What do you get when you have a city full of foodies and their Whole Foods born & bred progeny? If you’re lucky enough to be an Austin resident, you get Foodie Kids, a haute cooking school & party pad for your wee chef in training. How charming is this place?

Before you fill your head with visions of children being force fed organic free range fun free alfalfa sprouts or similar, here’s the thing about Foodie Kids – it’s not only a pretty place for kids to learn about cooking,  it’s also *fun*. A lot of fun, in fact:

Not only is the food preparation fun for the Foodie Kids chefs, Owners Barbara and Kaley know the secret to keeping your young foodies engaged for the hour of class – constant motion. The owners and instructors manage to be both creative & entertaining as they expertly guide the kids through each dish:

We parents of tots know this universal truth, but it was poetry in motion watching these ladies lead the kids (including my own personal wild child) through the preparation of three different meals:

Can you think of a more fun, more Austin-y place for your little gourmet to celebrate a birthday or take cooking classes? Speaking of birthdays, little Miss J sure enjoyed her mock birthday celebration for this commercial photo shoot. {She turned five today!}.

In fact, our photographer-in-chief Ziem loves Foodie Kids so much, her adorable baby girl Zara is celebrating her 2nd (2nd! How?!) birthday there soon.

Think of a Foodie Kids class as an investment in your future that your kid will actually enjoy – after all, if you’ve birthed the next Franklin’s BBQ founder, maybe you can skip those pesky three-hour lines . . . ah, Austin #firstworldfoodieproblems

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