Meet Sammy :)
Meet Sammy – our amazing new Events Director making us all homemade Pasta for lunch today. Yum! Stop by our kitchen to meet her soon. She can’t wait to plan your next Culinary Party or Event for kids or adults!
Come and decorate our 3,000th cupcake at FAO Schwarz!!
Spring break is here and our Cupcake Creation station at FAO Schwarz is open! Our 2nd floor kiosk will be open additional days this week to accomodate the spring breakers and we cannot wait to decorate with you! Come on by and be our 3,000th cupcake decorator and win a special Taste Buds Kitchen prize….
Cupcake Decorating Party at FAO Schwarz
Maya celebrated her 6th birthday this weekend at FAO Schwarz. After enjoying past visits to our Creation Station located on the 2nd floor of the store, the birthday girl decided to have Taste Buds Kitchen’s Cupcake Decorating as part of her festivities. Each party goer had their very own cupcake to decorate along with frosting,…
Meet Clyde
Meet Clyde, our November Chef of the Month! Clyde has been cooking at Taste Buds Kitchen for over 2 years now. Clyde currently attends our weekly cooking classes, he comes into the kitchen excited to create a new culinary masterpiece each week! Clyde enjoys helping out his younger cooking classmates mixing and measuring ingredients. We…
Taste Buds Kitchen is opening at FAO Schwarz
Opening in August! We are thrilled to announce that we’ve partnered with FAO Schwarz to bring you Taste Buds Kitchen in the Fifth Avenue FAO Store. A little different from our Chelsea Kids Kitchen, this location of Taste Buds Kitchen is going to be a retail store for all of our favorite Kids Cooking products,…
Cooking Science Class
Ever wondered how does dough rises? Or what makes ice cream freeze? In our Cooking Science Class going on right now in the kitchen, we answer all these questions and more. The budding young minds of our mini chefs love exploring some of the most important cooking ingredients and their many uses i.e. eggs to…
Meet Flora
Meet Flora, our July Chef of the Month! Flora attended our Chocolate Lovers’ Camp and was a total pro at making chocolate cupcakes, croissants and Mexican mole sauce. Flora was a huge help during our weekly bake sale- she used her strong voice to attract passersby to cross the street and buy our baked goods!…
Our First Tomato!
Miraculously, after the brutal heat this past weekend, a majority of the plants in our fire escape garden survived and the tomato plant is doing better than ever! In fact, our first ripe cherry tomato appeared overnight and by the end of the week we should have enough to incorporate into a tabbouleh for Friday’s…
2012 Next Great Young Chef
Our friends at Kiwi Magazine have launched their search for the 2012 Next Great Young Chef. Open to kids from 4 to 14 years old, the contest is a chance for budding chefs to showcase an original recipe. To enter, the child’s parent or guardian should upload a video of the child demonstrating how to…
Summer Camp Fun
Our summer camps are in full swing at Taste Buds Kitchen, with 13 unique lip-smacking weekly themes. The kitchen has been churning out loads of delicious dishes such as tiramisu, chocolate croissants, homemade ice cream and more! We even had a chocolate lovers camp- I mean, who doesn’t love chocolate? But it’s not all about sweets….
Our Fantastic CITs
CITs are our counselors in training. They are our helpers in the kitchen during our morning summer camps for our youngest chefs, aged 4 to 8. They assist us with lots of fun stuff including cooking adventures, recipes, crafts and story time. Our current CITs include Zoey, Cameron, Jared and Mason. Jared’s favorite part about…
Our Herb Garden
We are thrilled with our brand new herb and vegetable garden! So far we have some basil, mint, chives, sugar plum cherry tomatoes and nasturtium. Not sure what nasturtium is? Well it’s got a peppery, tangy flavor and is similar to garden cress and mustard greens. It also has beautiful light pink flowers, which add…