Young Chefs® Academy is the nation's leading kids' cooking franchise — a purpose-built, culinary education brand where children from preschool through high school learn to measure, mix, sauté, and master real culinary skills in a fun, hands-on environment. Serious Fun. Experts in kids cooking. Inspiring a new generation.
Education , Children's Franchises
About Young Chefs Academy
Young Chefs® Academy is a fun, scalable business that meets kids where they are by offering several skill levels to carry students from pre-school through high school: KinderCooks®, JuniorChefs™, and SeniorChefs™.
At every step, kids learn to prepare dishes of varying complexity, which gives them confidence in and out of the kitchen. Along the way, students are learning valuable life lessons about where food comes from, different customs and cultures, nutrition, teamwork, leadership, just to name a few!
2014 (12 years)
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$289,709
Franchise Fees
$50,000
$45,000 Veteran's Fee
6.0%
Gross Sales
2.0%
Gross Sales
Why Young Chefs Academy?
The Young Chefs® Academy cooking franchise model is built around a membership platform, where parents enroll their children in a series of kid-friendly culinary classes. Each class is an entirely new experience planned around a unique monthly theme, incorporating culinary skills that build upon each other. This allows progression into more complex food preparation and presentation. The model enables owners to benefit from a recurring revenue stream, and offers programs such as Camps, Classes, Parties, and Events, and offers Real estate and Staffing support, Continual Training, Operations and Marketing support, Curriculum, Classroom management tools, and national footprint having operated for 22+ years!
Six diversified revenue streams: memberships, parties, camps, workshops & events, retail, adult workshops
- Recurring revenue from a proven monthly membership model
- Proprietary, Montessori-inspired, STEAM-based curriculum
- Trusted, parent-loved brand — 4.9★ Google rating, 9,200+ reviews
- As seen on CNN, ABC, Food Network, Disney, Inc., Fox, Blippi, Working Mother
- 20+ years of category leadership; founded 2003 by Julie Burleson
Ideal Candidate
We want a candidate that enjoys being around kids and families and that is excited about making connections in their community to help build their business. A culinary and/or education background is not required – we teach people how to teach cooking, and we teach you how to teach it to kids, families, and adults. We want people with fun personalities, or that understand that if they are not that, that they can have a team to be the face of their brand in the classrooms. This means you are self-aware, comfortable speaking with people, and care about processes and opportunities to find improvements. We welcome feedback and want people that consider themselves communicative and will speak up if something is needed. We say our Owners are the conductor of the orchestra – they don’t need to know how to play the instruments, but they understand how to bring everything together to create a remarkable experience.
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Testimonials
“There are so many moving pieces to opening a new business, and so that’s really why we chose a franchise, because all of those systems and methods are already in place for new owners. This allows you to progress quickly and not have that much of a learning curve.”
– Elizabeth & Chris McKelvey
The Woodlands, TX
