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Oh Flambé, What a
Wonderful day
from turning Soil to burning Oil:
welcome to Cook's Junior Chef Academy
by James Carlton
Special to Official Kids Mag
There is something new and exciting going on for
kids ages 6 to 15 in Northwest arkansas! Executive
chef Brigham cook, of cook's culinary academy,
has partnered with the Jones center to bring back
something crucial that's missing from today's childhood
education: how to grow and cook your own food at
home!
chef cook has been cooking professionally since
before most of you were born. he has owned several
restaurants, trained chefs in several States over several
years and, on top of that, he has his own growing
family of mouths to feed at home. That's a full time
job by itself, and a difficult one for anybody trying to
raise strong, healthy kids. "my children inspired me,"
said chef cook. "The cook's culinary academy
motto is to educate, empower, and enrich the lives of
our community through healthy, fresh, homegrown
cooking experiences; and what better way is there
to do that than to strengthen the roots of the
community -- empowering the younger generations
-- from the ground up." coming from a culinary
background and having taught his own kids a thing
or two in the kitchen, it was a natural move to adapt
