Little Kitchen Academy

THE MOST POWERFUL PODCAST EPISODE TO DATE. Did you know? • 1 in 36 children have autism spectrum disorder. • 1 in 6 children and teens aged 3-17 years are diagnosed with a developmental disability. • 22% of children and adolescents have unhealthy eating behaviours. If you know a child with autism, have faced pediatric feeding challenges, have a “picky eater” or simply believe every child deserves a positive relationship with food— this episode of Meet Me in the Kitchen is for YOU! Like all parents, Jennifer and Rob want the best for their daughter, Nora, who struggled with a pediatric feeding delay and was diagnosed with autism at a young age. In this episode, the Coffeys explain how after years of battling with food, LKA has not only given their family hope, but an inclusive environment for their child with autism. After years of struggling to find it, happiness is now the one ingredient that's always in their kitchen. Listen now on Spotify and Apple Music Statistics from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ANAD (National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders) Ronald McDonald House Charities Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital at St Vincent Peyton Manning Children's Hospital Why Not? Foundation

OUR BIGGEST GRANT EVER has been awarded to Katy Perry’s Firework Foundation 🎉🎆 Through our Changing Lives from Scratch Fund in partnership with Russell Westbrook's Why Not? Foundation, 80 incredible teens from Firework Foundation’s Leaders in Training program will get to experience the transformative benefits of Little Kitchen Academy during #FireworkFridays! We can’t wait to welcome them to the kitchen! 👩🍳

CHANGING LIVES FROM SCRATCH FUND'S VERY FIRST GRANT 🎉 We’re thrilled to share that The Westbrook Academy will be the very first recipients of our Changing Lives from Scratch Fund as they celebrate their new campus opening! As our first official grantees of Little Kitchen Academy and Why Not? Foundation's CLFS Fund, Westbrook Academy will be able to enrich their students' learning with LKA cooking classes. Learn how you can donate or apply for the fund https://lnkd.in/gMA5CrMa Russell Westbrook Nina Westbrook LA Promise Fund

Check out our Lettuce Grow hydroponic farmstands in MONTECRISTO Magazine's Autumn 2024 Issue! 🥬 We're giving our students the opportunity to truly experience our food philosophy: providing students with ingredients that are organic, seasonal, and local. "It's never about the actual food or what they're making. It's about all the skills they build that are preparing them for the rest of life." Find the latest issue online https://lnkd.in/gMUxutB9 Jacob P. Niko Bell

Did you know that September is National Fruits & Veggies Month? 🥬 All of our recipes have been thoughtfully designed to incorporate seasonal and local produce so that their food not only tastes better, but teaches them to be mindful of how plants are grown and how they can protect the environment. We're proud to be partnered with Lettuce Grow, bringing fresh herbs, vegetables and fruits year-round inside our schools. From learning about pollination to harvesting fresh basil for their pasta, our students are cooking with a true farm-to-table experience. Enroll today https://lnkd.in/gZbis359

We're thrilled to welcome Barry Gibson as our new Chief Financial Officer! Barry brings over 20 years of operationally focused financial leadership experience across three continents, having worked most recently as the CFO of @CodeNinjas. As Little Kitchen Academy enters our next chapter of a Series A Growth Financing round, Barry will be providing enhanced financial oversight, elevating reporting, and identifying new revenue opportunities for the company. https://lnkd.in/gi2zB6MD

Check out our Founder, President & COO, Felicity Curin, featured on Fox News Media with Peter Burke! "The idea of knowing where your food is coming from, knowing that you can control it, grow it, tend to it, care for it and then turn it into something spectacular with different degrees of science is really interesting." Read the full article:

We’re delighted to announce a significant milestone in our journey with IKEA: the launch of the LKA // IKEA Partner Portal for Canada, with the USA coming soon! 🇨🇦🇺🇸 Partnering with such an iconic brand will amplify our mission, elevate our impact, and—thanks to the new portal—make it easier and more cost-effective to outfit our schools with IKEA’s amazing products. This is a rare and exciting opportunity, and it’s a testament to what we are doing and how we are impacting the lives of so many in our communities. Stay tuned for more updates! 🌟

"Every child deserves to develop a healthy relationship with food... It’s a survival skill, and that’s what many don’t realize. It’s not just cooking." - Brian Curin, Co-Founder. We’re deeply grateful to Russell Westbrook, Nina Westbrook, and Russell Westbrook Why Not? Foundation for helping to bring the Changing Lives from Scratch Fund to life, enabling over 10,000 underserved children and teens to experience the magic of Little Kitchen Academy. Thank you, FOX 11 Los Angeles - KTTV, for this wonderful segment! ⭐ https://bit.ly/4dpOOWZ