COOKING WITH AUTISM

Calling All Chefs!!

The Color-Coded Chef Cooking Kit empowers individuals with intellectual developmental delays to cook confidently and learn essential life skills through a step-by-step, color-coded recipe format.

The Color-Coded Chef's revolutionary cooking kit is a comprehensive solution for individuals with intellectual developmental delays.

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Color-Coded Chef's cooking kit with colorful measuring spoons, a measuring cup, recipe book, and various baking supplies. Ideal tools for Cooking with Autism.

  • A woman and a boy baking together in a kitchen, pouring ingredients into a mixing bowl, surrounded by baking supplies and utensils.
  • A young girl with curly hair in a ponytail is rinsing a clear plastic cup at a kitchen sink with a window nearby, sunlight streaming in.
  • A young man with glasses and brown hair is smiling and laughing while blending batter using an immersion blender in a glass bowl in a kitchen.
  • Young girl in a yellow top looking at a restaurant menu on a granite kitchen counter.
  • A young girl sitting at a wooden table, using a green cutting board to grate a vegetable or fruit over a bowl.
  • Person holding a baking tray with chocolate chip cookies in a kitchen.
  • A girl and an older man wearing gloves are preparing food at a dining table with a yellow bowl, jars, eggs, and condiments. In the background, a woman and a boy are standing near a table in a cozy, well-lit kitchen and living room area.
  • Woman with glasses and a child in a wheelchair baking together in a kitchen, with a laptop open showing a virtual cooking class, and baking ingredients and tools on the counter.
  • Two young girls dressed as chefs wearing colorful aprons and chef hats, smiling at the camera. One girl has a pink apron and hat, the other has a blue apron and hat. Both aprons have a logo that reads 'The Color-Coded Chef'.

The Color-Coded Chef

The Color-Coded Chef Cooking Kit empowers individuals with intellectual developmental delays to cook confidently and learn essential life skills through a step-by-step, color-coded recipe format. Say goodbye to measurement confusion and hello to a simplified cooking experience.

Cooking with The Color-Coded Chef goes beyond the kitchen—it's an opportunity to foster decision-making, teamwork, social skills, sequencing, and more while improving motor skills, speech, and behavior. Our kit's benefits extend far beyond the delicious meals you'll create. Whether you're a parent, teacher, or individual seeking to enhance your culinary skills, join us in unlocking the joy of inclusive cooking and transforming lives one recipe at a time.

Our mission is to make cooking simpler for chefs with intellectual developmental delays. Learn more in the video.

Tools Included in the Kit

Bright green plastic cutting board with a handle cutout in the top left corner, placed on a white surface.
Blue rubber spatula
Green speckled button with a chef's hat icon and the words "The Color-Coded Chef" printed on it.
Set of colorful measuring spoons with bright handles arranged on a white background.

Kitchen Cutter

Color-Coded Measuring Spoons

Set of colorful measuring spoons with satin-finish handles, placed inside a stainless steel ring
A clear glass measuring cup with blue, green, purple, and light blue measurement markings in cups and ounces, featuring a blue handle and spout.

Color-Coded Measuring Cups

Color-Coded Liquid Measuring Cup

Spatula

Non-Skid Cutting Board

Special Olympics Missouri logo featuring stylized figures around a circle in red.

“Terri Jordan, the Color-Coded Chef, was able to engage more than 215 athletes with a hands-on cooking experience. Our athletes gained confidence in preparing their healthy meals. They also learned how to make some of their favorite dishes and sauce using health conscience ingredients. We are truly impressed by the variety of meals and snacks the Color-Coded Chef has to offer. Collaborating with Terri was easy and enjoyable, and our athletes had a positive experience! We look forward to offering more opportunities like these at the Training for Life Campus.” 

Krista Evans, Health and Development Manager

Special Olympics Missouri

A young girl with long hair in a floral dress sitting in a wheelchair, using a green cutting board and a small green kitchen tool to cut a strawberry. She has a big smile while holding a plate filled with chopped strawberries.

Our family always seeks ways to encourage our 10-year-old daughter, Izzi, to practice independence. Empower Abilities hosted a seminar that included a tour of their mock modified one-bedroom apartment. Izzi was most interested in the kitchen, as that is her favorite room in the home. She loves to prep, cook, and bake. She loved everything about the kitchen, but when she saw The Color-Coded Chef supplies, she honed in on them. She loved the colors of the tools, and when she saw that the tools coordinated with the recipes, it was a game changer! Asking her to get the “purple” cup makes much more sense than requesting the “quarter” cup. The recipes are easy to follow since they are in the form of a checklist. Her favorite tools are the cutter and the cutting mat. I, too, like that she loves to use them because now she is involved in prepping meals. She is more likely to eat food when she preps food, which is a huge plus. We are so pleased with how her interest in culinary arts has broadened, thanks to her usage of The Color-Coded Chef kit.

Educational worksheets about making chocolate chip cookies, including word search, word scramble, ingredient identification, missing letters, and matching game, all branded with The Color-Coded Chef logo.

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