Young Chefs Academy

To Welcome Whisk

BROOKFIELD — Young Chefs Academy (YCA), North America’s largest children’s cooking school, is running a Whisk Torch Relay during this year’s mini camp theme “Cook for the Gold.” Young Chefs Academies across the nation will be celebrating summer fun and culinary adventures through Camp Can-I-Cook® with exciting themes such as “Go Greek” and “Athletes in Training.”

Just as the Olympic Torch travels the world from Mount Olympus in Greece to the host city for the Olympic Games, Young Chefs Academy is relaying a “Whisk Torch” from its headquarters in Waco, Texas, to only 20 of the over 100 operating academies, and Brookfield has been selected as one of the Whisk Torch’s stops.

YCA-Brookfield is planning a welcoming ceremony and open house for Saturday, June 28, in anticipation of the Whisk Torch’s arrival in Connecticut.

“The YCA Whisk Torch Relay will serve to inform the children and families of Connecticut about all of our exciting programs, especially this summer’s Camp Can-I-Cook, ‘Cook for the Gold,’” said Jessely Pineda of YCA-Brookfield, which officers three-, four- and five-day weekly camps that will offer three-hour daily sessions highlighting many elements of the culture and cuisine of the Olympics.

Emphasis within the curriculum will include international flavors, sports nutrition, and culinary skills and will culminate in “recipe trials” for nationwide judging through Young Chefs Academy’s home website. The seven sessions will begin July 7 and run through August. Children will have the opportunity to register to win special prizes, including the grand prize of one annual membership to the Young Chefs Academy. 

YCA-Brookfield is at 18 Old Route 7, and can be reached by calling 740-8878 or 203-676-2958.