Cooking Lessons for Children and Adults
Rata2ee Summer Camps
UPDATED 2/16/2024
Rata2ee is a culinary academy offering hands-on instruction in cooking techniques, including: Knife Basics; Cooking Fundamentals, Food Science & Nutrition, Kitchen Safety, Proper Food Handling, Gardening 101 (very basics of gardening), and kids' yoga. This camp teaches a very holistic approach to healthy living. Children will eat 3 meals (making their own breakfast, a 3-course lunch, and dessert), so no packing snacks or lunches for parents! This camp teaches strong character-building skills and is meant for kids going into 2nd through 5th grades. Kids should be able to stand for 90 minutes at a time (with 2 small sit-down breaks), and should be ok with playing outside during non-cooking times of the camp. Items each child needs to bring to camp: a filled (non-glass) 64-oz water bottle labeled with first & last name, 2 8-oz Ziploc to-go containers labeled with first & last name; a full size beach towel, and sunscreen.
Camps run from 8:45 am until 3:30 pm (3 pm on Fridays); Camp cost: $270 per child plus $129 materials fee ($399).
1. Go to the location, below, to get the phone number and/or registration website information. For Birmingham, Lake Orion and Rochester Community House locations, you will need to enroll through them. For other Rochester locations, please enroll directly through us at the links provided for each location, below.
2. AFTER signing up and paying, all parents must create a log-in and password (shown at each location below), and fill out ALL information (sign liability forms, and fill out allergy information) . Please note, child will be disenrolled if this information is not received within 24 hours of initial registration. These camps sell out quickly!
2024 SUMMER CAMP SCHEDULING & PRICING
*Please note, for those who would like advanced camps, but it is not offered at the location of your choice: if you have a child who is older (going into 6th grade) but needs to be in camp all day OR loves to cook and doesn’t care there are younger kids in the camp, it will be allowed, and we will give them extra duties; just talk with the admin at each location, and they will get you signed up.
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*NEW GROSSE POINTE FARMS LOCATION!
WAR MEMORIAL: Being held at: 32 Lakeshore Drive, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236
To sign up, go to: https://warmemorial.coursestorm.com/course/growing-gourmets-kid-s-cooking-camp
AFTER signing up and paying, go to this link, create a login and password, then give permission for your child to stand at a stove and to use a knife. This is also where you make us aware of any food allergies: https://bit.ly/Rata2eeCookingCamp
Camps Cost = $270 + $129 Materials fee (total = $399 per child); for those 7+ (should have completed 1st grade by summer) from 8:45 am to 3:30 pm (3 pm on Friday):
Week of 8/5/24
MONTESSORI SCHOOL OF ROCHESTER LOCATION - Being Held at: 3976 S. Livernois Rd., Rochester Hills, MI 48307
For more information or to register, call: 248-219-5752. AFTER signing up and paying, go to this link, create a login and password, then give permission for your child to stand at a stove and to use a knife. This is also where you make us aware of any food allergies: https://bit.ly/Rata2eeRochesterSignup
Camps Cost = $270 + $129 Materials fee (total = $399 per child) (call to pay if you'd like to use credit card - lower service fees); for those 7+ (should have completed 1st grade by summer) from 8:45 am to 3:30 pm (3 pm on Friday):
Weeks of:
6/10-6/14 - NOW OPEN FOR REGISTRATION
8/12-8/16 - NOW OPEN FOR REGISTRATION
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LAKE ORION COMMUNITY SCHOOLS BEING HELD AT
LO HIGH SCHOOL at: 495 E Scripps Rd., Orion Twp, MI 48360. To Register call: 248-693-5436 OR signup at: https://lakeorion.eleyo.com. AFTER signing up and paying, go to this link, create a login and password, then give permission for your child to stand at a stove and to use a knife. This is also where you make us aware of any food allergies: https://bit.ly/Rata2eeCookingCamp
Camps Cost = $270 + $129 Materials fee (total = $399 per child); for those 7+ (should have completed 1st grade by summer) from 8:45 am to 3:30 pm (3 pm on Friday):
7/15-7/19 - REGULAR AND ADVANCED Inventory: 4 spots left!
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BIRMINGHAM COMMUNITY SCHOOLS CAMPS -BEING HELD AT DERBY M.S. at: 1300 Derby Rd., Birmingham, MI 48009
To register call 248-203-3800 OR signup at: https://birmingham.augusoft.net
AFTER signing up and paying, go to this link, create a login and password, then give permission for your child to stand at a stove and to use a knife. This is also where you make us aware of any food allergies: https://bit.ly/Rata2eeCookingCamp
Camps Cost = $270 + $129 Materials fee (total = $399 per child); for those 7+ (should have completed 1st grade by summer) from 8:45 am to 3:30 pm (3 pm on Friday):
Weeks of:
6/17-6/21 - SOLD OUT
6/24-6/28 - SOLD OUT
7/8-7/12 - SOLD OUT
7/22-7/26 - inventory = 10 seats left open
7/29-8/2 = inventory = 12 seats left open
Birmingham Advanced Camps Cost = $149 + $115 materials fee (Total =$264 per child); for 6th through 9th Grades from 10 am to 1 pm:
7/29 – 8/2 - SOLD OUT
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ROCHESTER COMMUNITY HOUSE (CENTRAL ROCHESTER LOCATION) – Being Held At:
816 Ludlow Ave., Rochester, MI 48307
To register call 248-651-0622
AFTER signing up and paying, go to this link, create a login and password, then give permission for your child to stand at a stove and to use a knife. This is also where you make us aware of any food allergies: https://bit.ly/Rata2eeCookingCamp
Camps Cost = $270 + $129 Materials fee (total = $399 per child); for those 7+ (should have completed 1st grade by summer) from 8:45 am to 3:30 pm (3 pm on Friday):
Weeks of:
6/24 – 6/28: SOLD OUT
7/8 – 7/12: SOLD OUT
7/22-7/26: SOLD OUT
8/5-8/9: SOLD OUT
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A Typical Summer Session Day for Full-Day
Parents will drop off Rata2ee Rangers at 8:45 am. Kids will be divided into groups according to age, skill, and who they signed up with, and then will go to their stations. Please note, these are approximate timings and may vary per location:
8:45: Parents drop off kids
9-10: Make a healthy morning snack (kids should have breakfast before coming, as this is a snack, not a meal)
10-11: Nature walk
11-12:30: 90-minute Cooking Lesson; kids make a main dish, side dish and fruit salad
12:30–1:15: Lunch; kids take the lunch they just made outside for a picnic lunch and learn food nutrition
1:15-2: Make dessert
2–2:30: Learn Beginner's Gardening; Kids learn how plants grow
2:30–3:15: Yoga; Kids learn yoga poses, stretches, breathing, and discuss very important life lessons
3:15–3:30*: EOD Gathering; Kids gather their things and are brought to the parent pick-up area.
Pick-up time for all locations is 3:30 pm on Mon-Thurs*
*Parents come at 3 pm on Friday to pick up kids!
The all-day cooking camp is a well-rounded approach to healthy living and focuses on cooking, eating, nutrition, gardening 101 and yoga. The 1/2 day camp is for older kids interested in making food from scratch, and is focused completely on cooking, methods, plating.
