The Happy Kitchen/La Cocina Alegre®
Food is health.
Through The Happy Kitchen/La Cocina Alegre®, SFC offers community cooking classes and nutrition education classes for the preparation of meals that are delicious, nutritious, seasonal and affordable, ensuring lasting dietary changes.
The Happy Kitchen/La Cocina Alegre® is a place where people come together to learn skills and self-sufficiency in preparing healthy, economical meals, laugh, cook, and enjoy food together. We envision a future where everyone engages with their food system through cooking and healthy eating.
The Happy Kitchen/La Cocina Alegre® offers:
Free 6-week Cooking Class Series
Our six week cooking class series is offered for free to participants in communities facing health disparities. These classes are taught by trained peer Facilitators who deliver these classes to their own communities.
Public Cooking Classes
We offer classes to the general public that teach fundamental cooking skills, ethnic cuisines and seasonal eating in our Teaching Kitchen! Class prices start at $30, and proceeds support our free cooking classes for communities facing health disparities.
Private Cooking Classes
We offer private cooking classes in either a demonstration or hands-on style. These classes are a great way to bring your group together in a team-building experience while encouraging participants to try new foods and choose healthier options.
Community Cooking Class Series
Our six week cooking class series is offered for free to participants in communities facing health disparities. The curriculum and class structure is based on social cognitive theory which emphasizes a multi-pronged approach to teaching and behavior change, such as active, hands on learning, social support, homework and peer modeling.
Public Cooking Classes
SFC's The Happy Kitchen/La Cocina Alegre® offers classes that teach fundamental cooking skills, ethnic cuisines and seasonal eating in our Teaching Kitchen! Class prices start at $30. All proceeds from these classes support free cooking classes for families in need.
