Cooking Matters Colorado partners with community agencies such as WIC, Head Start, schools, health clinics, and food pantries to provide cooking and nutrition education. Cooking Matters provides the instruction, staff, curricula, groceries, and other in-class materials. Our partner organizations provide the space to hold classes and a staff person to be the point of contact on-site for each course. Partner agencies also recruit and enroll their clientele into our courses.
We offer six-week Cooking Matters courses for difference age groups, as well as Cooking Matters at the Store grocery store tours.
Our courses, which are free to participants, meet for two hours each week for six weeks, and cover cooking techniques, nutrition, and food budgeting skills. Each course is a progressive series, so we ask that participants commit to the entire six-weeks of the program. Participants graduate the program if they come to at least four lessons. When possible, culinary and nutrition professionals volunteer their time and expertise to teach courses. Participants receive a bag of groceries each week to take home and practice what they learned in class.
Cooking Matters at the Store tours are 90 minutes and teach adults key shopping skills to purchase healthy ingredients for their families on a budget. Each tour teaches participants how to read food labels, compare unit prices, identify whole grains, and buy fruits and veggies on a budget. Participants receive take-home materials and a $10 gift certificate, so they can practice what they learn by purchasing ingredients for a healthy meal at the store.
Cooking Matters courses reach nearly 5,000 families each year and we focus on teaching mothers of children ages 0-5. Studies show that mothers are responsible for most food purchases and preparation decisions in a household. Because early childhood is a crucial stage for human development and proper nutrition is essential to that development, we help new moms instill healthy eating habits early in each child’s life.
If you represent a community agency...
Does all of this sound like a good fit for what you’re looking for? If so, please go ahead and fill out our partnership application and review our collaboration agreement. This outlines what Cooking Matters can/will provide, and what we ask our partners to be responsible for. After we receive your application, we can discuss next steps and find a time to schedule a course or tour!
Once you've completed the paperwork, please return it by email.
In the Denver metro area, please send to Mayra Ramirez at [email protected].
In the Archuleta, Montezuma or La Plata counties, please send to Erin Jolley at [email protected].
In El Paso County, please send to Brianna Victor at [email protected].
In Garfield County, please send to Sara Naef at [email protected].
In Mesa, Delta or Montrose counties, please send to Maran Parry at [email protected].
In the San Luis Valley, please send to Melissa Emminger at [email protected].
Thanks so much for your interest. We look forward to working with you!
We offer six-week Cooking Matters courses for difference age groups, as well as Cooking Matters at the Store grocery store tours.
Our courses, which are free to participants, meet for two hours each week for six weeks, and cover cooking techniques, nutrition, and food budgeting skills. Each course is a progressive series, so we ask that participants commit to the entire six-weeks of the program. Participants graduate the program if they come to at least four lessons. When possible, culinary and nutrition professionals volunteer their time and expertise to teach courses. Participants receive a bag of groceries each week to take home and practice what they learned in class.
Cooking Matters at the Store tours are 90 minutes and teach adults key shopping skills to purchase healthy ingredients for their families on a budget. Each tour teaches participants how to read food labels, compare unit prices, identify whole grains, and buy fruits and veggies on a budget. Participants receive take-home materials and a $10 gift certificate, so they can practice what they learn by purchasing ingredients for a healthy meal at the store.
Cooking Matters courses reach nearly 5,000 families each year and we focus on teaching mothers of children ages 0-5. Studies show that mothers are responsible for most food purchases and preparation decisions in a household. Because early childhood is a crucial stage for human development and proper nutrition is essential to that development, we help new moms instill healthy eating habits early in each child’s life.
If you represent a community agency...
Does all of this sound like a good fit for what you’re looking for? If so, please go ahead and fill out our partnership application and review our collaboration agreement. This outlines what Cooking Matters can/will provide, and what we ask our partners to be responsible for. After we receive your application, we can discuss next steps and find a time to schedule a course or tour!
Once you've completed the paperwork, please return it by email.
In the Denver metro area, please send to Mayra Ramirez at [email protected].
In the Archuleta, Montezuma or La Plata counties, please send to Erin Jolley at [email protected].
In El Paso County, please send to Brianna Victor at [email protected].
In Garfield County, please send to Sara Naef at [email protected].
In Mesa, Delta or Montrose counties, please send to Maran Parry at [email protected].
In the San Luis Valley, please send to Melissa Emminger at [email protected].
Thanks so much for your interest. We look forward to working with you!
