Cooking 101 Spin Club

Join the Virtual 4-H Cooking SPIN Club! 

If you love to cook and want to learn more, this is the club for you. You will be able to learn to cook in your own kitchen with a responsible adult, learn about kitchen safety, equipment, measurement and more, work on projects to prepare for fair judging, or if you are new to 4-H, try this club to see what 4-H is all about!  

Learn more about...

• Introduction to cooking
• Food safety
• Kitchen safety
• Measuring
• Snacks
• Side Dishes
• Main Dishes
• Quick Breads
• Desserts

Classes are open to McHenry & Lake County youth, ages 8-18 as of September 1, 2024 are welcome to join! (Usually just finishing grades 3-12)

TWO classes are being offered on ZOOM: 

1. Beginning Cooking Club members @ 10:00am via ZOOM - first time club participants
2. Returning/Advanced Cooking Club members @ 11:15am via ZOOM - returning members or approved experienced cooks

Class Dates - Meetings will be online via ZOOM

1. Monday, June 9
2. Monday, June 16
3. Monday, June 23
4. Monday, June 30
5. Monday, July 14
6. Monday, July 21
   
    

Recipes/ingredients will be emailed to you in advance to allow time to add ingredients to your shopping list. You will be need to gather supplies and ingredients prior to the class and have access to a device with video viewing capabilities. 

This class is taught by 4-H Alumni, Frank Herff, and 4-H volunteer, Denise Woolridge. 

Current 4-H members and NEW to 4-H youth WELCOME! This is a great opportunity to try 4-H! Invite a friend to join!  

• Current 4-H members- be sure you have added the Cooking SPIN Club to your 4-H ZSuite enrollment.
  • (If you are a Lake County 4-H member, you will need to add McHenry County to find the Club)
• If you are NEW to 4-H, please be sure to enroll at: https://4h.zsuite.org  , (See Enrollment guide HERE),pay the $20 4-H enrollment fee online OR check payable to: University of Illinois Extension
  • McHenry County Extension, 1102 McConnell Rd, P.O. Box 1430, Woodstock, IL 60098
  • Lake County Extension, 100 S Hwy 45, Grayslake, IL 60030
• There is NO deadline to join 4-H, however, to participate in this year’s 4-H Fair judging, members must be enrolled by the first class. 

ZSuite is our online Illinois 4-H member enrollment system.  

• See 4-H ZSuite Enrollment Guide or McHenry County 4-H INFO HERE
• Select McHenry County.
• Select Cooking 101 SPIN Club.
• Select Healthy Living & Nutrition/Cooking 101 as your project area. (NOTE - Returning members may be in 201, 301 or 401)

For questions or more information, please contact club leader, Denise Woolridge wool8893@aol.com or 4-H Coordinator, Megan Eppel meppel@illinois.edu 815-338-3737

Current 4-H members in Cooking 101-401 or any cooking project area and NEW to 4-H youth WELCOME! This is a great opportunity to try 4-H!