Have you heard? The Ely Folk School is renovating our kitchen!
Have You Heard?
The Ely Folk School is renovating our kitchen!
For 10 years, Ely Folk School has been a place of learning, innovation, and community. Now, we’re investing in our facilities to elevate your classroom experience.
Our new kitchen will:
- Expand capacity
- Improve flow, counter space, and storage
- Create a fresh, welcoming environment
Our goals:
- Enhance the student experience
- Enhance the instructor experience
- Ensure our facility reflects the value of our programs
You can help make this possible by supporting our kitchen registry or donating directly to the Ely Folk School. Together, we’ll build a stronger, more functional community space.
Why Now?
Since our kitchen classroom was built in 2017, it has hosted
potlucks, community meetings, and countless classes. It has served
us well—but we’ve outgrown it. Last year’s Thanksgiving Potluck
overflowed the space, reminding us how essential it is to have a
beautiful, functional kitchen that matches our community’s growth.
This renovation is designed with both students and instructors in mind. With a new layout, improved flow, and modern equipment, classes will be easier to teach and more enjoyable to attend. No more awkward traffic around the coffee station or a stove that faces away from the classroom.
Led by architect and EFS Board Member Steve Klar, the renovation will enrich every class, workshop, and gathering we host.
October Programming Update
During October, while local contractors bring our new kitchen to
life, Ely Folk School will run a limited program schedule at
alternate locations in Ely. Our Mercantile and main facility will be
closed, but staff will be available Fridays and Saturdays in the
Blue Classroom, located just behind our pocket park next to the main building.
Designed for Our Community
From professional chefs to local bakers, herbalists, and
collaborative cooking instructors, our teachers deserve a space that
supports their unique programs. With their input, we’ve designed a
kitchen that works better for them—and for you.
Your learning experience will be intuitive, comfortable, and focused. A modern, clean space with equipment to match will allow you to concentrate on craft, technique, and connection.
Thank you for helping us strengthen Intergenerational, Non-Competitive, Learning for Life.
The Ely Folk School kitchen serves as the heart of our programming, and the heart of our community.
We're seeking your help in making the kitchen a success! You can contribute to our community potlucks and knowledge sharing by purchasing a piece of the new kitchen here!
Contact
Reach out to Lucy at lucy@elyfolkschool.org with any questions or for more specifics.
Wishes
We're excited to have a dishwasher for the first time in our ten years! Volunteers, students, instructors, and staff will be able to spend less time at the sink and more time sharing craft with others!
We're grateful to work with our neighbor, just across Sheridan Street, Kerntz Appliance to order and install our new appliances
We're excited to have a brand new double oven! Double the oven, double the pasties!!
We're grateful to work with our neighbor, just across Sheridan Street, Kerntz Appliance to order and install our new appliances
A warming drawer will allow our baking and bread classes to proof their dough - Our instructors are so excited to be adding this appliance!
We're glad to be able to work with our neighbor, Kerntz Appliance, to purchase and install appliances.
- 4 granted
- 8 remaining
With the expanded capacity of our kitchen classroom, we will have a cooking and baking kit for each of the 12 students. Each kit will include all the tools needed to make potica, pasties, pies, wontons, stirfry, or wild rice hotdish!
We're excited to be working with Potluck Kitchenware, our 2026 Nourishment Sponsor!
- 4 granted
- 0 remaining
With the expanded capacity of our kitchen classroom, we will have a cooking and baking kit for each of the 12 students. Each kit will include all the tools needed to make potica, pasties, pies, wontons, stirfry, or wild rice hotdish!
We're excited to be working with Potluck Kitchenware, our 2026 Nourishment Sponsor!
Each student will have access to their own baking sheet. This is part of our comprehensive student kit.
With the expanded capacity of our kitchen classroom, we will have a cooking and baking kit for each of the 12 students. Each kit will include all the tools needed to make potica, pasties, pies, wontons, stirfry, or wild rice hotdish!
We're excited to be working with Potluck Kitchenware, our 2026 Nourishment Sponsor!
With the expanded capacity of our kitchen classroom, we will have a cooking and baking kit for each of the 12 students. Each kit will include all the tools needed to make potica, pasties, pies, wontons, stirfry, or wild rice hotdish!
We're excited to be working with Potluck Kitchenware, our 2026 Nourishment Sponsor!
With the expanded capacity of our kitchen classroom, we will have a cooking and baking kit for each of the 12 students. Each kit will include all the tools needed to make potica, pasties, pies, wontons, stirfry, or wild rice hotdish!
