06/02/2026
🍴👩🏾🍳 DAY 1 COMPLETE! 👨🏾🍳🍴
Today marked the first day of our Knead & Grind Culinary Summer Camp, and before we started cooking, we focused on learning what it takes to work safely and professionally in a kitchen.
At Knead & Grind, we believe:
“You must know what to do in the kitchen before you play in the kitchen.”
Our young chefs spent the day learning essential culinary life skills and workforce development concepts that every food service professional must know. Today’s instructional lessons included:
✅ Food Safety & Sanitation
✅ PPE (Personal Protective Equipment)
✅ RTE Foods (Ready-to-Eat Foods)
✅ Temperature Controls & Food Danger Zones
✅ Cross-Contamination Prevention
✅ Raw Food Handling Procedures
✅ Proper Handwashing & Kitchen Hygiene
✅ Teamwork, Responsibility & Kitchen Expectations
Food safety isn’t just about cooking—it’s about protecting ourselves and others. These are real-world skills used every day in restaurants, bakeries, hospitals, hotels, and food businesses across the country.
We also want to extend a warm welcome to our Summer Camp Intern, Samiya, a Senior at Jackson State University majoring in Social Work. Samiya will be assisting with camp operations, youth engagement, and helping create a positive learning environment for our campers this summer. We are excited to have her as part of The Knead Cooperative family!
Today’s lesson reminded us that great chefs aren’t just creative—they are knowledgeable, disciplined, and committed to doing things the right way.
Thank you to our campers, families, volunteers, and supporters for an amazing first day! We can’t wait to get into the kitchen and put these skills into practice throughout the summer.
Cook. Create. Build. Lead.
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