Chefs in the Classroom - Edible Education with the Okanagan Chefs Association
In 2016 the Okanagan Chefs Association has launched an initiative entitled ‘Chefs in the Classroom – Edible Education.’
Modeled after other successful edible education classes all over North America, Chefs in the Classroom is unique in that it is an Okanagan inspired, hands-on curriculum with links to our Aboriginal community and practices. The highlight of the 7-lesson course is a field trip to a
08/10/2026
Save the date! 🍎🍷
An A+ Evening is back for its second year!
Join us Sunday, October 25, 2026, at Humo for an evening celebrating local food and supporting hands-on food education for Okanagan students.
Chef lineup, ticket information and more details coming soon.
📅 Sunday, October 25, 2026
📍 Humo, Kelowna
05/21/2026
🌮 Taco party day!!
For our final in-class lesson, our little chefs worked together to build a full taco bar from scratch. Pickled onions, black bean & corn salsa, creamy coleslaw, and all the toppings. Safe to say there were some VERY proud chefs in the classroom today. 🥹
And can we talk about the gardens?! 🌱 Everything is growing like crazy, the worms are thriving, and the students have officially become little gardeners too.
Next stop… FIELD TRIP DAY! 🚜☀️
05/12/2026
A huge THANK YOU to and the Nourishing Neighbors program for this incredibly generous $5000 donation to Chefs in the Classroom ❤️
Teaching kids where food comes from, how to cook, grow, and connect through food is at the heart of everything we do, so this support means so much to our program.
Thank you for helping us continue bringing hands-on food education into classrooms across the Okanagan 🥕🍎✨
05/07/2026
🐝 Buzz buzz! This week our little chefs learned all about bees, made cozy spring soup, and checked in on their hungry classroom worms with a fresh snack of veggie scraps. 🪱🍲🌱
Tiny chefs. Tiny worms. Big learning. 💚
05/01/2026
This week we got our hands dirty learning about plant lifecycles, thinning and transplanting seedlings, then headed into the kitchen to make fresh tomato pasta sauce 🍅
04/15/2026
First day of Chefs in the Classroom 2026 👩🍳🌱
We planted seeds, talked food, blended smoothies, and kicked off what’s going to be a pretty fun 7 weeks.
Safe to say… we’ve got a lot of future chefs in the making.
Next week, things get even better. Veggies, knife skills, and the arrival of our classroom compost crew 🐛
04/08/2026
Kicking off another season of Chefs in the Classroom 👩🍳🌱
Amazing group of volunteers ready to get into the schools next week. Let’s do this!
Huge thanks to for hosting us today and for keeping everyone fueled with snacks 🙌