"Be a Chef"
An Inclusive Cooking and Life Skills Group
What is an Inclusive Cooking and
Life Skills Group?
We welcome tweens and teens with additional needs to join this fun, engaging, and empowering cooking and life skills group!
"Cooking with The Color-Coded Chef curriculum goes beyond the kitchen—it's an opportunity to foster decision-making, teamwork, social skills, sequencing, and more while improving motor skills, speech, and behavior.
Join us in unlocking the joy of inclusive cooking and transforming lives one recipe at a time".
(Modified from thecolorcodedchef.com)
Who benefits from an Inclusive
Cooking and Life Skills Group?
Does your child have additional needs that impact their executive functioning skills? Do they enjoy cooking but find the process challenging and sometimes frustrating? Would you like your child to practice basic money management, budgeting, shopping, and cooking?
Would you like your tween or teen to improve their ability to follow directions, be organized, sequence, and execute a plan?
If you answered, "Yes," to any of these questions, this might be the perfect group for your child.
What activities do you do in this group?
Each week your child will develop real life, hands on experience by:
Week 1 and 4: Meal planning on a set budget
Week 2 and 5: Grocery shopping for items and ingredients for planned meal.
Week 3 and 6: Prepping, cooking, and cleaning up after a new meal, dish, or dessert.
The "Be a Chef" group uses aspects of the
Color-Coded Chef curriculum! This specialized curriculum "empowers individuals with intellectual developmental delays to cook confidently and learn essential life skills through a step-by-step, color-coded recipe format. Say goodbye to measurement confusion and hello to a simplified cooking experience".
(Modified from thecolorcodedchef.com)
New Group Starting January 2026
Join ANYTIME during the 6 weeks.
This is an ongoing group!
This group is for new & existing clients.
Pre-registration is required.
Screening of new clients required.
Group Meets 1X/week for 6 weeks.
When: Tuesdays at 4pm: January 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th, February 3rd, 10th
Where: 695 Berkmar Circle - Charlottesville
Cost: $540 for 6-week group. (Only $90 per session)
Interested: Click below to express interest in this group.