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Chef's Academy

Youth Enrichment / Culinary -
Summer 2025

Get ready for a week of cooking, eating and learning! These camps will take you through the basic step-by-step process of making unique and delicious recipes.

Four Days in France This will be a fun week as we explore some classical French recipes. Cinnamon Palmiers anyone?
Recipes may include: Blueberry Clafoutis, Quiche Lorraine, Ratatouille Flatbread, French Crepes
A Proper English Tea Start practicing your accent and get your pinkies out!
Recipes may include: Cucumber Sandwiches and Tea Tasting, BLT stuffed cherry tomatoes, World’s Best Scones, Victoria Sponge Cake
If You Love Chocolate All things chocolate during this week. Take home your own homemade chocolate cake with chocolate frosting. Truly for chocolate lovers.
Recipes may include: Homemade Chocolate Cake, No Bake Chocolate Wafer Cake, Chocolate Chip Muffins, Chocolate-Chocolate Chip Bacon Cookies
Working with Dough Italian Style
 Let’s start with some Homemade Pasta and see what happens.
Recipes may include: Italian Cookies, Homemade Red Pasta Dough, Two Ingredient Dough Pizza Pinwheels, Top Your Own Pizza
Four Days - Five Cookies Potato Chip Cookies, Chocolate Crinkle Cookies are just two of the yummy recipes from this week.
Recipes may include: Potato Chip Cookies, Chocolate Crinkle Cookies, Easy Lemon Cookies, Uncle Frank’s Italian “S” Cookies
Hand Pies
 Grab and go, pies on the move!
Recipes may include: Empanadas, Apple Hand Pies, Mini Calzone, Loaded Potato Mini Hand Pies
Food Network Week
 Enjoy four different friendly competitions. Bring your creativity and your taste buds.
Foods on a Stick Who doesn’t love eating this way? How about S’mores on a Stick for starters?
Recipes may include: Pizza on a Stick, Caramel Apple Skewers, Grilled Cheese Sandwich on a Stick, Rice Krispie Treats on a stick
Four Asian Favorites Sounds delicious right? You will be stuffed after this week.
Recipes may include: California rolls, Philippine Butter Cookies, Asian Lettuce Wraps, Asian Cabbage Salad
A Pie a Day Each day bring home your own pie to share. Do you love French Silk Pie? This is the week for you.
Recipes may include: Key Lime Pie, Best Cherry Pie, Fresh Tomato Pie, Southern Sweet Potato Pie
Taco Truck Week Tacobout lots of tacos and more!
Recipes may include: Elote Pizza, Breakfast Taco, Tres Leches, Pico de Gallo and Easy Corn Salsa
Dinner x Four Enjoy bold flavors, classic recipes, and fresh ingredients as you learn to cook and bake these delicious pizzas.
Recipes may include: Chicken Enchiladas, Baked Ziti, Thai Spicy Basil Chicken Fried Rice, Lo Main Noodles

Recipes may be subject to change.


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Minnetonka Middle School East
17000 Lake Street Extension
Minnetonka, MN 55345

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A Pie a Day
Grades   1st - 5th
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Paula Slagle
Price: $ 159 00
Minnetonka Middle School East
Aug 11 - Aug 14
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
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A Proper English Tea
Grades   1st - 5th
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Paula Slagle
Price: $ 159 00
Minnetonka Middle School East
Jul 7 - Jul 10
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
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Dinner x Four
Grades   1st - 5th
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Paula Slagle
Price: $ 159 00
Minnetonka Middle School East
Aug 4 - Aug 7
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
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Food Network Week
Grades   1st - 5th
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Paula Slagle
Price: $ 159 00
Minnetonka Middle School East
Jul 21 - Jul 24
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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Foods on a Stick
Grades   1st - 5th
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Paula Slagle
Price: $ 159 00
Minnetonka Middle School East
Jul 14 - Jul 17
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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Four Asian Favorites
Grades   1st - 5th
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Paula Slagle
Price: $ 159 00
Minnetonka Middle School East
Jul 14 - Jul 17
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
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Four Days Five Cookies
Grades   1st - 5th
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Paula Slagle
Price: $ 159 00
Minnetonka Middle School East
Jul 28 - Jul 31
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
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Four Days in France
Grades   1st - 5th
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Paula Slagle
Price: $ 159 00
Minnetonka Middle School East
Jun 23 - Jun 26
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
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Hand Pies
Grades   1st - 5th
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Paula Slagle
Price: $ 159 00
Minnetonka Middle School East
Jun 23 - Jun 26
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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If You Love Chocolate
Grades   1st - 5th
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Paula Slagle
Price: $ 159 00
Minnetonka Middle School East
Aug 4 - Aug 7
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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Taco Truck Week
Grades   1st - 5th
Su
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Tu
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Th
F
Sa
Paula Slagle
Price: $ 159 00
Minnetonka Middle School East
Jul 21 - Jul 24
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
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Working with Dough Italian Style
Grades   1st - 5th
Su
M
Tu
W
Th
F
Sa
Paula Slagle
Price: $ 159 00
Minnetonka Middle School East
Jul 7 - Jul 10
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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