With a degree in elementary education and a passion for cooking, Barbara Beery is the quintessential kids’ cooking instructor extraordinaire and the founder of Foodie Kids, a nationally franchised cooking supplies store and culinary center exclusively for kids. Barbara founded one of the country’s first kids cooking schools in Austin, Texas over 20 years ago and since that time has taught thousands of kids to cook! As a best selling children’s cookbook author and entrepreneur, Barbara has combined her hands-on cooking experience with kid-friendly, innovative cooking supplies to offer tips, tricks, and tools to successfully teach kids to cook up some fun!

Cookbooks

Radio

• The Martha Stewart Radio Show
• Talk of the Town (WDIS-AM), Boston
• My Mornings (KLMY-FM), Northeast
• The Backyard Show (Radio Disney), Northeast
• Metro News (Metro Networks), Indiana

• Stand for Children (KKUP-AM), San Francisco
• Mayhem in the AM (WLKF-AM), Florida
• Morning Show (KAHI-AM), Sacramento
• Neal Steele Show (WXGM-FM), Norfolk
• Chicago Connection (WBBM-FM), Chicago

• Jim Martin Today
• The Supermarket Guru
• CNN Radio Feature
• Tonia’s Kitchen, National
• A Chef’s Table

Featured In

• The New York Times
• Rachael Ray Magazine
• Entrepreneur Magazine
• Franchise Times
• Kiwi Magazine
• Southern Living Magazine
• Austin American-Statesman

• The Dallas Morning News
• The Fort Worth Star-Telegram
• The Denver Post
• New York’s Go City Kids
• Business 2.0
• Parenting Magazine

• Baltimore’s Child
• Chicago Tribune
• Endless Vacation
• School Library Journal
• Seattle Post-Intelligencer
• Woman’s Day