Reach Your Peak Camp - Chef Camp: Petit Fours

The French word for "small ovens". Petit Fours is a small bite-sized confectionery or savory appetizer. This class will cover all types of Petit Fours: small bits of cheese cake squares with fruit and chocolate garnishes; lava cakes drizzled with a caramel sauce; French madeleine cookies served with hot-spiced teas; mini lemon tartlets topped in meringue finished with a blowtorch to give it that fireside look; florentine cookies coated in chocolate and serviced with ice cream; truffles, bite-sized cakes and more bite sized desserts. Your summer will be filled with sweets and fun. Reach Your Peak is a partnership between colleges in northwestern Colorado with the goal of creating excitement about learning that motivates students toward a bright future and further education. Reach Your Peak starts with summer camps for middle and high school students, continues through concurrent enrollment options for high school students, and finally propels students into college and other postsecondary education. The target populations for this program are students in northwestern Colorado who might not consider going to college as an option - low socioeconomic status, first generation to college, ethnic minorities, children in single-parent households, children living in foster care, learning or physically challenged, or other documented financial need, etc. - but any and all interested students are welcomed and encouraged to participate. The partners include Colorado Mesa University, Colorado Mountain College, Colorado Northwestern Community College, and Western Colorado Community College. The program is also supported by the Northwest Council of El Pomar Foundation.