🍪 COOKING WITH KANTOR ☀️ MTSD SUMMER
SEASON VI 🌯
🩺 Welcome to Cooking with Kantor MTSD Summer s legendary
culinary arts enrichment experience! Join
us for an exciting week of hands-on learning in the first-class MTHS Culinary
Labs and learn a variety of culinary techniques and skills you will carry with
you for life.
🎟️ REGISTER
NOW 🎟️
🧑🍳 World Cup Kitchen Kickoff 🌍
Week One | July 20
– 24
GR 6-9 |8:00 –
10:00 ☀️ GR 3-5 |10:30 –
12:30
Step
into a global culinary adventure inspired by the excitement of the World Cup!
In this hands-on summer course, students will travel
the world through food, preparing kid-friendly versions of international
dishes such as tacos, stir-fry, pasta, and more. Each session highlights a
different country or region, allowing students to explore global cultures,
traditions, and flavors in an engaging, age-appropriate way.
Designed
with flexibility in mind, recipes can be adapted to meet a variety of dietary
needs while still maintaining authentic international inspiration. As students
cook their way through the world culinary bracket,
they ll build foundational kitchen skills, teamwork, and cultural awareness –
earning their very own food passport along the way.
A
fun, immersive experience where global learning meets the thrill of World Cup
competition – one dish at a time.
🌍 Recommend pairing: Project Code:
Computer Science & Robotics
🍪 The Summer Bake Lab: Cookies & More 🍰
Week Two | July 27
– 31
GR 6-9 | 8:00 –
10:00 ☀️ GR 3-5 | 10:30 –
12:30
Welcome
to The
Summer Bake Lab: Cookies & More – a hands-on summer culinary experience where
young bakers step into the kitchen to mix, measure, whisk, bake, and decorate
delicious treats with sunny beachside energy. This course places a strong
emphasis on the art and science of baking, helping students learn
foundational skills such as measuring ingredients, following recipes, oven
safety, dough preparation, and understanding how ingredients work together.
Students
will create a variety of cookies, from chewy chocolate chip classics to spiced
oat favorites and more, while exploring fun decorating techniques and creative
presentation. Recipes are designed with allergy-aware ingredient swaps and can
be adapted for vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free, or nut-free needs so every
student can participate safely.
With
warm summer vibes, sweet aromas, and plenty of oven-fresh creations, this
course is the perfect recipe for learning, confidence-building, and baking fun.
🧁 Recommend pairing: Monroe Medical
Lab
🌯 The Summer Wrap Workshop 🌶️
Week Three | Aug 3
– 7
GR 6-9 | 8:00 –
10:00 ☀️ GR 3-5 | 10:30 –
12:30
Welcome
to The Summer Wrap Workshop – a fresh, hands-on culinary
experience where students learn to roll, wrap, stack, and build delicious
creations inspired by flavors from around the world. With a fun summer vibe and
plenty of creativity, students will explore how simple ingredients can come
together to make exciting, customizable meals.
This
course places an emphasis on practical food preparation skills such as slicing,
layering, balancing flavors, assembling ingredients, and presentation. Students
will create a variety of wraps, from burritos and veggie rolls to lettuce wraps
and globally inspired handheld favorites, while learning how different cultures
use wraps as part of everyday cuisine.
Designed
to be inclusive for all learners, students can choose from gluten-free wraps,
vegan fillings, nut-free spreads, dairy-free options, and allergy-aware sauces
so everyone can safely craft their own perfect bite. A fun, flavorful summer
adventure where every student becomes the chef of their own masterpiece!
🧑🍳 Recommend pairing: Lego
Innovation Lab
🧑🍳 Summer Culinary Learning ☀️
🍳 Academic & Cognitive Benefits |
Culinary
instruction naturally integrates math, science, and literacy in authentic ways.
Students measure ingredients (fractions, ratios), observe chemical reactions
(baking soda, heat transfer, emulsification), and follow sequential
instructions that strengthen comprehension and procedural thinking. Because
learning is hands-on, retention tends to improve compared to traditional
instruction.
🧠 Executive Function & Life
Skills | Cooking
builds planning, organization, time management, and problem-solving. Students
learn to sequence tasks, adjust when something doesn t go as expected, and
manage multi-step processes – core executive functioning skills that transfer
across subjects.
🤝 21st-century Collaboration
& Communication | Most culinary activities are
inherently social. Students practice teamwork, role assignment, communication,
and shared responsibility while preparing recipes. This mirrors real-world
workplace collaboration in a developmentally appropriate setting.
🌍 Cultural Awareness & Global
Thinking | Food
is a natural entry point into cultural exploration. Summer culinary programs
often introduce global dishes, helping students understand traditions,
geography, and diversity through taste and preparation rather than abstract
instruction.
🧑🍳 Engagement & Positive Summer
Learning Experience | Culinary arts are highly engaging and
reduce the school-like feel of learning while still maintaining structure.
This helps combat summer learning loss by keeping students active in a
low-pressure, high-interest environment.
🍎 Healthy Habits & Nutrition
Awareness | Students
gain exposure to nutrition basics, ingredient awareness, and healthier food
choices, which can influence long-term eating habits and family food
conversations.
MTSD Summer General Inquiries
☀️ Zach Morolda | Director
Cooking with Kantor Inquiries