Evening & Weekend Kid/Teens Classes

Patch members earn your Grinch Patch

📅 Date: Monday, December 1
🕕 Time: 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
👧 Ages: 6–15
💲 Cost: $45

Get ready to bake your heart three sizes bigger! 💚
In this festive, hands-on holiday class, young chefs will step into the colorful world of Whoville to create Grinch-inspired cookies that look straight out of Mount Crumpit and Cindy-Lou Who’s kitchen!

Students will mix, roll, cut, bake, and decorate a variety of whimsical Christmas cookies featuring red and green hearts, candy-striped swirls, snowflakes, and sparkly sugar dust — all inspired by the most mischievous holiday character of all.

• How to mix and roll sugar cookie dough for even baking
   
• Using cutters and tools to shape festive cookies
   
• Piping, flooding, and decorating techniques with royal icing
   
• Color mixing and design planning for themed cookies
   
• Kitchen teamwork and creative confidence
   

It’s a sweet, silly, and spirited class full of laughter, frosting, and Whoville cheer!
📍 Chefs in Progress – Cape Coral, FL

 📅 Date, December 19
 🕕 Time: 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
 💲 Cost: $45 per student
 👧 Ages: 6–15
 📍 Location: Chefs In Progress, 811 SW 44th Street, Suite 3, Cape Coral, FL
Step into a winter wonderland of baking fun at our
Kris Kringle’s Donut Workshop! This festive class is packed with creativity, sweet treats, and holiday cheer.
🎄 What’s Included:

• Bake fluffy 
  vanilla or chocolate holiday donuts from scratch
• Decorate three donuts to look like 
  Santa, a snowman, and a reindeer
• Use festive toppings like icing, fondant, marshmallows, and sprinkles

☕ Hot Chocolate Bar:
 Warm up with a cozy hot chocolate bar loaded with whipped cream, candy canes, and holiday marshmallows while your donuts bake.

🌍✨✈️🍴 Fork & Flight: Mexico
Part of our Winter Around the World Culinary Workshop Series

Hola, Young Chefs! This winter break, we’re heading south of the border to explore the vibrant flavors and festive traditions of Mexico — without leaving the kitchen!

In this hands-on workshop, students will create two authentic favorites completely from scratch:

•  Chicken Enchiladas with Scratch Red Sauce
   
•  Churros with Cinnamon Sugar & Chocolate Dipping Sauce
   

📅 Date: Tuesday, Dec 30, 2025
⏰ Time: 2:00 – 6:00 PM
👩‍🍳 Ages: 8–15 (students will be separated into age-appropriate groups)
💵 Cost: $55 per workshop
📍 Location: Chefs in Progress – 811 SW 44th Street, Suite 3, Cape Coral, FL

Students will master bold Mexican flavors, discover fun cultural traditions, and enjoy their creations at the end of class.

🌍 Book one workshop — or join all four destinations for the full world tour! STEP UP FOR STUDENTS USE CODE PEP AT CHECKOUT

Patch Members earn your baking patch

Ages: 6+
Date: Saturday, January 10, 2025
Time: 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Cost: $55 per person (Includes Book)

This January, Chefs In Progress proudly features  Chase Foreman — a talented Chef and Published Author!

In this hands-on workshop, students will bake Rustic Smores Chocolate Chip Cookies topped with toasted marshmallow and a chocolate drizzle, inspired by Chase’s new children’s book, Cookie and Milk. Together, we’ll mix, shape, and bake golden, chewy cookies with a cozy, rustic twist.

After baking, Chef Chase will share about his journey as a young author and sign copies of his debut book for each participant to take home.

This special event combines baking, storytelling, and inspiration—a true celebration of creativity, differences, and unexpected friendships.

This class (includes book)

📘 About the Book

Have you ever met someone so different from you that it seemed impossible you could ever be friends?

Meet Cookie and Milk — two total opposites who couldn’t be more unlike each other. But sometimes, differences can turn out to be the sweetest surprise of all! With a little help from a familiar friend, these two might just discover that being different is exactly what makes them the perfect pair.

STEP UP FOR STUDENTS USE CODE PEP AT CHECKOUT YOU MUST RESERVE FUNDS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING BOOKING TO KEEP YOUR SPOT

🧁❄️ Frosty Friends Cupcake Lab: Polar Bears & Penguins!
Theme: Frosty Friends – Polar Bear Cupcakes + Chocolate Penguin Cupcakes
📅 Date: January 31, 2025
 ⏰ Time: 11:00 AM – 1:30 PM
 👩‍🍳 Ages: 6–15
 💵 Cost:$55 per student
 📍 Location: Chefs in Progress – 811 SW 44th Street, Suite 3, Cape Coral, FL
Step  into our Frosty Friends kitchen! In this winter-themed cupcake lab,  young chefs will bake soft cupcakes from scratch, whip up creamy  buttercream, and decorate 
two adorable characters: a snowy 
Polar Bear Cupcake and a chocolate-dipped 
Penguin Cupcake. Cute, creative, and perfect for kids who love decorating!
🧁 
Cupcakes They’ll Create
🐻 Polar Bear Cupcakes

