Facilitator Training Program

Were it not for The Happy Kitchen/La Cocina Alegre™ Facilitator Training Program, the cooking classes would not be possible. By offering cooking class participants the opportunity to facilitate cooking classes in their community, the peer model forms the basis of its success. The Program consists of 10 hours of training classes where trainees gain important nutrition information and develop new cooking skills, like proper knife use, as well as learn to speak and present publically. Upon completion of the facilitator training classes, new facilitators are paired with seasoned facilitators to conduct the cooking classes. This peer model enables experienced facilitators to further their involvement with The Happy Kitchen/La Cocina Alegre™ while also developing invaluable leadership skills by becoming peer-trainers. New trainees gain invaluable experience, exposure, self confidence, and knowledge by learning to deliver the cooking classes from peer mentors.