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fcp_kids "Watch Kids Eat Their Veggies with a Smile!" At FamilyCook Productions, we support the family with culinary/nutrition education programs because we know it takes a holistic approach to develop healthy family meals.

Mission To bring families together around delicious, fresh food while positively impacting their health and well-being.
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PROGRAMS

Six Programs & Supporting Curricula
FamilyCook Productions offers schools, community-based groups, farmers markets, community gardens and others, an array of field-tested, evidence-based curricula that teach nutrition through cooking. Our programs are available through a license to your organization and require some training. These training sessions provide educators, para-professionals, and parents with the necessary skills to conduct our program successfully, make them available and sustainable over time.
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PROJECTS

For over 14 years, FamilyCook has been pioneering and embedding food education for a wide variety of clients and audiences around the U.S. Some of our most recent projects reflect this diversity of audiences and communities. Learn more

PARTNERS

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FamilyCook Productions partners with organizations across the country to provide healthy living and cooking programs to people of all ages.

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Mission

"Watch Kids Eat Their Veggies with a Smile!" At FamilyCook Productions, we support the family with culinary/nutrition education programs because we know it takes a holistic approach to develop healthy family meals.

Mission
To bring families together around delicious, affordable fresh food while positively impacting their health and well-being.

Watch FamilyCook in Action!

Our Teen Battle Chef program will be operating in over 80 schools, farms and community centers in 16 states for the 2011-12 school year! Our revamped pre-school program has two versions: "Willow Comes to WIC", and "1,2, 3 Nibble with Willow" for daycare, Head Start and other programs. Here are some clips that demonstrate and explain why empowerment is such a critical element of the work with do with all ages!

"Teen Battle Chef": Forget "America's Iron Chef" series! In Brooklyn, it's all about "Teen Battle Chef" where high school students are challenging one another to create the tastiest and healthiest meals. But the competition doesn't stop there.

From Brooklyn Independent Television's Brooklyn Review, episode 244. Original air date: 7/14/2011.

FamilyCook Productions is proud to release this sizzle reel highlighting this event which showcased inner city high school student 'stars' of our premier nutritional culinary education program: Teen Battle Chef! Watch these teens cook under pressure as the two teams 'battle' it out preparing complex ethnic fare for celebrity judges on stage with Celebrity Host Chef George Duran of TLC's Ultimate Cake Off!

"Willow Comes to WIC" is an exciting new program for WIC Centers created by FamilyCook Productions. The monthly hands-on program is designed to support WIC moms to help their young children accept more fruits and vegetables. Each month's short lesson celebrates different seasonal produce where children play with Willow, the cuddly bunny puppet who LOVES bunny food - yes, fruits and veggies!

We are currently tracking the redemption rate of the fruit & vegetable checks distributed to mothers at the WIC Center in Ewing, New Jersey where "Willow Comes to WIC" is being piloted, thanks to a generous grant from the makers of Dole and Tropicana juices!

FamilyCook has been working with NYC Adult Home Facilities on a project to improve the quality of life of the residents around food. The project, funded by the New York State Department of Health formed a settlement after litigation related to the fire at Ocean House several years ago, involves adding more flavorful recipes chock full of colorful fruits and vegetables and cooking classes for residents where recipes are identified for introduction into the food service as festive ethnic nights! One on one counseling around personal nutritional goals is also part of the project design. This video offers a peek at the project goals and our approach!

Radio personality Robin Quivers ran the New York City Marathon to support the work of FamilyCook Productions "Teen Battle Chef" program through her 15 Foundation . Thanks to Robin's dedication to health and nutrition for youth, hundreds of families in the tri-state area will benefit from culinary education programs this summer! Watch as Robin describes the marathon challenge and cooks up a delicious meal with NYC Teen Battle Chefs!

The partnership between Teen Battle Chef and HealthCorps has yielded some exciting impacts on youth in over 40 high schools across the U.S. HealthCorps trained Coordinators teach nutriion, physical activity and mental resiliance. These quality instrucotrs also teach FamilyCook's Teen Battle Chef program as part of their nutrition componant. Coordinators Jeff Lin and Sarah Frank discuss just how impactful the program has been for their students!