Janina of Red Poppy Cakery and Chef Ariel Voorhees of Gather Round Chef Services are teaming up for this fun workshop! Little Chefs, Big Bites is a fun and engaging cooking class series designed for kids and parents to cook together, learn new skills, and create delicious dishes as a team! In each session, families will explore exciting recipes, practice basic kitchen techniques, and enjoy the joy of making and sharing food. From hands-on mixing and measuring to tasting their own creations, little chefs will gain confidence in the kitchen while making big bites of flavorful fun. Join us for a culinary adventure where cooking becomes a family bonding experience!
In Pizza Party, kids and parents will make a family-friendly feast that’s perfect for pizza night! Whether you’re looking for a special activity or ready to switch your pizza night routine from takeout to homemade, this class will show you how much fun it is to cook with your kid. After sharing the feast that we’ve made, you’ll walk away with a pleasantly-full belly (and possible leftovers!), recipes to keep, hands-on practice, and a new understanding of how to involve your kiddo in the kitchen.
These recipes are naturally vegetarian and can be made gluten-free by request. Please disclose all allergies in the ticket registration. Please note we are not an allergen free facility.
Cooking tasks for kids will be taught in an age-appropriate, individualized manner. Use your judgment when deciding whether your kid is ready to participate!
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About the Instructors:
Janina McCue is the Owner of Red Poppy Cakery who discovered her love of teaching during the Covid lockdowns by jumping on zoom to bake with others! Ever since, she has loved sharing her passion for making celebrations sweeter with others by sharing her tips, tricks, recipes, and space with her community at Red Poppy Cakery.
Chef Ariel Voorhees believes that sharing food is the best way for people to connect. Through her personal chef service, Gather Round Chef Service, she cooks custom meals in clients' homes to help busy families connect each night over a delicious homemade dinner. And with 14 years of classroom teaching experience, Chef Ariel absolutely loves teaching folks how to share delicious food with their loved ones. As a lifelong student of food cultures from around the world, she finds joy in helping others bring new flavors into their own homes.
Working with Ariel was an incredible delight — not only did she inspire creativity, curiosity, and owning my love for food, but she also instilled a quiet confidence in me that allows me to now whip up something to eat based on ingredients I have. Highly recommend as a cooking instructor!
– Rachel K
COVID-19 Cooking Class Policy & Customer Liability Waiver
RED POPPY CAKERY’S COVID-19 PRECAUTIONS, CANCELLATION POLICY & WAIVER OF LIABILITY
By signing up for a workshop, you agree to follow and comply with the below Requirements & Policies – PLEASE READ:
When you arrive for class, please have a staff member to check you in. When checking in we require that all instructors, assistants and class participants confirm that neither they nor anyone in their household are exhibiting any symptoms of COVID-19, other than those that they would normally have due to annual allergies or pre-existing health conditions such as COPD. These COVID-19 symptoms include: fever, shortness of breath, loss of sense of taste or smell, dry cough, runny nose or sore throat. Thank you for your understanding and commitment to the safety of yourself and others.
We will be sanitizing/ washing/ disinfecting all tools, workstations, seating areas and equipment before class and throughout class, as appropriate.
Understand the risks: Although we are doing everything in our power to keep you safe (frequent hand washing, cleaning all the surfaces before each class, any social activity is a risk given the current situation.
Class Cancellation Policy
We understand that life happens and emergencies do occur. However, we also hope you understand our commitment to all of our students and the preparation that goes into creating a successful class. For this reason, we ask that if you are unable to attend a class, you must notify us 72 hours in advance of the scheduled class time to receive a refund or credit towards another class. Within 72 hours of a class, all cancellations are non-refundable (even if someone else gave this class to you as a gift). If you cannot attend a scheduled class, we encourage you to send someone in your place. In this case, please call ahead and notify us of the participant change.
Additional information for Hands-on Classes:
Use effective hand-washing and sanitizing procedures: Hands must be washed for 20 seconds before any food is handled. Food safety gloves will be provided and must be worn when handling any food.
Wear closed toe shoes for safety and we entourage hair to be pulled back if applicable.
Red Poppy Cakery and Gather Round Chef Services are not responsible for any injuries that may occur before, during, or after the class. Participants are expected to handle tasks with utmost caution and are required to verbalize discomfort prior to completing a task making a clear request for help from the staff.
Waiver of Liability Relating to Coronavirus/COVID-19
The novel coronavirus, COVID-19, has been declared a worldwide pandemic by the World Health Organization. COVID-19 is reported to be extremely contagious. The state of medical knowledge is evolving, but the virus is believed to spread from person-to-person contact and/or by contact with contaminated surfaces and objects, and even possibly in the air. People reportedly can be infected and show no symptoms and therefore spread the disease. The exact methods of spread and contraction are unknown, and there is no known treatment, cure, or vaccine for COVID-19. Evidence has shown that COVID-19 can cause serious and potentially life-threatening illness and even death. Red Poppy Cakery cannot prevent you [or your child(ren)] from becoming exposed to, contracting, or spreading COVID-19 while utilizing Red Poppy Cakery’s services or premises. It is not possible to prevent against the presence of the disease. Therefore, if you choose to utilize these services and/or enter onto the premises you may be exposing yourself to and/or increasing your risk of contracting or spreading COVID-19. ASSUMPTION OF RISK: I have read and understood the above warning concerning COVID-19. I hereby choose to accept the risk of contracting COVID-19 for myself and/or my children in order to utilize Red Poppy Cakery’s services and enter Red Poppy Cakery’s premises. These services are of such value to me [and/or to my children,] that I accept the risk of being exposed to, contracting, and/or spreading COVID-19 in order to utilize Red Poppy Cakery’s services and premises in person.
WAIVER OF LAWSUIT/LIABILITY: I hereby forever release and waive my right to bring suit against Red Poppy Cakery and its owners, officers, directors, managers, officials, trustees, agents, employees, or other representatives in connection with exposure, infection, and/or spread of COVID-19 related to utilizing Red Poppy Cakery’s services and premises. I understand that this waiver means I give up my right to bring any claims including for personal injuries, death, disease or property losses, or any other loss, including but not limited to claims of negligence and give up any claim I may have to seek damages, whether known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen. I understand and agree that the law of the State of Vermont will apply to this contract.
I HAVE CAREFULLY READ AND FULLY UNDERSTAND ALL PROVISIONS OF THIS RELEASE, AND FREELY AND KNOWINGLY ASSUME THE RISK AND WAIVE MY RIGHTS CONCERNING LIABILITY AS DESCRIBED ABOVE. I UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN THIS RESERVATION WAS PURCHASED, THE PURCHASER AGREED ON BEHALF OF ALL PARTIES ON THE RESERVATION THAT EACH PARTY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO SIGN THIS WAIVER IN PERSON AT THE TIME OF THE CLASS.
All items are non-refundable under any circumstances.
