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Nominations Are Now Open For the ‘Get Kids Cooking’ Contest

"Get Kids Cooking" Contest (Photo by Sprouts Farmers Market)

Nominations Are Now Open For the ‘Get Kids Cooking’ Contest

Jan 22, 20251 min read

Nominations are now open for the “Get Kids Cooking” contest hosted by Sprouts Farmers Market.

From now until the end of the day on Saturday, February 8, nominate your school for a chance to win a prize pack that includes everything you need to get a kitchen up and running on campus (worth up to $10,000).

The prize pack includes: 

  • Mobile cooking cart 
  • Teacher stipend  
  • Educator guide and classroom-friendly recipe 
  • Kitchen essentials and small appliances  
  • Sprouts gift cards to purchase fresh ingredients  
  • Store tour or on-campus Sprouts pop-up market 

In partnership with the Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation, this contest is about giving students and teachers the tools to support hands-on cooking lessons that can easily be incorporated into the classroom or after-school programs.

Be sure to nominate your school at sprouts.com by Saturday, February 8.

A total of 25 schools will be chosen to win up to $10,000.

Winners will be announced in March to celebrate National Nutrition Month. 

For more information and to nominate your school, visit sprouts.com.

Article written by:

Matt Sterner

Matt Sterner

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At a very young age, Matt Sterner was gifted with the artistic ability to masterfully roll a burrito to the highest of standards, but the wrapped medley of delicious innards wasn’t his first love. Matt’s first true love was a combination of reading, writing, and creating. He grew up reading comics, the ingredients list of his shampoo and conditioner bottles, choose-your-own-adventure books, and the Scrabble dictionary — something he found useful when challenging his grandmother to a game.

He attended college at New Mexico State University and graduated with a degree in Digital Filmmaking. One of his favorite classes was screenwriting because he became responsible for the story’s birth before it came to life on-screen. After school, Matt took on numerous positions at a local television station in Tucson. From dealing out stories about heartbreak to producing “fluffier” content for a lifestyle broadcast, he learned what it takes to adapt to the many emotions the world of media can stir. Since 2017, Matt has dabbled in the culinary world of Tucson as well as San Diego, California from time to time.

If you’re in the mood for strange stories, head over to his pride and joy, wonkytimes.com. And in case you’re curious — yes, after all of this time, he still manages to roll a killer burrito.

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