Chef is the New Astronaut: The Best Camps for Kids With Culinary Ambitions

So your child wants to be a celebrity chef. Here’s a best-of guide to the current surge of activities, from cooking camps to mail-order kits, aimed at satisfying fledgling foodies

Matthew Kronsberg

June 19, 2018 2:13 p.m. ET

CONGRATULATIONS. It seems like only yesterday your child was determined to live on nothing but chicken tenders and buttered pasta. But you nudged and cajoled, set a good example and broadened a young palate.

Now your junior foodie wants to celebrate the end of the school year with a trip to the sushi bar for a $100 omakase experience, has traded chasing the ice cream truck for inspecting the offerings at the gelateria and takes possession of the kitchen on weekends. “I don’t use fondant,” 12-year-old Sarah Park declared...