Edmond Town Hall is introducing Sweater Weather Suppers, a new four-week, fall-themed cooking series for children ages 7-11. Classes will be held on September 8, 15, 22, and 29 from 4:30-6 pm. Enrollment is limited to 12 students.

Led by chef Robyn Herman, the hands-on program will give young chefs the opportunity to prepare a savory main dish and a seasonal treat during each class. Students will work with fresh ingredients, learn essential kitchen fundamentals, and build the confidence to create delicious food from scratch.

The menu will include: pork and cabbage dumpling lasagna, meatball parmesan heroes, taco bowls, rainbow sheet pan fajitas, apple cinnamon turnovers, harvest muffins, baked apple cider donuts, and chocolate pumpkin swirl muffins.

Registration is $156 per child and includes all food and supplies. For registration and additional information, visit edmondtownhall.org.

Herman brings 20 years of experience helping children discover the joy of cooking. She has taught in kitchens including Zwilling Cooking Studio and Wakeman Town Farm and is known for creating a fun, welcoming, and safe environment for young cooks.

Sweater Weather Suppers is designed to go beyond following recipes. Students will learn practical life skills, explore fresh seasonal ingredients, and take pride in preparing meals they can recreate and enjoy with their families.

The new cooking series represents a big step for Edmond Town Hall. While it has offered summer cooking and baking camps for the past three years, Sweater Weather Suppers is its first ever fall cooking series.

Lauren DiMartino, Edmond Town Hall's director of finance and development, said its culinary program has grown tremendously in those three years. Not only has Edmond Town Hall added more classes and weeks to the program, but it had over 150 registrations for its summer program this year.

Many of these registrations came from families outside of Newtown, such as in Brookfield, Southbury, Monroe, Trumbull, and Danbury.

This increase in popularity has inspired Edmond Town Hall to grow its culinary offerings into a year-round program, according to DiMartino.

"We have interest in teen baking classes, adult cooking classes ... We're going to just continue to build upon what we started. We started with a pretty simple foundation, but we are going to be able to make sure that [Edmond Town Hall's] commercial kitchen is used year-round," DiMartino said.

To that end, DiMartino said they will continue to rent out the commercial kitchen to local businesses, something she said Edmond Town Hall used to do "quite a lot."