Introducing our new Kitchen Classroom
24 Oct
Our new kitchen classroom is now complete and ready to welcome students! The 1,000 square foot kitchen classroom has five cooking stations, and four big work tables, with enough room for about 20 youth to cook together. Youth will whip up soups and omelets on induction burners, and store fresh picked produce in a refrigerator large enough to fit bins of collard greens and chili peppers! Our freezer is already full of tomatoes and tomatillos that will be used in cooking lessons throughout the winter.
A gathering space with a projector screen and piano is a place for learning, as well as enjoying each others company during breaks in programming. Youth can store their backpacks in cubbies, and pick up an apron just around the corner in the pantry area. Big front windows look out into the garden, and the large deck - with coat hooks and rubber boot storage - is shaded by our garden’s English walnut tree.
We would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to all of the architects, contractors, consultants, electricians, and local businesses that made our kitchen dream a reality, including:
Environmental Works, Seattle
Olympic Contractors, Everett
Northstar Electrical, Seattle
Contour Fence, Woodinville
Richlite
Edensaw Woods
Saltbox Designs, Seattle