“It’s amazing how stoked you feel coming out of the classroom—feeling great about life.” Jonathan Chovancek, Chef Volunteer

How It Works

• The Growing Chefs program begins every March.

• Volunteer chefs and community members are put into teams of three.

• With your team, you will attend a Volunteer Orientation Session, where you learn basic classroom management skills and review the Growing Chefs curriculum.

Classroom Visits

• You and your team are paired with an elementary school classroom. You visit your class every two weeks over the course of three and a half months, for a total of seven visits.

• As you mentor the students and help them to grow their own indoor vegetable gardens, you lead the class through a series of lessons.

• The lessons are clearly laid out and outlined in the Growing Chefs Classroom Guide that you receive at your Orientation Session.

Click here to view a sample lesson plan.

Current Volunteers

Click here to review some Classroom Management Tips.

New Volunteers

Growing Chefs is always looking for volunteers with experience in the following areas: