Palo Alto, CA (September 8, 2016) — Cooking is a powerful teaching tool. It’s interactive, engaging, and of course, deliciously rewarding. For decades, Bon Appétit Management Company chefs around the nation on corporate and university campuses have held cooking classes, showing adults everything from how to put together a simple, healthy salad dressing to how to roll sushi or make tamales. Last year, the company launched the Outdoor Classroom for Kids in the Garden at AT&T Park in San Francisco. Since then, more than 5,000 children from Boys and Girls Clubs, the YMCA, and other Bay Area groups have been introduced to the vibrant flavors and textures of garden-fresh produce in an interactive social setting. Now, as of July 2016, Bon Appétit has begun taking a blend of these two programs on the road. Now, as of July 2016, Bon Appétit has begun taking a blend of these two programs on the road.
Healthy Kids in the Bon Appétit Kitchen, our new nutrition and culinary education program, was created with the goal of empowering elementary school–age children to make healthy food choices for themselves and their communities. Pilot classes have been held at SAP, Adobe, and several other Bon Appétit client locations in the Bay Area with dozens more planned for the coming year.
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