Bonnie Bachelor - "Boss Bonnie"
Founder/Owner

Bonnie Bachelor is a credentialed teacher, with 12 years of educational experience in grades kindergarten through fifth and has been providing her summer camps for the last 12 years.  Bonnie's background in education, business, and psychology is the perfect recipe for success.  Bonnie's goal is to empower children to be lifelong learners by developing confidence through shared experiences and mutual encouragement through teamwork, independence, and learning IN THE KITCHEN!!!

Anne Fluor Scott - "Chef Anne" 
Lead Chef, Culinary Teacher  

Anne Fluor Scott has been a certified Chef and Pastry Chef for 11 years.  Upon completing her culinary school education, she did an apprenticeship under a world renowned chocolate and sugar artist, training for showpiece competitions.  After moving back to Southern California, she started her own personal and private Chef business which she ran until she got married.  She currently resides in Mission Viejo with her husband and three daughters who's ages range from 6 to 22 months.  She is happy to be a member of the Culinary Kids family and looks forward to working throughout the summer and school year teaching eager young chefs to take charge in the kitchen.
Anne has been teaching with Culinary Kids since 2015. 

Barbara Bonner
Culinary Teacher

Barbara Bonner was a speech therapist before raising four children of her own. Now, she is the proud grandma of nine grandchildren, six boys and three girls. When she's not spending time with her grandchildren, she's working in her backyard garden or researching new recipes to make in her home.
Barbara has been teaching with Culinary Kids since 2012. 

Teresa Lyons
Culinary Teacher

Teresa recently retired after 32 years in the grocery business.  Since then she has worked with a private catering company and has prepared weekly meals for clients.  She has spent most of her life in South Orange County where she and her husband raised their 3 children.  She now has 2 grandsons whom she loves to spend time with.  Teresa enjoys her family, cooking, entertaining, camping, and reading.  She finds great satisfaction in sharing healthy recipes and teaching the younger generation how to create delicious wholesome meals.

Faye Jacobs
​Culinary Teacher

Faye retired after 25 years in the medical field.  She now enjoys sharing her passion for cooking with children.  It’s fun to show kids that preparing food for themselves and others can be as much fun as eating it.  When not preparing food or showing children how much fun it can be in the kitchen, she trains and competes in Agility with her English springer spaniel dog “Missy.” She also enjoys taking Zumba and cooking classes as well as going for walks with her husband and dog. 

Staci Rozas
Culinary Teacher

Staci Rozas was an elementary school teacher and then became a substitute teacher and private tutor while at home raising her three children.  Staci also works part time at her church overseeing the childcare ministry.  As her children grow up and leave home she especially enjoys opportunities to work with young children and can't wait to spend time in the kitchen together!

Lisa Gilmore
Culinary Teacher

Lisa Gilmore comes from a family of chefs so cooking was all around her which  she started doing at 8 years old.   After working in the family landscape business for over 38 years, she’s decided to make cooking her professional career.  She is on the board for Orange Home Grown Farmer’s Market and is their “culinary enthusiast” where she does cooking demos, farm to table dinners every year, teaching students and anywhere there’s a call for food, she’s there.  She has won the Big Cheese Competition for two years against 11 of the top chefs in Orange County, does private cooking lessons, and  small pop ups   She enjoys going out to eat, entertaining , being with her family of three kids and 5 grandkids,  going to Lake Havasu, and attending Saddleback Church.  She is always happy to cook and wishes that more families would learn to cook simple meals and enjoy sitting at the table eating and talking. 

Joseph Baran
Culinary Teacher

Joseph Baran is a married father of two boys who enjoys fishing, baseball, cooking, and spending time with his family. He is a credentialed teacher with over 10 years’ experience in classrooms ranging from kindergarten to sixth grade. He loves spending time over the summer working with the Culinary Kids team, empowering children to take chances and grow through encouraging experiences and teamwork.

Sheri Juarez
Culinary Teacher

Sheri Juarez is a seasoned homeschool parent, who has homeschooled her four children since 2004, and currently teaches in the Homeschool Co-Op at Capistrano Valley Christian Schools.  She also serves as the varsity cheer coach at CVCS.  Along with her love for teaching homeschool students and coaching the cheer squad she also has a life-long love for cooking.  Sheri also has many years of food-service experience including working for Pampered Chef, The Four Seasons Hotel, and Starbucks Coffee Company.  She looks forward to sharing her love for teaching and cooking, and her spirited personality with your young chefs enrolled at the Culinary Kids cooking camps! ​
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Kristi Anderson
Culinary Kids Shopper

Kristi has worked in the grocery business for the past 5 years. When her sons were younger, she was very involved at their school. She helped out in the classrooms, science lab, special events, and PTA, being in charge of the school yearbook for many years. Family is the most important thing to her and whom she spends her most time with. Kristi is married, her oldest son is now in college and other son is a Junior in High School. Being an OC girl all her life, Kristi hopes to move out of state in the future and set up new roots with her family. Her favorite season is Fall and would love to have the changing of leaves surrounding her home one day!