Lil Chef School - Irvine, California

Maria H.

My daughter did a mini camp and really enjoyed her experience. I love that they used olive oil instead of cheap/unhealthy seed oils.

My daughter has been interested in cooking for a long time (age 7). We have her enrolled for 8 weeks of class with the hopes of building her skills and habits over time. Yes, they don’t do every single step at this age, but I can see how those who might have more demonstrated proficiency can eventually handle more responsibilities in the kitchen just like a real restaurant. God bless the teachers! They love cooking and they are special people for choosing to work with children to nurture their love of cooking!

Mike C.

Lil' Chef School is AMAZING! Both of my kids (Boy age 7 and Girl age 14) like to take their cooking/baking classes.

Their unique programs, whether it be the after school program at my son's school, or their Friday night workshops/camps have all exceeded all of our expectations. The staff are great with kids and their recipes and fun and easy to follow.

My kids really enjoyed the Sushi Making class, as well as the Cake Pops and the chicken soup with homemade noodles and homemade bread. Keep up the great work.

We're definitely going to be taking the after school classes this upcoming school year and you can count on seeing us at more of your Friday Night Workshops. Fun stuff!

Reiko Y.

I do NOT recommend for your kids to learn anything from here. Especially ethics. I decided to do my daughters birthday party here and made an appointment for a meeting. I had to reschedule my appointment so I called them and she said "my appointment is next week. " Ok, that's fine. The day before from the appointment I called them to confirm my appointment. When I went there with my kids, they were doing a class, I told a teacher I had an appointment, and the cooking teacher said she already left. I called them, and a lady picked up my call, and she said my schedule is next week. Again ? But I confirmed it the day before. And I emailed them to cancel the party because I don't want my daughter's birthday party became a sad event. To my surprise, she said, she will charge me $100 fee. And this is her excuse, " for a lady came in earlier and when I said "hi ", she turned around. I thought you came in earlier. " speechless. I don't want my kids and any of my friend kids to learn here.

Entia L.

My son, Malik loves the Lil Chef School, because it's for big chefs too. The kitchen is clean, safe and kid-oriented. The staff clearly love what they do and so much planning goes into the menus to create healthy, varied and delicious meals from scratch. The classes are reasonably priced and seasonally themed. If in doubt, check out the Pizza Night.

JD &. O. T.

Unfortunately not exactly what we expected the set up seemed promising and might have been ok if one of the other children had not been so disruptive. My daughter thought she was going to get to do the whole process but it was not like that it was pieces of the process. She said it was ok but we didn't need to go back we could just do this at home kind of disappointing but an experience just the same allowing her to let me know what she likes and doesn't like and understanding that naughty children can make the experience less enjoyable.

Monique P.

Lil Chef School is GREAT!! My son is in 2nd grade and has loved taking classes there! He is happy, he has learned new things, and asks to go back.

Gina R.

Super fun!!! My 7yr old daughter loved it!! Unfortunately the times just weren't that easy for a working mom but we will definitely try to get back there sometime soon.

Annette C.

My kids just loved their experience here. Would absolutely recommend taking your kids for their birthday or cooking class.