summer 2024: in-person
Culinary Nutrition and Fitness Camp at Susie's Kitchen for youths ages 9 to 17 years are excited to announce our 2024 camps. At UT Austin, we combine culinary skills with nutrition science to create a truly unique experience!
Classes include nutrition/health basics, knife skills, kitchen safety, proper kitchen cleaning techniques, and of course, cooking - all key concepts for budding chefs of all ages! There are four weeks of fun camps with two different themes (see details below):
Summer 2024
Session 1: June 17-21 Camp Week - Serving Up MyPlate! (ages 9-12 yrs)
Session 2: June 19-23 Camp Week - Serving Up MyPlate! (ages 13-17 yrs)
Session 3: July 15-19 Camp Week - International Cuisine (ages 9-12 yrs) (
Session 4: July 22-26 Camp Week - International Cuisine (ages 13-17 yrs)
Youth camps are on weekdays, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm, throughout June and July. The camps include a lunch and snacks that the campers prepare, along with fun indoor and outdoor physical activity.
Contact the camp director to discuss options for siblings that do not fall into the same age categories.
UT Culinary Nutrition & Fitness Camp at Susie's Kitchen
Our week-long summer camps for youths ages 9 -17 years focus on learning about healthy, nutritious food and how to prepare it.
The day will start with nutrition education followed by a culinary experience in our teaching kitchen as campers prepare their own lunch. Kitchen safety, safe food handling, and knife skills will be practiced. After the culinary experience, campers will have the opportunity to participate in fitness sessions with trainers from the Fitness Institute of Texas (FIT) located on the west side of the Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Campers will end the day learning about and preparing a healthy and fun snack.
CAMPS ARE LIMITED TO 14 PARTICIPANTS EACH WEEK
Camp Information:
Our camp is led under the direction of Dr. Ladia Hernandez, Registered Dietitian and Assistant Professor of Instruction in the Department of Nutritional Sciences. Camp counselors for the summer camp will be a team of pre-professional students from the Coordinated Program in Dietetics and senior-level nutrition students.
Contact email for camp: skcamp@austin.utexas.edu
Address for Gearing Hall: 200 W 24th Street, Austin, TX 78712
The curbside drop-off/pick-up location on the north side of Gearing Hall can be accessed from Dean Keeton Street. Enter Parking Lot 15 via University Ave from Dean Keeton St. Camp Counselors will be waiting outside the northside of Gearing Hall to escort the camper inside Gearing Hall and will escort the camper out at the end of the day for check-out.
Susan Thomas Jastrow was born and raised in Austin and attended the University of Texas at Austin. She received a B.S. in Home Economics and a teaching certificate in 1969 and a B.S. in Nutrition in 1995, becoming a Registered Dietitian the same year. She was a research associate under the direction of Margaret E. Briley for two years, after which time she created the Nutrition Services department in the People's Community Clinic. Her efforts as a nutritional consultant and diabetes educator have improved community health. 
