COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) – Texas A&M is hosting summer camps throughout the season to keep kids learning and growing, including a new offering this year: Caneck Culinary Camps.
The camps are led by Chef Brandon Williams, who said the program is meant to welcome local kids into the campus kitchen and introduce them to the culinary sphere.
“I wanted to bring the kids together in the Brazos Valley community for a fun adventure with the culinary world,” Williams said. “Just to introduce people into our world, things what we do and what we learn and just to show them how exciting it can be.”
Williams said campers will learn kitchen fundamentals, including cooking techniques and knife skills.
“A typical day is going to be…full of information,” he said. “We’re just going to go over basics of the culinary world as far as cooking techniques and knife skills.”
Students will also cook as part of the experience. Williams said day one will focus on preparation for a meal finished on the second day.
“On day one of the camp, what we’ll do is we’ll go into a little bit of marinating, the pre-prep for a lot of the items that we’ll be cooking on the second day,” he said.
Williams said the camp is also designed to build confidence and independence.
“When you learn how to cook, the confidence it gives you — that, ‘Hey, I can actually kind of take care of myself a little bit,’” he said. “That cooking aspect of it will just boost that confidence tremendously in the children.”
The camps will be held at Sbisa Dining Hall on campus. Registration is open at dining.tamu.edu. Sessions are scheduled for June 1-2 and July 23-24.
Copyright 2026 KBTX. All rights reserved.