Frequently Asked Questions

• Creative, tasty and healthy recipes. Each week, students learn new skills and try new flavors as they make a snack for the class to share. Students never repeat a recipe throughout the entire school year!
• Important food safety and kitchen skills. Fun, safe and easy-to-learn cooking skills that kids will use for a lifetime.
• Kid-friendly cooking tools and fresh, seasonal ingredients.
• A Sticky Fingers Cooking® trained chef instructor who blends expert instruction with fun.
• Careful attention to food allergies. All of our recipes are nut-free and we’re happy to accommodate all allergies or sensitivities.
• Lots of fun and an exceptional learning experience! Every class incorporates math, science, time-keeping, geography, food history, nutrition, global food traditions, teamwork, and reading. And, a big delicious helping of fun and laughter because cooking with kids is a joy!

It depends! If the class is full, you are welcome to join the waitlist. If registration is through the school, check with them to see if late sign ups are allowed. If registration is through our website, tuition will be prorated if the class or camp has already started so you will only pay for the classes your child attends.

SCHOOL PROGRAMS (ONLINE & IN-PERSON) REFUND POLICY: If you are not completely satisfied after the first class, please let us know.* Refunds will not be issued after the second class date has occurred. Please expect 7-16 days for the refund to fully process. *Processing Fees apply.

CAMP PROGRAMS (IN-PERSON) REFUND POLICY: Full tuition will be refunded if registration is canceled up to 15 days before the start of camp.* 50% tuition will be refunded if registration is canceled within 14 days of the start of camp.* Please expect 7-16 days for the refund to fully process. *Processing Fees apply.

REGISTRATION TRANSFERS: There are zero processing fees to transfer your child's existing registration to another Sticky Fingers Cooking® session.

STUDENT ABSENCES: Sticky Fingers Cooking® does not provide refunds or credits for absences due to personal scheduling conflicts, family vacations, sick days, etc.

All of us at Sticky Fingers Cooking understand that traffic or just plain life can sometimes make a person late. Please keep in mind that parents that pick up children late have an effect on everyone at our cooking classes. Call us and let us know ASAP: 303-648-4078 extension #1

In addition to your child becoming upset if you do not arrive as usual, remember that our Chef/Instructors are professionals and some have children of their own, with their own commitments to attend to after class. Because traffic and other outside factors are always unpredictable, allowing a margin in your travel time is key. Since the primary responsibility of Sticky Fingers Cooking® is your child’s protection and well-being, the following policy is set in place in the event that you do not pick up or arrange to have someone pick up your child at the end of class:

• Sticky Fingers Cooking® will attempt to reach all emergency contact numbers, including parents or guardians at home, work and cell phone numbers, as provided by parent/guardian on the child’s registration form. It is your responsibility as parents or guardians to provide the number of any and all persons who you authorize to pick up your child and to keep Sticky Fingers Cooking informed of any changes in these contact numbers.
• If Sticky Fingers Cooking is unable to reach anyone at any of the contact numbers provided by the parent/guardian, and one-half hour has passed, Sticky Fingers Cooking® will arrange with the school to leave your child in after care. Sticky Fingers Cooking® may need to call the police if the after school care is not available.
• LATE PICK-UP FEES: A late fee of $5.00 per child will be assessed after the first 10 minutes and an additional $1.00 per child for every minute after that will be assessed until your child is picked up. Invoices will be sent via email and will fees will go directly to your child's Chef/Instructor. This fee must be paid in full prior to your child’s next class.
• Under all circumstances, the staff of Sticky Fingers Cooking® will not hold your child responsible in any way for the late pick up, and discussion of this issue will only be with the parent or guardian.

ALL dietary restrictions, food sensitivities, intolerances and allergies are always accommodated.

All children can cook and enjoy food, no matter what their restrictions may entail. Our recipes are always 100% NUT FREE! Registration through our website allows you to notify us of allergies before class so that our chefs can be prepared in advance. If your child has any allergies or dietary restrictions, please indicate what kind of allergy during the registration process.

When you are looking at your state specific school program page, in-person classes will be listed under the IN-PERSON SCHOOL PROGRAMS and online/virtual classes will be listed under the ONLINE SCHOOL PROGRAMS tab.

In order to ensure that all of our young chefs have a safe and enjoyable experience in the classroom, we limit class size and require each participating child to pay for a spot in class. At this time, we do not offer sibling discounts. If you have a special circumstance that you would like to speak with us about, we would love to hear from you. Please feel free to contact us.

We ask that students meet the minimum age requirement listed in each class or camp description. For in-person programs, the age guideline is there to support our instructors so that they are able to equally help all young chefs.

Sticky Fingers Cooking® does not refund for snow days or school closures. We work with your school and do our very best to schedule a make-up cooking class for your child! Please note: If a cooking class is canceled directly from Sticky Fingers Cooking for example, our chef is sick and not able to teach a class, you will get a 100% refund on tuition for that day. 

• Class size will be limited.
• Hand washing will take place every 20-30 minutes. Hand washing before, during, and after class will be required.
• Extra time will be taken to sanitize the workspace and equipment before and after each class.
• Mask requirements differ per state and facility for students. We will notify you if masks do become a requirement.

No. Due to our agreements with the schools that we teach in, all children that participate in our cooking classes must attend that school. We do have some classes that are open to the public and they are stated so on our website. If you want Sticky Fingers Cooking® at your child’s school, please let us know! We would love to set up a cooking class at your student's school!

Our number one goal is to maintain a safe, comfortable, encouraging and supportive environment in which children can learn to love cooking and eating healthy foods.

We guide students by providing a safe, engaging, hands-on learning experience throughout class. Our goal is to empower them to feel confident and safe while making their meal. We do this by asking the children lots of questions. Students are expected to act as they would during the regular school day by being respectful of our instructor, other students, and the space we are using.

If a student is acting disrespectfully toward our instructor, fellow students or the classroom, we will notify the students family and the school. If the behavior is not improved, any inappropriate or disruptive conduct will be grounds for dismissal from the Sticky Fingers Cooking® class without a refund. Sticky Fingers Cooking® reserves the right to deny enrollment based on a student's behavior.

When you complete registration through our website, you will be prompted to sign our waiver.

If you have registered through a school or camp, the waiver will be sent to you via email and can be completed online.

Please contact us if you are interested in volunteering in your child’s class! Every school has different requirements so we'll need to check with your child's school.