Young Chefs Academy

Love this place! My kids have been begging to take some sort of cooking classes. We finally went, I couldn’t get there by 345pm to take my 5 yr old to the class with her age group so they let her go to the next age group up with her 9 yr old sister. They made healthy food that my kids loved. Chef Melissa was patient & funny. She encouraged the kids to be silly & yell out answers to her questions (which is what all attention seeking children love).
It wasn’t very expensive. The facility looked very clean & organized. My kids want to join the monthly membership which we will do after our summer vacation. Both of my girls loved it & I love that they are learning how to cook.

After recently conferring with my other mom friends, we came to the conclusion that we all felt the same way about this location. Loved the concept and loved the experience my son had with all his friends the 4+ times we have been BUT one particular employee/​manager seemed very drained and rude at times to a few of the kids. We later found out after comparing stories of our visits that this was the exact same person who consistently presented the same attitude. Sort of a Mr. Jekyll/​Hyde. Nice at times, some times not so much and all within the class hour.
I really do hope she or the owner sees this review and takes notice of her attitude for the sake of YCA and the many families who visit this location. It can be so much more without the attitude. Remember, these are kids! Your patience and cheerful demeanor would be so appreciated at all times and will definitely be noticed by all.

Went here for a 5 year old’s birthday party. An interesting concept, where adult «chefs» (aka child sitters/​party leaders) take you through cooking something (like pizza) from scratch. The kids did seem entertained, but for a birthday party, it’s not exactly festive. They do the cake/​song ceremony during the «cooking» session, and then eat it after the kids eat their creations… but not much going on other than learning how to cook, and sitting at a table. This of course leaves the kids a bit restless. The good news is that the party goes by fast with a definitive start and finish, but I wouldn’t host a birthday party here for my child because it’s just too stale of a classroom/​kitchen environment.

I just wanted to update my review. I finally got a hold of someone … and apparently they have been having issues with the call center where they were not getting messages and were deciding on if they were going to switch centers. They gave me their email and online contact information to set up classes in the future … though if we do we may just go in on a day I know they are open and am in the general area taking my daughter to the museum or zoo. The class we had was the fullest I have seen it before so I’m guessing they are growing.
Again the staff at the place is wonderful and willing to work with you … for me its just a bit out of the way, classes for my daughters age group are not conducive to our schedules, (3:45 Tuesday which is hard for us to get too after work and school & Saturday at 945 which fills up fast) and my daughter gets a little wiggle worm tword the end of class … so we’ll continue just doing classes once every blue moon … I really wish their cooking school in our area was still open because it was right by my daughters school.