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Extension > Family > Cooking Matters® Minnesota > Volunteer

Volunteer

Volunteers are a key part of a successful, sustainable Cooking Matters® program in Minnesota. Cooking Matters® MN combines the expertise of Extension in the area of nutrition with local chefs, classroom assistants, shoppers, translators, etc. who volunteer their time and talents to teach Minnesota families how to create healthy, delicious meals on a limited budget. Our goal is to increase the confidence of our participants so they know how to go to the grocery store, make healthy choices and cook them in a way their family with want to eat.

Cooking Matters® Volunteer Positions

Culinary Instructor

The culinary instructor will serve as a teacher and role model, teaching key skills and inspiring participants to cook more healthy, inexpensive meals at home.

Class Shopper

The class shopper with ensure that each class is stocked with the healthy, inexpensive foods needed to give participants hands-on practice preparing meals they can then make for themselves at home.

Class Manager

The class manager is responsible for overall class management and will work to facilitate each course by communicating with the team to ensure that each class runs smoothly so that participants receive the highest quality learning experience.

Class Assistant

The class assistant will ensure that each class runs smoothly by helping to unload and arrange groceries and supplies, assembling the take-home grocery bags, setting up and breaking down the classroom, and assisting the chef and nutrition educator.

Featured Volunteer

Seth Bixby-Daugherty

Named by Food and Wine Magazine as one of America's Best New Chefs in 2005, Chef Seth Bixby-Daugherty has been a lifelong student of food. More...

Get Involved

Step 1: Complete Volunteer Form

Step 2: Attend Volunteer Orientation

Step 3: Sign up for a Course

See the related program: Simply Good Eating

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