Centers for A Healthy Lifestyle

Explore the World of Culinary Arts!

Each of our three Centers for a Healthy Lifestyle includes a commercial teaching kitchen, designed to teach kids essential life skills, food safety, and nutrition through our farm-to-table curriculum.

Garden, harvest, cook, learn, and grow!

Holiday Cookies & Favorite Sides Camp!

2-Day Culinary Camp–Thanksgiving Break
November 25 & 26, 2024
  • 9:30-11:30am
  • Harper Clubhouse, Solana Beach
  • $200
In this camp, we will practice knife skills, food safety and math skills while making Thanksgiving Favorite Sides and Holiday Cookies. Students enjoy what they make at the end of class as well as receive the recipes to take home so they can help with holiday cooking.

Programs Offered

The Lunch Box

A workforce readiness program offering teens aged 14 to 18 a unique opportunity to develop essential work, life, and leadership skills through hands-on training in our kitchen and food truck, The Lunch Box.

After-School Enrichment

CHL provides kids and teens enrolled in our After-School Program with enriching culinary activities. Children learn food preparation, cooking techniques, and healthy habits.

Culinary Camps

Our Centers offer cooking and gardening camps during summer break and school year week breaks.

Our 3 Locations

Encinitas

The CHL in Encinitas offers a large, commercial teaching kitchen and a ½ acre organic garden. 

Solana Beach

The yellow cottage in Solana Beach offers a full kitchen, two patios and an organic culinary garden. 

Oceanside

A fully equipped commercial teaching kitchen featuring state-of-the-art equipment.

Contact Info

Sheryl Cohen

Program Director

scohen@bgcGreaterTogether.org

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