Welcome to VeryVera Cooking Camp!

VeryVera Cooking Campers spend 5 days learning about food, getting hands-on in the kitchen, packaging their treats, and learning entrepreneurship in the process. Practicing and understanding the importance of etiquette and teamwork are incorporated into the daily activities.

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Sponsored by Hershey

Our Mission is to develop a sense of home economics in the next generation by teaching culinary skills, etiquette, and home management while fostering a sense of entrepreneurship.

Vera Stewart’s love of teaching started when she graduated from the University of Georgia in 1974 with a degree in Home Economics Education. It continued through a successful catering and mail order career when in 2004, VeryVera Cooking Camp was founded. For 16 years, VeryVera Cooking Camp has provided a unique summer camp experience for children ages 6-14 in Augusta, GA. We launched our first franchise programs in summer 2017 and in 2019 we held locations in:

  • Augusta, GA
  • Aiken, SC
  • Macon, GA
  • Beaufort, SC
  • Indianapolis, IN
  • Charleston, SC

Meet our Team

VeryVera Cooking Camp wouldn’t happen without our amazing team working diligently all year to make sure your child has the best summer ever! Come meet the team!

Meet the team!

Saturday Camps now open

Get a taste of Summer Camp and sign your child up for one of our Saturday Camps! Drop your children off at 9:00, check some items off your to-do list, pick them back up at 1:00, and get ready to hear all about what they learned and created at our Saturday Camp! Registration for our Saturday Camps is now open!

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Abigail and Rebecca had a wonderful week at cooking camp! Thank you so much for everything! They are excited to make something from the Hershey bag. They started planning as soon as we got in the car. The banquet was amazing, very impressed! Looking forward to next year!

— Theresa Smith White

Each summer we travel from Acworth, GA, staying with family in North Augusta, so that Aiden can attend VeryVera Cooking Camp. This is the camp around which we plan our entire summer. I consider us to be camp connoisseurs as we have participated in many, many camps, but this one is especially valuable. It is especially awesome that the week culminates in a luncheon where each child invites a guest to see and to taste all he/she has learned throughout the week. Aiden has had nothing but good experiences with the staff who are of the highest character and who provide extensive direction and support. I am abundantly thankful for this really special camp and the people who make it possible. We are already looking forward to next summer.

Thanks again! We’ll see you next summer!

— Erin and Don Baker

Aiden Baker

Cameron asked if I could register her for every camp (Saturday and Summer) that are coming up. She loved it.

— Elaine Mertins

Cameron Mertins

My grand daughter is still talking about what a wonderful time she had in camp and has cooked several things from her cookbook!

— Jack Turnage

Thanks for enhancing Morgan’s interest in cooking. She loved the camp!

— Jamie Montgomery
May 12, 2020 | Written by Ashton Quattlebaum

Lessons on Entrepreneurship

The VeryVera School of Home Economics has always incorporated entrepreneurship into their program. Vera‘s story is shared at the beginning of every cooking class with the campers to give them a background of the company, and of course, to inspire them! At camp, students learn the importance of presentation and packaging by decorating each food…

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