Boot Camps
Please take some time and browse through our list of camps. Any of our boot camps can be customized to accommodate your time commitment. The following camps are offered for both half-day and one-day periods.
- Seafood 101
- Chocolate and Wine
- Thrills on the Grill
- Kids "R" Kookin'
- Custom Group/Corporate Experiences
Seafood 101 - $199 full day (taxes extra)
Seafood lovers ahoy! The Culinary Institute of Canada is preparing a one of a kind boot camp experience that features a treasure trove of morsels from the deep, as well as an education in seafood. Delivered by master class chefs, Seafood 101 gives you an experience that will last for a lifetime.
2010 Dates Available:
Did you know?
The fresh seafood served in Charlottetown restaurants may come from one of the many aquaculture operations in the surrounding bays and rivers. You can spot the mussel farms by looking for the rows of buoys that mark shellfish lines.Chocolate and Wine - $129 half-day (taxes extra)
Explore pairings of your favourite indulgences - wine and chocolate. This boot camp features a decadent chocolate selection, from classic flavours to unexpected surprises, matched to a premium VQA wine. Pair the right wine with the right chocolate, and you'll experience a match made in heaven!
2010 Dates Available: (all camps are half-day)
Did you know?
Few foods in history are as highly prized as chocolate. Chocolate was so valuable to the Mayan people that cacao beans were used as currency. The Aztec emperor Montezuma drank 50 goblets of chocolate per day.
Thrills on the Grill - $199 full day (taxes extra)
Fire up the grill! Ever since man discovered fire, we've had a love affair with grilling, and no one has perfected this culinary tradition like The Culinary Institute of Canada. Our chefs bring their culinary skills to the grill, taking students on a taste journey around the island with exciting, flavourful recipes for all to enjoy.
2010 Dates Available:
Did you know?
Where did the word "barbeque" or "barbecue" originate? No one really knows, but it appears a toss up between these two theories:- Barbacoa - the Caribbean word meaning a "framework of sticks" which suspended the meat over a flame to cook
- Barbe de que - A French term describing the roasting of an animal from barbe (chin) to que (tail)
Kids "R" Kookin' - 4 day camps (ages 7-17) - $299.00
Stir it up... If your kids always want to help out in the kitchen, or if you'd like to get your youngster excited about food, then we have a four day camp for you. Kids "R" Kookin' takes the concept of summer camp to a whole new level. The Culinary Institute of Canada offers kids aged 7 to 17 the opportunity to learn how to cook from the very best. Our camps feature action packed days in the kitchen, where they learn all about culinary arts through demonstrations and hands-on experience.
Kids don the chef's white jacket, learn about spices, herbs, meats, vegetables, and starches and play as they cook. Our menus are designed to be age-appropriate; incorporate a variety of culinary techniques and skills; to appeal to and develop younger palates, and to help children discover the process and pleasure of cooking and sharing food together. At the end of each day, they take home a recipe card, so they'll be able to show off their newly-acquired skills to the rest of the family, and at the end of camp, they take home their own chef's apron.
Our boot camps are based on a minimum booking of 10 kids with a maximum of 16. Camps are subject to availability and applicable taxes.
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2010 Dates Available:
Did you know?
...that cooking with your kids is a natural way for them to develop motor skills? If you've never looked at cooking that way before, think again.Custom Group/Corporate Experiences
We can personalize each Culinary Boot Camp to suit our clients' needs. This type of flexibility allows us to offer camps suited to groups such as corporate staff or client appreciation activities, team building excercises, tour groups, sports teams, and associations; and for events such as anniversaries, birthdays, reunions, and wedding showers. We can tweak one of our boot camps into something perfectly suited to your tastes. If you have a group interested in a truly unique culinary experience at The Culinary Institute of Canada, please call us at (902) 566-9305.
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