Kitchen Kid Founder and Culinary Coach, Samantha Saffir Barnes is a creative cook and former middle school educator. Fascinated by her students’ love of cooking, yet discouraged by their unhealthy lunch choices in the cafeteria, Samantha was determined to merge her two passions – teaching and cooking. Samantha launched Kitchen Kid in 2006 with the hope of empowering young people to jump into the kitchen and get cooking! Realizing that the kitchen classroom is the best place to learn, Samantha made Kitchen Kid her full-time venture in the summer of 2007.
