In an effort to help Teens learn basic cooking and basic kitchen skills, the Barren County Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences and the Barren County Program Assistant collaborated with one Glasgow High School class to offer Teen Cuisine. The Teen Cuisine curriculum consists of six topics/lessons. Throughout the six weeks, students learned about food safety, including proper cooking time and temperature, cross contamination, handwashing and others. Additionally, knife skills and other basic cooking skills were introduced.

Each week, students reviewed the importance of incorporating fruits and vegetables in their diet and discussed how many servings of each food group were needed daily. They learned the benefits of eating breakfast, the importance of limiting fats and sugars and how to read recipes and food labels.

As a result of the program, one hundred percent of students in the class participated in Teen Cuisine. Of those, seventy-five percent indicated that they were given the opportunity to cook or prepare something that they had never done before. Ninety percent reported an increase in knowledge when it comes to basic cooking skills and one hundred percent reported an increase in knowledge in basic kitchen skills.