'Called to Serve Dinner' class helps future missionaries learn to cook

'Called to Serve Dinner' class helps future missionaries learn to cook

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BOUNTIFUL — A local chef has taken it upon herself to teach youths how to cook in preparation for going off to college or on an LDS mission.

Lindsey Joy Smith is qualified to cook at a master chef level, but her true love is teaching at a beginner level. Out of the kitchen in her home, Smith runs her business The Chipper Chef.

In 2014, Smith started a class for prospective missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and those who may be cooking on their own for the first time.

"Called to Serve Dinner" is a one-time, three-to-four hour class that covers basics in the kitchen such as kitchen sanitation, how to eat healthy, manners and etiquette, how to select vegetables, how to read a recipe and how to properly brown meat.

Smith said it's her favorite class to teach. She loves working with youths, which is part of the reason she got the idea for the class.

Within the LDS Church, Smith said, there is a culture of moms doing everything.

"And that's OK, we're great at it, but a lot of kids aren't getting the time that they probably could have and should have in the kitchen to learn some of the basic skills to take care of themselves," Smith said.

Participants leave each class with enough food to share with three or four people. While in class, they learn how to properly set up their kitchen in college and how to purchase the right knives.

"Give someone a really good meal, he's happy after that one meal, but if they know how to make good meals for the rest of their lives, then their lives are just bound to be delicious," Smith said.

Since Smith knows most of the youths' moms are signing them up for the class, she requires parents to privately book a class with between six and 16 young friends, so the students will be cooking with people they know.

To sign up for the $60-per-student Called to Serve class, visit The Chipper Chef.

"It really is a fun experience," Smith said. "It's worth the effort to drag your teen."

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