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Happy New Year from Piccolo Chef

The New Year started out with a bang for Piccolo Chef! Lots of exciting projects and a new location are in the works! (That reminds me – this week we need to pick our new kitchen for the classroom!) Yes, girls and boys, we are coming soon to the Hollywood/Studio City area with our own location for classes, birthday parties and much more! I can’t say what the ‘much more’ is right now – it’s a secret! But here’s a hint: it is a super-cool new way of learning to cook and, at the same time, honing your mad skillz as the next new Top Chef!
 

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Buon Natale Bambini! Italian Holiday Celebration!

Come join us at the Istituto Italiano di Cultura for a special holiday celebration! There will be cartoons, food, arts & crafts, storytelling, and even a visit from Santa Claus himself!
 
Make sure to check this PDF for more details!

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Italian Moms

Over the summer we posted an interview I did with three local moms who hail from Italy, but live here now. (Why they would ever Italy is another blog topic...) I thought the piece would provide a fresh take on a much-discussed subject: kids and food. Entitled “Italian Moms: Why Their Kids Don’t Get Fat”, these women really gave us some clear insight into relationship between Italians and food, plus a whole lot of great ideas for us to try at home!

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Manifesto – The Food Rights of Children

As another school year begins, we'd like to share with you something very special… a Manifesto, if you will, of the Food Rights of Children. There is a lot of talk right now around school lunches, Jamie Oliver (our hero!), anti-obesity movements and the like, but this really strips it all down to its very roots. It comes from a dear friend and collaborator of ours in Milan, Federica Buglioni (http://www.bambiniincucina.it/) . Federica will be blogging here very soon, so it’s good that we introduce her now.

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Back-to-School Birthday Party Savings!

Does back to school shopping have your pocket book looking pretty slim? Here at Piccolo Chef we love to feed and want to put a little extra dough back into your pocket! So we're kicking off the school season with our best deal ever! Exclusively for our Facebook friends, we're offering 2 free additional children spaces when you book a regularly priced party from now through September 30th (good for parties through September 2012)! That means that for the base price of 10 participating kids, you get all the same goodies for 12! And that's not all!

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