The Sprouting Kitchen is a New Mexico-based company offering hands-on cooking classes, team building cooking experiences, and virtual cooking classes designed to make healthy eating approachable, fun, and inspiring. The Sprouting Kitchen was founded in 2019 by Registered Dietitian Fallon Bader and was created to combine a background in nutrition with real-world experience in cooking and gardening. The goal? To help people feel more confident preparing and enjoying nutritious food.
The Sprouting Kitchen was founded in 2019 in Albuquerque, New Mexico by Fallon Bader, a registered dietitian who had worked in both schools and outpatient care. In the classroom, she saw firsthand that kids were more interested in nutritious foods when they could grow, cook, and experience them firsthand— she wanted to incorporate this approach into working with adults as well.
In 2018, a wonderful farmer and elder Lorenzo Candelaria encouraged Fallon to bring people to his farm to learn about nutrition and cooking. That’s where it all clicked. She saw an opportunity to reconnect people with where their food comes from through the people who grow it, seasonal ingredients, and hands-on experiences that make cooking feel joyful.
And from that idea, The Sprouting Kitchen was born.
Our goal is to make nutrition and cooking education more accessible and bring our services to a wider audience. As we grow, we’ll continue to connect the dots between dietitians, farmers, chefs, and organizations — and create a deeper connection to nutritious food for all.
After years of growing The Sprouting Kitchen in New Mexico, Fallon has relocated to the Boston area. We’re excited for this next chapter to continue our work with partners in New Mexico while bringing The Sprouting Kitchen to Boston and beyond!
Accessibility is at the core of The Sprouting Kitchen. Our early partnerships with Presbyterian Community Health and New Mexico State University’s ICAN program helped us bring healthy cooking classes to diverse communities across New Mexico. From the beginning it was important that we could make these classes accessible to all.
We believe everyone deserves the knowledge and confidence to prepare nutritious meals and enjoy healthy foods. Today, we continue to expand our reach through strong community partnerships.
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During the global pandemic, we pivoted to offering virtual cooking classes, allowing participants to join from anywhere. What started as a solution quickly became a key part of our offerings.
Today, our online cooking classes provide flexible, accessible ways for individuals, teams, and groups to learn new skills from the comfort of home. This also allows us to offer classes in New Mexico and beyond!
Over the years, we’ve held hundred of demonstrations and classes on farms around New Mexico, local breweries, on-site for organizations, and even at the state-of-art Indian Pueblo Entrepreneurial Complex Kitchen.
Whether you’re planning a corporate team building event, bridal shower, bachelorette party, or group experience, The Sprouting Kitchen offers unique, hands-on cooking experiences that bring people together.
We consistently hear that our classes make cooking feel less overwhelming and more enjoyable. Participants often try (and love!) foods they never expected.
At its core, The Sprouting Kitchen is about connection.
Connection to food. Connection to community. Connection to each other.
We’ve shared meals with people from all walks of life, proving that food is one of the most powerful ways to bring people together.
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We’re excited to continue growing and expanding our cooking classes beyond New Mexico. Our goal is to bring engaging, nutrition-focused cooking experiences to even more communities. If you’re looking for team building cooking classes, private cooking events, or hands-on cooking experiences, we’d love to connect.