Summer 2027 · Rising 3rd – 6th · Watkinsville, GA
Junior Bakers
Rolls, cookies, pizza, and a whole lot of flour. Campers bake from scratch in a university kitchen lab, then build their own recipe book to take home and cook from all year.
- 5 days
- 1:00 – 4:30 PM
- 14 campers max
- Kitchen labs at UGA Dawson Hall
What the week looks like
Every day runs on the 1:1 rule: a minute of instruction earns a minute of hands-on time. No grades, no quizzes, no ranking anyone against anyone.
- 1Kitchen basicsKnife safety, measuring, and mise en place
- 2Bread dayYeast, kneading, and the science of rise
- 3Pizza from scratchDough, sauce, and the flat-top grill
- 4Cookies and pastryRatios, chemistry, and taste-testing
- 5Recipe book buildEveryone takes home the week in a book
Every week includes
- All ingredients and kitchen access
- A keepsake recipe book to take home
- WOW! Journal field notebook
- High-school coach mentors
Who we do it with
Campers spend the week alongside people who do this for a living, in the places where they actually do it.
- UGA Extension
- UGA College of Family & Consumer Sciences
Not sure this is the right week? Email Mr. D at [email protected] and tell him about your kiddo. He'll tell you straight if another camp fits better.