Cooking, Nutrition & Wellness Programs Public Libraries Love.
Live sessions for kids, teens, and adults, with zero work for your team. Run them online or right inside your library. We handle everything.
New programming without the workload. We run the sessions. You get the attendance, the engagement, and the happy patrons.
Cooking, Nutrition, and Wellness for Every Age
Every public library program blends real skills with real fun, led live by our chefs and coaches, from kids and teens to adults.
Cooking
Hands on recipes patrons make right along with the chef, from easy weeknight meals to new cuisines.
Nutrition
Simple, friendly guidance on eating well that families and older adults can actually put to use.
Wellness
Feel good habits, mindful moments, and whole health tips woven into every program.
Why Public Libraries Choose Library Chef
Everything your library wants, nothing it has to manage. Seven reasons Activity Directors say yes.
Year round programming
Fresh live sessions every single month, all year long. Never a gap in your events calendar.
Surprisingly affordable
One simple yearly cost for your whole community. Far less than bringing in your own instructor.
Zero staff needed
We lead every live session ourselves. Your team never has to plan, teach, or clean up.
No kitchen required
Patrons cook along from home. Your library needs no kitchen, equipment, or special space.
For adults and kids
Separate live sessions for grown ups, teens, and young chefs, including our Junior Chef program.
No Zoom links to chase
Patrons join right in their browser with a library card. Nothing to download or install.
More library card sign ups
A fun, fresh reason for your community to get a card and keep coming back. Great for your circulation numbers and your next funding report.
Signature Hybrid Library Programs That Fill the Room
Run them live online, host them as an event in your branch, or both. These are the ones patrons tell their friends about.
Spice Club
A members club where patrons explore a new cuisine, spice, or theme together every month. Recipes, stories, and flavors that keep people coming back and talking all month long. See how Spice Club works.
Watch Party
Gather patrons in your community room to stream a live session together on the big screen, whether it is cooking, nutrition, or a wellness talk. No kitchen needed. Just a screen and your community.
A Complete Library Program, Not Just a Login
We set it all up and stay with you, so launching is simple and promoting it takes minutes.
Your branded platform
A Library Chef page branded to your library, where patrons sign in with their card. No tech setup on your end.
Marketing toolkit
Ready made flyers, social graphics, and newsletter copy so your team can fill seats without starting from scratch. See the marketing toolkit.
Dedicated support
A real person helps you launch and stays on call whenever you have a question. You are never on your own.
Reporting for your board
Sign up and attendance numbers you can hand straight to your board to show engagement and secure funding.
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Trusted by Public Libraries Across the Country
Public libraries and consortia in many states already run Library Chef programs.
Start Your Library Program in Three Easy Steps
Book a quick demo
See exactly how it works in about 15 minutes. No pressure.
We set up your access
Your patrons sign in with their library card. We brand it to your library.
Programs run monthly
You promote it with our toolkit, we deliver the live sessions, your patrons show up.
Public Library Programming FAQs
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See It in 15 Minutes
Pick a time that works for you. We will walk you through everything and answer your questions.