Schools & Educational Partnerships
Helping children build healthier relationships with food through meaningful learning experiences
Cooking Lama designs food learning experiences that combine nutrition, hands-on discovery, wellbeing, life skills and child development for schools, cultural institutions and educational initiatives in Dubai.
About Cooking Lama
Cooking Lama is a Dubai-based company designing food learning, wellbeing and experiential programmes for children aged 2–12, families, educational institutions, community environments.
The company develops hands-on food experiences that combine nutrition, participation, sensory discovery, practical life skills and child engagement across educational, cultural and brand-led initiatives.
The company develops hands-on food experiences that combine nutrition, participation, sensory discovery, practical life skills and child engagement across educational, cultural and brand-led initiatives.
Selected Collaborations & Programme Development
Cooking Lama has contributed to educational, cultural and community-focused initiatives across Dubai in collaboration with governmental authorities, schools, institutions and international brands.
Selected projects & collaborations include:
Programme architecture and experiential concept development for:
Beyond session delivery, Cooking Lama has experience in programme architecture, experience design, learning environments, team training and scalable experiential concepts for schools, retail and community settings.
Rather than focusing only on cooking activities, Cooking Lama explores how meaningful food experiences can support curiosity, participation, independence and healthier long-term relationships with food.
Selected projects & collaborations include:
- Community Development Authority, Dubai Culture, Royal Danish Consulate General and etc.
- educational initiatives connected with 44 schools across Dubai
Programme architecture and experiential concept development for:
- Carrefour’s Bright Bites Academy (Majid Al Futtaim): structured culinary and nutrition programme frameworks across 11 learning modules and formats.programme delivery between September 2025 and January 2026 engaging over 1,300 children, families and school participants aged 4–11
- partner brand collaborations including Babybel, Al Ain Farms, Pure Harvest Smart Farms and Pureborn
Beyond session delivery, Cooking Lama has experience in programme architecture, experience design, learning environments, team training and scalable experiential concepts for schools, retail and community settings.
Rather than focusing only on cooking activities, Cooking Lama explores how meaningful food experiences can support curiosity, participation, independence and healthier long-term relationships with food.
School Partnership Enquiries
For school collaborations, wellbeing initiatives and educational partnerships:
Enquire about a school partnership — info@cookinglama.com
Request a discovery call — +971 50 472 0511
Enquire about a school partnership — info@cookinglama.com
Request a discovery call — +971 50 472 0511
What schools can explore with us
We can offer possible school initiatives in the spheres:
- Food & Wellbeing
- Food Science & Discovery
- Culture & Community
- Sustainability & Food origins
- Child development through food experiences
- Custom school projects & Community initiatives
Beyond Cooking
At Cooking Lama, food becomes a tool for learning, connection and child development.
Our experiences are designed to help children:
Each collaboration is adapted to the goals, age groups and environment of the school or institution.
Our experiences are designed to help children:
- explore food with curiosity
- build confidence through participation
- strengthen independence
- develop practical life skills
- engage in sensory discovery
- learn through real-world experiences
- make healthier choices more consciously
Each collaboration is adapted to the goals, age groups and environment of the school or institution.
Flexible collaboration formats
Cooking Lama develops both small-scale and large-scale initiatives for schools, cultural institutions and community environments — including projects for spaces with or without kitchen facilities.
Collaborations may include single experiences, multi-session concepts, wellbeing-focused initiatives, family engagement environments and custom-designed programmes adapted to different educational settings.
Collaborations may include single experiences, multi-session concepts, wellbeing-focused initiatives, family engagement environments and custom-designed programmes adapted to different educational settings.
Let’s create meaningful food learning journey together
We would be happy to discuss your school’s wellbeing goals, age groups, educational environment and community initiatives.
School Partnership Enquiries
For school collaborations, wellbeing initiatives and educational partnerships:
Enquire about a school partnership — info@cookinglama.com
Request a discovery call — +971 50 472 0511
Enquire about a school partnership — info@cookinglama.com
Request a discovery call — +971 50 472 0511