Here's a great idea for a franchise business. Remember when you sent your kid to that plaster party and they brought you home a plaster mermaid? How would you like them to bring you a Chateaubriand instead?

"Julie Fabing Burleson and Suzy Vinson Nettles, founders of YCA, believe this is the perfect recipe for showing children cooking is a lifelong skill that can be artistic, creative, and sometimes quite surprising. Suzy has commented, "this is the place where 'what if' collides with, 'look at this!'" Their kid-friendly classroom provides a "real" setting so that the students can use what they learn in their own homes."

Young Chefs Academy link here.