My son has been taking classes since September. He LOVES his classes and looks forward to class day!
Each one is a franchise, so with any franchised business, you'll get good ones and bad ones. We're lucky-our location is owned by a woman who understands that if it's not compelling enough for the kids, we parents won't come back.
His try it class was free, and they made pretzels, like Sha_lyn mentioned, but that is this location's free class for any kids. Now, if they don't have enough kids to have a separate 'try it' class, the kids come into the regular class.
My son has learned a lot about different cuisines, has tried many dishes he never would even consider before and if he had hsi way, he'd bring a wedge of Parmegiano-Reggiano cheese to school every day. He loved the class on italian cheeses. We've used several of the recipes at home. Homemade pasta was a hit, and it's so easy to do.
Each month has a theme and the recipes follow in a pattern each week. Usually the lessons are 90 minutes long and the kids make two recipes. Last month's theme was greek-which made DH and I very happy, as my son wants to go out and experience each theme!
Yes, it was pricey. However, I'd rather pay for this and build a foundation for him to cook later on than spend easily that much for another activity.
See if your location allows you to do a free 'try it' class first. You can leave your daughter there-my son prefers that I sit in (probably because I've worked with food, too). If she does a try it and you sit in, you can get a better picture if you'd like to invest the 100 dollars.
Suzanne
