Kapiolani Community College Culinary Summer Camp

Teen Culinary Summer Camp at Kapiolani CC

Kapiolani Community College's Office of Continuing Education and Training runs a teen Culinary Summer Camp in the Ohia Building on the Diamond Head campus. Chef Alan Tsuchiyama instructs fundamental cooking techniques using sustainable Hawaiian ingredients.

Teen Programs

Week-long summer camp tracks plus shorter kid courses. Programs include:
- Culinary Summer Camp for Teens (ages 13-18, week-long sessions)
- Younger kid culinary courses (ages 7-9, 10-12 - check OCET catalog)
- Field trip to a lo'i (taro patch)
- Modern-day lū'au dishes, flavors of Italy, Aloha Friday Grindz
- Sustainable ingredient focus

What's Included

• All ingredients and chef-grade cookware
• Use of the OCET teaching kitchen at Diamond Head campus
• Recipes and tasting of each cooked dish
• Chef-led instruction

Experience

Teens get real culinary-school technique from a credentialed chef instructor in a community college teaching kitchen. Field trip to a taro patch (lo'i) ties technique to Hawaiian agricultural tradition. Multiple two-week session options in June and July.