Author: Meagan Klee
Major Program: Super Star Chef
Casey County, though located in South Central Kentucky, is considered an Eastern Kentucky county due to its limited knowledge/access of healthy resources including fresh and/healthy food options. According to the Kentucky Kids Count, 64% of our children live in low-income households; ranking Casey County 100 out of 120 counties in the state. Out limited resources can create an obstacle for families to make smart and healthy decisions when feeding their family. As of 2018, 24% of children are liv
Author: Denise Wooley
Teaching kids to cook is a skill they will always carry with them for a lifetime. Many kids must make their own food during the summer, and the one-day cooking school was provided to give kids the opportunity to learn how to cook and most importantly, learning proper techniques and food safety. The Super Star Chef One Day Cooking School, Kneads a Little Dough, taught kids how to make three kinds of dough. The kids learned to prepare buttermilk biscuits, homemade pizza dough and apple tart.
Author: Melissa Webb
The Hopkins County Nutrition education program along with the Family and Consumer Sciences agent with West Broadway Elementary and SouthSide elementary partnered to put on Super Star Chef camp to teach students how to prepare healthy meals. The program included week long of cooking classes, nutritional education, and hands-on cooking projects. Students learned how to prepare a variety of healthy meals, from simple snacks to complete dinners. The students increased healthy eating: There
Author: Amy Stooksbury
SuperStar Chef is a 3-day hands on cooking and nutrition program designed to empower limited-resource youths with basic cooking skills which lay the foundation for healthy eating habits. Cooking is also a life skill that supports math, science, language, social emotional development, physical development (fine motor skills) and cognitive development.The Todd County Nutrition Education Program (NEP) Assistant and the Todd County Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) Education par
Author: Jill Harris
SuperStar Chef is a 3-day hands on cooking and nutrition program designed to empower limited-resource youths with basic cooking skills which lay the foundation for healthy eating habits. Cooking is also a life skill that supports math, science, language, social emotional development, physical development (fine motor skills) and cognitive development.The Todd County Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) Education and the Todd County Nutrition Education Program (NEP) Assistant par
Author: Marsha Hagler
Superstar Chef is a three-day hands-on cooking and nutrition Cooperative Extension program. The program was designed to empower limited-resource youths with basic cooking skills so they can make the healthy choice the easy choice. Program content primarily focuses on hands-on food preparation skills, kitchen safety and appliance use, food safety procedures, nutrition education, and physical activity. The camp even included a family visit to the farmers market where youth learned about local food
Author: Katherine Alexander
According to 2017 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website, the obesity rate for children ages 9-12 in Kentucky is 20.2%. The Daviess County Extension Council has identified childhood obesity as an important health issue facing their community. Recent research has indicated that teaching cooking skills to children encourages healthier food choices, which can lower obesity rates. In an effort to address this problem, this summer the Daviess County 4-H and Family Consumer S
Author: Sharayha Clingenpeel
Author: Judy Vaughn
Estill County Family and Consumer Sciences Extension Agent collaborated with Emma Lee, ANR Agent, Erin Leach, 4-H Agent, Jessica Webb, SNAP Ed assistant, LaDonna Dawes, 4-H assistant, and Sherry Eldridge, volunteer to offer the Superstar Chef Camp program to seventeen youth attended all three days of camp. Five volunteers worked with students in a hands-on educational setting to teach important life skills. A pre-test/ post-test evaluation was conducted to determine learning outcomes.As a result
Author: Shana Lueking
Teaching kids to cook is a skill they will always carry with them. Many kids must make their own food during the summer, and the one-day cooking school was hosted as a summer internship project along with Denise Wooley, the FCS agent, provided kids the opportunity to learn how to cook and most importantly, how to cook in a safe manner. The Super Star Chef One Day Cooking School, Kneads a Little Dough, taught
