The Graves County Cooperative Extension Service partnered with the Mayfield Middle and Mayfield Highs school's 21st Century Programs to teach "Basics in the Kitchen" from the fall to spring of the school year. Culinary classes occurred weekly at the high school and every other week at the middle school. The emphasis in teaching was on  measuring correctly, using a knife,  food safety, my Plate, microwave cooking skills and other hands-on cooking skills utilizing low cost ingredients that could easily be duplicated at home with little supervision. At the end of the culinary classes:

100%- Demonstrated correct hand washing to remove germs

98%-Describe a serving of fruits and vegetables according to My Plate

98%-Practiced safe and correct knife skills when cutting

97%-Used a variety of measuring tools correctly

91%-Read and followed directions to prepare a recipe

93.8%- Understand the danger of cross contamination and can name one or more food safety practices

100%-Interpreted the Nutrition Label on food packages

93.8%-After participating in the culinary classes started they intended to prepare more home cooked foods at home and share with their family