Ms. Reed Brings School Lunch to Life in the Classroom

When elementary school teacher Beth Reed at PS 146 in East Harlem heard that her school cafeteria would be serving Rachael’s NYC Sizzling Soft Taco with Southwest Roasted Chicken and Corn Relish and Vegetarian “Veg-Head” Beans as part of Yum-o!’s collaboration with the New York City Department of Education’s Office of SchoolFood, she was inspired […]

New York City Mayor Bloomberg and Rachael Ray Announce New Programs to Promote Healthy Eating

(New York, NY) — On May 13, 2010, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Rachael Ray announced a series of initiatives to help New York City’s youth eat healthier and understand where their food comes from. The new programs, supported by Rachael Ray and her Yum-o! organization, will help schools build a garden or connect them to an existing garden and provide cooking and nutrition instruction to young New Yorkers…

Yum-o! Scholarships

Rachael Ray and the Yum-o! team recently visited Frankford High School in Philadelphia, PA to meet with Wilma Stephenson and her hardworking culinary students in Room 325. Surprising 10 students with culinary scholarships was not the only surprise Rachael had in store. Check out these video clips from the Rachael Ray show to learn more!

Sprouts Academy Preschool

Sprouts Academy Preschool is an early childhood learning center that has taken a very unique approach to education. Children learn how to engage in a healthy and responsible lifestyle through daily exposure to learning projects, natural living green alternatives, taking a socially responsible stance in their environment and harvesting school-grown food for healthy cooking and […]

BK Farmyards

Brooklyn-based BK Farmyards’ mission is to bring communities together around the dinner table by building a local food network that enhances the health of our culture, our people and our environment. BK Farmyards works with neighborhood residents to transform private yards into farms and also offers neighbors the opportunity to meet each other and celebrate […]

ZisBoomBah

ZisBoomBah has created a website to help parents create kid-friendly dinners with the help of their children. Through their free, fun and educational game, Pick Chow!, kids get to enjoy playing with different dinner choices – in order to achieve the highest score possible, they must create a balanced nutritious meal. Once their meal is […]

Naked Nuggets

After years of culinary training and opening some of New York City’s most popular restaurants, brothers Eric and Bruce Bromberg realized that cooking tasty, kid-pleasing, and healthful meals for Eric’s three children was their biggest and most important challenge of all. Frustrated by what was available in most supermarkets, these chefs stripped down Eric’s kids’ […]

Outdoor Classrooms

In July 2008, Rebecca P. Cohen walked around the schoolyard of her children’s future public elementary school. She and her boys, then 4 and 6, were excited but disappointed when they came to what looked like a once-loved garden. “There were five large garden beds, one for every grade, but the beds were bare,” she […]

Yum-o! Scholarships: Spotlight on Aria Anastasio

A core part of Yum-o!’s mission is helping kids reach their food-related career goals by funding culinary school scholarships. Applications for the 2010 scholarships will be due this spring, so be on the lookout for more information!

For some inspiration, we checked in with Aria Anastasio, a 2008 scholarship recipient who attended the French Culinary Institute (FCI). After working at Marisol at the Cliffs in Pismo Beach, CA upon graduation, Aria currently works at the Cass House in Cayucos, CA while setting her sights on her ultimate dream of opening two cake shops, one on each coast!

Food for Kids

Chef Joseph Ciminera, host of several nationally syndicated cooking shows, has created Food for Kids, a 7-day meal plan for kids and families and a companion educational DVD. Food for Kids is the result of two years of Chef Ciminera traveling throughout the country and trying out his recipes on real kids, so the final […]