Success StorySuper Star Chef Camp
Super Star Chef Camp
Author: Aubrey Lawson
Planning Unit: Clark County CES
Major Program: Super Star Chef
Plan of Work: Targeting Life Skills and Family Lives
Outcome: Initial Outcome
The Clark County 4-H Youth Development Extension Agents and the Family & Consumer Sciences Extension Agent partnered to offer the SuperStar Chef Camp program to 18 youth. These agents along with four volunteers worked with students in a hands-on educational setting to teach important life skills. Topics covered included measuring, knife, and cooking skills along with nutrition lessons. The camp was over the course of three days and was held at the Clark County Extension Office. A pre-test/post test evaluation was conducted to determine learning outcomes.
As a result of the program, students gained the following knowledge and skills:
-100% recognized foods that are part of the protein group.
-100% identified the right way to hold a knife.
-100% identified the right way to guide food when using a knife.
-94% identified how germs get transferred to food.
-100% identified the four steps to safe food.
-89% identified how to read nutrition labels.
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