Young MasterChefs
: The Recipe for Happiness
In collaboration with
Promoting bilingualism, one recipe at a time: that’s the idea behind our latest project to promote linguistic duality.
Young MasterChefs : The Recipe for Happiness aims to offer an activity that promotes the well-being of young participants by giving them a break from social media. Enter: real teamwork, a real in-person project, a real cookbook, and lots of fun! This experience will also highlight the cultural heritage of both French- and English-speaking participants and demonstrate the quality of work that can be accomplished when the two official language communities collaborate on a shared project and, in this case, a shared recipe!
The project will culminate in the release of a professional bilingual cookbook containing 15 original recipes, which will be printed in color and available for free viewing on the project’s website. Stay tuned!
THE COLLABORATORS
C’est moi le chef! is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to teach children how to cook, thereby increasing their food literacy while instilling them with a sense of pride and responsibility. Founded in 2017, the organization now offers numerous cooking workshops—both online and in person—at libraries, schools, parks, and day camps. C’est moi le chef! also develops a wide range of resources to help children explore foods they’re not familiar with and guide them in using kitchen utensils.
Josée Bisaillon fell in love with illustration and children’s literature while studying graphic design. Her illustrations have won several awards and distinctions, including the Illustration Prize at the Trois-Rivières Book Fair for Ma tête en l’air (2018) and Monsieur Tralalère (2015), and she has been a finalist three times for the Governor General’s Award (2008, 2010, 2019). In 2017, she and author Jennifer McGrath received the prestigious Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award for the picture book The Snow Knows (published in French as La vie secrète by Québec Amérique).
Since 2006, Josée Bisaillon has illustrated more than 35 children’s books and has contributed to various magazines and newspapers in Canada and abroad. In 2018, she published her first book as an author-illustrator, Reviens sur terre, Esther. In 2021, she published Dans ma cuisine: recettes et histoires pour la famille.
PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS
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Notre-Dame-de-Lorette School
Notre-Dame-de-Lorette School stands out for its dedicated staff, engaged students, and exciting activities.
Birchwood Elementary School
Birchwood is a school that aims to provide a positive and stimulating French environment conducive to active learning and personal development. Our vision: curious learners, independent leaders & caring global citizens.
