Welcome to your incursion with In My Own Kitchen
Create engaging hands-on food experiences that bring literacy, culture and creativity into the classroom. Created by a professional chef with extensive experience delivering children's cooking programs, our school incursions use food as a tool for exploration, helping students discover how stories, recipes and ingredients connect.
Featured Workshop: Recipe Explorers — Stories We Share Through Food
Matched to the text your class is studying
Food tells stories and recipes hold memories. In this hands-on literacy workshop, students explore a story, then discover that a recipe is a different kind of text, with its own language, structure and purpose. Then they put it to work by following a recipe together and making something to taste.
We build the workshop around the book your class is already reading. For example, with Wombat Stew, students use clues from the story to work out a recipe, then follow it to make a no-cook trail mix. Tell us the text and year level, and we’ll adapt the story links, recipe and language focus to suit.
Students will:
- Explore a food-focused story and the traditions, characters and ideas in it
- Compare stories and recipes: how are they alike and how are they different?
- Spot recipe language, including action words (chop, stir, fold), measurements and ingredient lists, and put steps in the right order
- Work in small groups to follow a recipe and make something to share
- Reflect on how food connects people and tells stories
Links to: English (procedural texts and text structure) and HPE (food and nutrition).
Allergy-aware and adaptable to any year level. We bring all ingredients and equipment and take care of setup and pack down.
Other Workshop Ideas
Every workshop can be adapted to your year level, your current unit and any allergy or dietary needs.
Recipe Detective (English)
Students use clues from a story or text to work out the mystery ingredients, then follow the recipe they’ve cracked to make it. Builds inference, close reading and following procedural text.
Foodie Passport (HASS and Cultural Studies)
Each student gets a passport and “visits” different countries, stamping it as they go. At each stop they learn about the food, taste it and make a simple dish from that country. Great for units on cultures and countries around the world.
Edible Science (Science)
Students shake cream into butter, make fizzy sherbet and try other food experiments, with the science explained along the way. Covers changes to materials, mixtures and observing, predicting and explaining what happens.
Build a Better Lunchbox (HPE)
Students make rice paper rolls or wraps with a dip, sort foods into the five food groups, and plan a lunchbox they’d actually pack. Supports food and nutrition learning with real, hands-on choices.
Looking for something else? Tell us your topic or text, and we’ll build a workshop around it.
Why Teachers Choose Us
- Curriculum-linked. Workshops connect with English, HPE, Science and HASS, and can be matched to the text or unit your class is studying
- Real kitchen skills. Students build food confidence and practical skills like measuring, mixing and following steps in order
- Hands-on for every child. Everyone has a job and everyone makes something, which supports fine motor development and following instructions
- Teamwork in action. Small-group tasks encourage communication and problem-solving
- Inclusive and allergy-aware. We plan around your class’s dietary needs and adapt for neurodivergent learners
- Zero fuss. We bring all ingredients, equipment and a qualified chef, and we handle setup and pack down
Choose Your Incursion
What to Expect on the Day
Format: One class group per session, approximately 45 mintues - 1 hour per session
Typical Schedule: 9:30am–12:30pm (flexible to suit your timetable)
We Bring: All ingredients, equipment, activity materials + qualified chef facilitator
We Handle: Full setup and pack down
What We Need and Why Trust Us
Set Up: Indoor space, 4–5 trestle tables, handwashing facilities, staff supervision
What we'll need from you before the day: Final numbers, dietary requirements/allergies, parking and site access info
Trust Us:
- Public Liability Insured
- Qualified Chef
- Food Safety Certified
- Blue Card Registered
FAQ
How does this link to the curriculum? Our workshops connect with HPE, Science and Cultural Studies learning areas, and the Recipe Explorers workshop specifically supports literacy through recipe language, sequencing and storytelling
What year levels do you cater for? Sessions are designed for primary-aged students and can be adapted for different year levels and learning goals.
How much does a school incursion cost? Pricing depends on group size, session length and location, so we provide a custom quote for every booking
Do you cater for allergies and dietary requirements? Yes - workshops are adaptable for dietary needs. We just need to know allergies and requirements ahead of the session
Are you insured and Blue Card registered? Yes - In My Own Kitchen is public liability insured, food safety certified, and Blue Card registered
How long does a session run?
Sessions run 45-60 minutes, with a typical incursion day scheduled 9:30am–12:30pm in rotating groups - flexible to suit your timetable
Planning your next school or OSHC program?
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