Junior Chef
Kids
Cooking Lessons
12-15 year olds
Introduction
In kids cooking lessons teens 12-15 years old can do much with little
supervision. Now is the time to give them freedom to choose a recipe
and follow through with little help. Add more advanced tasks as they
improve.
If you are just joining us,
please look back at the other age groups for an overview.
Kids Cooking
Lesson Plans

By
now children have learned the basics of stirring dough, rolling,
putting ingredients together, etc.
Now is
the time to use these skills to create meals and masterpieces.
Try making bread doughs, pie dough, filled crepes or side dishes. You
could also try cookies,
cakes and pies.
This is where they learn the bulk
of using all those steps we practiced in previous age groups to
something
they can do themselves.
Lesson
1--Review Kitchen Safety and Cooking on the Stove
Lesson
2--Knife Safety and Practice Cutting by Preparing a Stir Fry
Lesson
3--Baking Homemade Bread
Lesson
4--Planning and Shopping for Meals
Lesson
5--Making Pie
Lesson
6--Understanding Cooking Terms
Lesson
7--Using Kitchen Appliances
Lesson
8--Baking Cookies
Lesson
9--Halving and Doubling Recipes
Lesson
10--Dinner Manners and Etiquette
Lesson
11--Baking Cakes
Lesson
12--Nutrition and Eating Healthy
Lesson
13--Cooking Side Dishes and Salads
Lesson
14--Continuously Learning
Now is
the time to teach:
- Knife safety
- Oven safety
- Planning and shopping for meals
- Using electric mixer, blender, other kitchen
appliances
Appropriate Tasks:
(including
all previous age groups tasks)
- Use oven with supervision
- Chop vegetables with supervision
- Use grater, blender, mixer, most kitchen appliances
with supervision
- Following steps and preparing simple recipes

Some
kids will progress on different levels. Our age groups are just
guidelines. You, as the adult, should judge what is and is not
appropriate for the child cooking. Supervision is the key. So, please,
show
good judgment in teaching your child to cook.