Chef Lily, AKA, “The Kids Chef” is a cooking instructor and freelance chef with a culinary degree from Madison College and a background in Early Childhood Education. Her goal as an instructor is to expose children to the many benefits of cooking through hands-on experiences that develop skills to be used for life. Chef Lily has been bringing yummy joy to the Madison Public Library for many years. This fall, she will host a variety of cooking classes at Lakeview Library for different age groups:
Teen Cooking Club
At Lakeview Library
For teens and tweens, this is a bi-weekly cooking club taking place on Friday evenings, where participants prepare and enjoy a wide variety of recipes, while learning about meal planning, following recipes, and using kitchen gadgets and tools.
- August 23, 4:30pm | Lakeview Library
- September 6, 4:30pm | Lakeview Library
- September 20, 4:30pm | Lakeview Library
- October 4, 4:30pm | Lakeview Library
- October 18, 4:30pm | Lakeview Library
- November 1, 4:30pm | Lakeview Library
- November 15, 4:30pm | Lakeview Library
- December 6, 4:30pm | Lakeview Library
- December 20, 4:30pm | Lakeview Library
Registration is not required, but participation will be limited to the first 25 attendees.
Hawthorne Youth Cooking Club
At Hawthorne Library
Young people, ages 6-17 years old, are invited to cook with Chef Lily at Hawthorne Library! Participants will prepare and enjoy a wide variety of recipes, while learning about meal planning, following recipes, and using kitchen gadgets and tools.
- September 26, 5pm
- October 10, 5pm
- October 24, 5pm
- November 7, 5pm
- November 21, 5pm
- December 5, 5pm
- December 19, 5pm
Events take place roughly every other Thursday. No registration required.
Cooking with Chef Lily
For school-age kids, we have Cooking With Chef Lily, which occurs on select Saturdays at 1:30PM and Tuesdays at 4:30PM throughout the month.
- August 17, 1:30pm | Lakeview Library
- August 20, 4:30pm | Lakeview Library
- August 27, 4:30pm | Lakeview Library
- September 14, 1:30pm | Lakeview Library
- September 17, 4:30pm | Lakeview Library
- September 24, 4:30pm | Lakeview Library
- September 28, 1:30pm | Lakeview Library
- October 1, 4:30pm | Lakeview Library
- October 8, 4:30pm | Lakeview Library
- October 15, 4:30pm | Lakeview Library
- October 29, 4:30pm | Lakeview Library
- November 12, 4:30pm | Lakeview Library
- November 19, 4:30pm | Lakeview Library
- November 23, 1:30pm | Lakeview Library
- November 26, 4:30pm | Lakeview Library
- December 3, 4:30pm | Lakeview Library
- December 10, 4:30pm | Lakeview Library
- December 17, 4:30pm | Lakeview Library
- December 21, 1:30pm | Lakeview Library
Registration is not required, but participation will be limited to the first 25 attendees.
An extra special thank you to Willy St. Co-op North for generously providing all the food used in cooking videos and for our cooking classes.
Good news! Chef Lily has created a series of online cooking videos so people can make her recipes at home. Kids and families will learn about different foods, where they come from, how to follow recipes and how to use a variety of tools over the course of the 12-video series. To watch and cook along with Chef Lily, visit madpl.org/cookwithlily.