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Buy a Sticky Fingers Cooking Franchise

Sticky Fingers Cooking® is a mobile children’s culinary education franchise founded in 2011 in Denver, Colorado. The brand delivers hands-on cooking classes for kids at schools, summer camps, libraries, and community centers, requiring no kitchen, commercial lease, or physical buildout. All equipment and supplies travel to each venue with chef instructors.

Classes blend cooking with STEAM-related learning, incorporating math, science, geography, global cultures, and nutrition through hands-on recipes. Programs run as after-school sessions, seasonal camps, and community events, with national partners including the Boys & Girls Club, YMCA, Girl Scouts, and the Public Library Association. The brand has taught more than one million children, with 95% of school partners returning year after year.

Sticky Fingers Cooking began franchising in 2023 and is an International Franchise Association member. Franchisees operate from a home office on an exclusive territory model, recruiting and managing a team of chef instructors while building local school and community partnerships. The proprietary Dash® platform handles scheduling, enrollment, payroll, lesson plans, and communications.

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Why buy a Sticky Fingers Cooking Franchise?

Sticky Fingers Cooking operates in a sector with consistent family demand for structured after-school enrichment, where a home-based operating model keeps overhead low and an enrollment-based revenue structure generates predictable seasonal income.

To buy a Sticky Fingers Cooking franchise is to enter a category where the brand already has working school partnerships, a proprietary technology platform, and a curriculum library built over more than a decade. The brand’s school-return rate, reported at 95%, means an established territory begins each school year with a ready base of venue relationships in place. Franchisees also benefit from IFA membership and institutional partnerships with the Boys & Girls Club, YMCA, Girl Scouts, and the Public Library Association.

Sticky Fingers Cooking Franchise Costs & Information

Based on 2025 data reported in the 2026 FDD

  • Brand Profile

    • Year Founded

      2011

    • Franchising Since

      2022

    • New Startup Cost

      $78,045 – $126,756

    • Avg. Resale Price

      Contact us for details

  • Franchise Fees

    • Initial franchise Fee

      $48,000

      for new territories

    • Transfer Fee

      25%

      of then-current Initial Franchise Fee

    • Royalty Fee

      8%

      of weekly Gross Revenue

    • Marketing Fee

      1%

      of Gross Revenue, plus min. local ad spend of $200/month

  • Unit Performance

    • Total Units *

      18

    • New Units Opened *

      8

    • Units Transferred *

      0

    • Avg. Unit revenue *

      $314,768

    * Based on 2025 data reported in the 2026 FDD

Sticky Fingers Cooking – Additional  Information

  1. Training & Support

    Franchisees receive 90 hours of initial training. Ongoing support includes weekly HQ office hours, 1:1 owner coaching, monthly peer group sessions, Chef Circle trainings to develop instructor teams, leadership roundtables, and on-demand KPI reporting. The Dash® platform manages scheduling, enrollment, payroll, lesson plans, and communications, covering 85% of daily operations. Buyers of an existing unit should confirm what initial training and Dash® platform access the franchisor provides to incoming ownership.

  2. Ideal Owner

    The model suits owner-operators who prefer managing people and business development over delivering the service themselves. A franchisee's day-to-day involves recruiting and scheduling chef instructors, building relationships with schools and community organizations, and overseeing local marketing and enrollment; prior cooking or teaching experience is not required. The role fits organized, community-minded operators who are comfortable leading a small team from a home office and developing ongoing institutional partnerships.

  3. Recognition & Awards

    Sticky Fingers Cooking received recognition from Entrepreneur magazine as one of the 2025 Top New and Emerging Franchises (No. 126) and was named Best Cooking School in Denver in Westword's Best of Denver 2026. The brand was previously recognized with Colorado 5280 Magazine's Top of the Town award for Best Kids Classes and has been featured in national outlets including The Washington Post. Sticky Fingers Cooking is an International Franchise Association member, was highlighted in IFA's Franchising World magazine in 2025, and carries a 4.9-out-of-5 average Google rating.

  4. Industry / Market

    Demand for after-school enrichment programs in the United States has grown steadily as dual-income families seek structured, educational activities during non-school hours. School funding gaps drive administrators toward third-party enrichment providers, creating consistent demand for quality operators. Culinary education sits within this growing segment, supported by parental interest in food literacy, healthy eating, and STEAM-integrated learning. For resale buyers, key considerations include the depth of existing school contracts, territory enrollment rates, and the seasonal revenue patterns typical of school-based programs.

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