I am a single mother who is trying to get by on a shoestring budget with one daughter out of state in college and another here at home with me in Salem and also I am the temporary guardian of another little 7 1/2 year old girl. I decided it would be a great experience for the girls to attend the cooking class, I figured it would be somewhat similiar to what I experienced as a young girl in home ec class. I have to say I was extremely dissapointed. I spent $158 - which is a whole lot for me....for the girls to go to a class that was all about preparing asian type food. I was shocked....the kids didn't even enjoy eating what they were, for the most part, ""watching"" as it was prepared. My girls were told they could not cook because the meal that was being prepared used an open flame and it was too dangerous. Well of course it is! I can appreciate at least their welfare was considered - but why weren't the items being prepared something more age appropriate? The food was not something kids typically would enjoy. ""Asian Baked Buns, Egg Drop Soup, Red Bean Ice Cream, Teriyaki Chicken, Vegetable Stir Fry, Coconut Rice Pudding, Pad Thai, Banana Fritters and Mango Smoothies"" The only two items that even come close to what I would consider ""maybees"" would be the Fritters and the smoothies. It was a big disappointment to not only them, but to me also - - I wanted this class to excite them about cooking - not be so complicated and about cooking foods they didn't even like..\r
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When I called asked her about the menu and the appropriatness of the menu items considering the ages of the children in the class Chef Donna stated that she did not have children of her own and quite possibly wasn't the one best suited to teach this class. \r
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I'd be interested in hearing back from someone there at Kelly's about this.\r
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I never received any reply from Kelly's! Very Disappointed.\r
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