• Vanilla cupcake base
• Vanilla buttercream
• Vanilla Oreo “bear face”
• Coconut “fur”
• Mini marshmallow ears & muzzle
• Candy eyes and nose

🐧 Chocolate Penguin Cupcakes

• Chocolate cupcake base
• Chocolate-dipped Oreo “penguin head”
• Coconut “belly”
• Mini marshmallow wings & beak
• Candy eyes

⭐ What Students Will Learn

• Measuring, mixing, and portioning cupcake batter
• Piping smooth buttercream
• Dipping techniques for Oreo toppers
• Building edible characters with simple candies
• Texture & design skills (coconut “snow,” smooth vs. fluffy finishes)
• Kitchen safety, sanitation, and proper tool use
• Creativity & presentation—bringing characters to life

Make-Your-Own Heart-Shaped Pizza + Chocolate-Dipped Strawberries

📅 Date: February 13, 2026
 ⏰ Time: 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
 👩‍🍳 Ages: 6–15
 💵 Cost:$55 per student
 📍 Location: Chefs in Progress – 811 SW 44th Street, Suite 3, Cape Coral, FL

Get  ready for the tastiest way to celebrate Valentine’s Day! In this  hands-on cooking class, young chefs will roll, shape, top, and bake  their very own Heart-Shaped Valentine’s Pizza
 — plus dip, swirl, and decorate gorgeous Chocolate-Covered Strawberries with festive sprinkles.
It’s the perfect mix of savory + sweet… and totally unforgettable for kids!

❤️ What We’re Making

🍕 Heart-Shaped Pizzas

• Hand-stretched dough
• Shaped into perfect Valentine hearts
• Topped with sauce, mozzarella, and kid-friendly toppings
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🍓 Chocolate-Dipped Strawberries

• Smooth melted chocolate
• Decorative drizzles
• Festive Valentine sprinkles
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⭐ Skills Young Chefs Will Learn
🔪 Pizza Skills

• Dough handling: stretching, pressing, and shaping
• Creating a clean 
  heart shape
   from round dough
• Sauce spreading + cheese layering techniques
• Baking basics: crisp edges, golden cheese, even cooking
• Oven safety and timing
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🍫 Strawberry Decorating Skills

• Melting chocolate safely (gentle heat control)
• Proper dipping technique
• Decorating with sprinkles and drizzles

👩‍🍳 Kitchen Confidence

• Clean workstation habits
• Ingredient prep and organization
• Creativity with toppings & color
• Following chef-led steps with independence
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🎓 Step Up for Students
Use code PEP at checkout. Funds must be reserved immediately after booking to hold your spot.
 Search us in the EMA under CHEF” — Chef’s In Progress will appear in the list.

📅 Date: February 27
 ⏰ Time: 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
 👩‍🍳 Ages: 6–15
 💵 Cost: $55 per student
 📍 Location: Chefs in Progress – 811 SW 44th Street, Suite 3, Cape Coral, FL
Blast off into a galaxy of flavor!
 In this Cosmic Cuisine workshop, young chefs will roll Meteor Meatballs, simmer homemade sauce, and bake fluffy 
Moon Bread
 completely from scratch.
Chef will also demo how to cook noodles perfectly “al dente,” teaching kids the tricks astronauts 
wish they had on board.
This class is hands-on, high-energy, and deliciously out of this world!

☄️ On the Cosmic Menu

🌠 Meteor Meatballs

• Hand-rolled meatballs seasoned to perfection
• Shaped into “meteor spheres” ready for impact

🌌 Homemade Sauce

• Simmered with garlic, tomatoes, herbs, and cosmic magic
• Learn how to build flavor from the ground up

🌙 Moon Bread (from scratch!)

• Soft, fluffy, crater-covered pull-apart bread
• Mixed, kneaded, shaped, and baked by our young chefs

⭐ Noodle Demo

• Chef shows how to boil, test, and time noodles
• Learn the “taste test” and texture cues for perfectly cooked pasta

🛸 Skills Young Chefs Will Learn

• Mixing, seasoning, & rolling meatballs
• Sauce building + simmering technique
• Kneading, shaping, & baking homemade bread
• Heat control and stovetop safety
• Understanding doneness: noodles, meatballs, and bread
• Clean workstation habits
• Following multi-step recipes with confidence
• Creativity, teamwork, and having fun in the kitchen

🎓 Step Up for Students
Use code PEP at checkout.
 Funds must be reserved immediately after booking to keep your spot.
 Search us in the EMA under 
“CHEF” — 
Chef’s In Progress will appear in the list.