New York Cooking Camp 2025
New York City: Our Flagship Cooking Camp Location
We are the world’s biggest and best summer cooking camp. Our professional chef instructors teach students of all skill levels in commercial kitchens, making everything from scratch.
We have created an experience unlike any other summer program out there. We foster personal growth and development in the areas of independence, leadership, collaboration, self-care, empowerment, advocacy, creativity, and future-forward thinking.
Learn more about our day and overnight culinary summer camp below, and find out more about professional kitchens, our 100+ recipes, daily schedule, and more.
campusNYC Program Details
2025 Dates in NYC:
Session 1: June 22nd -28th
Session 2: June 29th – July 5th
Session 3: July 6th – July 12th
Session 4: July 13th – July 19th
Session 5: July 20th – July 26th
Session 6: July 27th – August 2nd
Commuter students: Attend 10am-6pm Monday – Friday
Residential students: move in Sunday; move-out Saturday morning after their session.
Ages:
12-17 Years Old
Enrollment Type:
Residential or Day
Kitchen:
Institute of Culinary Education
225 Liberty St Third Floor, New York, NY 10281
Pro kitchens in NYC
Cook in the best kitchen in NYC
View our Kitchen Page to learn more. You have to see it!
campusNYC is located at Institution of Culinary Education (ICE), housed in the high-security Brookfield Place building near the World Trade Center. There are tons or trains there, including the PATH trains and NYC subways, and car drop-off is also easy. It is literally the biggest and best kitchen we have found.
Brookfield Place is one of the top 5 highest security buildings in all of NYC. That’s comforting.
Click HERE to read more about the kitchen.
Savory or Pastry Concentrations:
NYC is the only Summer Culinary program with two distinct tracks: savory and pastry.
Savory
Our savory track is designed for all-around cooking, skill development, and focuses more on appetizers and entrees, with less about dessert or baking. This is for the dinner chefs of the future!
Pastry
Our pastry or baking camp option allows for students who really want to bake, or who want to focus on pastry, get to do that literally all day. The dishes those students produce are AMAZING!
Explore the City
Rogue Squads in NYC Cooking Camp
We invented “Rogue Squads” so our residential kids could all get to go out and do what they want to do, within reason, and with a staffer, during the evenings. What that looks like in reality is, after the students leave the kitchen, they break up into small groups and zip to favorite NYC destinations. One group wants to go to the fancy sneaker stores in SoHo, then Shake Shack, then Times Square photo opp, then back to the dorm. Another group might hit Glossier, Brandy Melville, UO SoHo, then go for chocolate and pastries in Little Italy. The options are literally endless. Past Rogue Squads have visited basically everywhere a teen would want to go.
RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM
Live in luxury student housing at the St. George Towers, just one subway stop from Manhattan, the dorms are conveniently situated only 20 minutes away from the kitchen.
View our Housing page to learn more. You have to see it!
St. George Towers boasts impressive amenities, including a spacious community center, communal kitchens, screening rooms, pool tables, and more.
Beyond being a fantastic place to stay, the Towers are a short walk from the picturesque Cadman Plaza Park. The surrounding area offers a variety of local Brooklyn shops, artisans, and easy access to the East River and the NYC Ferry.
The rooms at St. George Towers are fully furnished and equipped with air conditioning, twin-sized beds, dressers, desks, chairs, and private ensuite bathrooms. They provide everything your student needs to prepare for an exciting day of cooking and exploring all that NYC has to offer.
NYC Cooking Camp Testimonials
My daughter learned to be more expressive as she described what their dishes included, her leadership and team skills were enhanced. All that and the food she brought home to sample were great bonuses!! She has has cooked amazing meals for our family multiple times since being home from camp!“
- Stephen, 2022 Parent (Westchester, NY)
“It felt like I was living in New York for the sake of doing what I love.”
– Dara, 2019 Student (Providence, RI)
“ I enjoyed cooking in the kitchen with all the friends I made and visiting all the iconic New York sites”-
– Madi, 2016 Student (Fort Wayne, IN)
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Dive into NYC’s Culinary Scene with Our Teen Cooking Camp!
Forget the tourist traps, your teen’s summer adventure awaits in the heart of New York City! Our vibrant NYC cooking camp is specially crafted for teens eager to master the kitchen and ignite their culinary passion. Choose between an immersive overnight experience or a fun-filled day camp – either way, they’ll be whisked away into a world of delicious possibilities.
Ready to take your teen’s summer to the next level? Our NYC cooking camp offers more than just meals – it’s a gateway to independence, self-discovery, and a lifelong love of food.
So, ditch the ordinary and let your teen explore the culinary heart of NYC! Our camp offers a summer packed with flavor, fun, and skills that will stay with them long after the last dish is devoured.
Contact us today and let their culinary adventure begin!
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New York Culinary Camp – Check out our premier culinary camp in the Big Apple. Take your culinary skills to the next level while you also get the opportunity to explore one of the biggest and best cities in the world.