPP) in accordance with the CDC guidelines for managing food allergies in schools to keep campers safe.
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Our camp serves ages 5 - 10. We divide the students into smaller age appropriate groups of ages 5 - 6 and 7 to 10 years old. The groups receive age appropriate tasks.
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Yes. It is in development. If you are interested, lease email blissbellykitchencamp@gmail.com so you can be the first to receive information about our program.
farm to table cooking
Can’t get your child to eat their vegetables? Research shows that children are more likely to eat a new or even a familiar food when they have been involved in the cooking process. That is our experience here at Bliss Belly Kitchen! We incorporate local, seasonal organic fruits and vegetables into every dish.
Pictured here: Mac n’ Cheese from scratch, Breaded Zucchini, Broccolini
yoga and meditation
A happy belly starts with a happy mind. That's why we start each day with a yoga and meditation session to recharge the body, mind, and spirit before we enter the kitchen and make delicious food!