We're excited to be working with Potluck Kitchenware, our 2026 Nourishment Sponsor!
With the expanded capacity of our kitchen classroom, we will have a cooking and baking kit for each of the 12 students. Each kit will include all the tools needed to make potica, pasties, pies, wontons, stirfry, or wild rice hotdish!
We're excited to be working with Potluck Kitchenware, our 2026 Nourishment Sponsor!
With the expanded capacity of our kitchen classroom, we will have a cooking and baking kit for each of the 12 students. Each kit will include all the tools needed to make potica, pasties, pies, wontons, stirfry, or wild rice hotdish!
We're excited to be working with Potluck Kitchenware, our 2026 Nourishment Sponsor!
- 0 granted
- 12 remaining
With the expanded capacity of our kitchen classroom, we will have a cooking and baking kit for each of the 12 students. Each kit will include all the tools needed to make potica, pasties, pies, wontons, stirfry, or wild rice hotdish!
We're excited to be working with Potluck Kitchenware, our 2026 Nourishment Sponsor!
- 3 granted
- 9 remaining
With the expanded capacity of our kitchen classroom, we will have a cooking and baking kit for each of the 12 students. Each kit will include all the tools needed to make potica, pasties, pies, wontons, stirfry, or wild rice hotdish!
We're excited to be working with Potluck Kitchenware, our 2026 Nourishment Sponsor!
- 0 granted
- 12 remaining
With the expanded capacity of our kitchen classroom, we will have a cooking and baking kit for each of the 12 students. Each kit will include all the tools needed to make potica, pasties, pies, wontons, stirfry, or wild rice hotdish!
We're excited to be working with Potluck Kitchenware, our 2026 Nourishment Sponsor!
- 2 granted
- 10 remaining
With the expanded capacity of our kitchen classroom, we will have a cooking and baking kit for each of the 12 students. Each kit will include all the tools needed to make potica, pasties, pies, wontons, stirfry, or wild rice hotdish!
We're excited to be working with Potluck Kitchenware, our 2026 Nourishment Sponsor!
- 1 granted
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With the expanded capacity of our kitchen classroom, we will have a cooking and baking kit for each of the 12 students. Each kit will include all the tools needed to make potica, pasties, pies, wontons, stirfry, or wild rice hotdish!
We're excited to be working with Potluck Kitchenware, our 2026 Nourishment Sponsor!
- 0 granted
- 12 remaining
With the expanded capacity of our kitchen classroom, we will have a cooking and baking kit for each of the 12 students. Each kit will include all the tools needed to make potica, pasties, pies, wontons, stirfry, or wild rice hotdish!
We're excited to be working with Potluck Kitchenware, our 2026 Nourishment Sponsor!
- 12 granted
- 0 remaining
With the expanded capacity of our kitchen classroom, we will have a cooking and baking kit for each of the 12 students. Each kit will include all the tools needed to make potica, pasties, pies, wontons, stirfry, or wild rice hotdish!
We're excited to be working with Potluck Kitchenware, our 2026 Nourishment Sponsor!
- 2 granted
- 10 remaining
With the expanded capacity of our kitchen classroom, we will have a cooking and baking kit for each of the 12 students. Each kit will include all the tools needed to make potica, pasties, pies, wontons, stirfry, or wild rice hotdish!
We're excited to be working with Potluck Kitchenware, our 2026 Nourishment Sponsor!
- 0 granted
- 12 remaining
With the expanded capacity of our kitchen classroom, we will have a cooking and baking kit for each of the 12 students. Each kit will include all the tools needed to make potica, pasties, pies, wontons, stirfry, or wild rice hotdish!
We're excited to be working with Potluck Kitchenware, our 2026 Nourishment Sponsor!
- 2 granted
- 10 remaining
With the expanded capacity of our kitchen classroom, we will have a cooking and baking kit for each of the 12 students. Each kit will include all the tools needed to make potica, pasties, pies, wontons, stirfry, or wild rice hotdish!
We're excited to be working with Potluck Kitchenware, our 2026 Nourishment Sponsor!
- 0 granted
- 12 remaining
With the expanded capacity of our kitchen classroom, we will have a cooking and baking kit for each of the 12 students. Each kit will include all the tools needed to make potica, pasties, pies, wontons, stirfry, or wild rice hotdish!
We're excited to be working with Potluck Kitchenware, our 2026 Nourishment Sponsor!
- 12 granted
- 0 remaining
With the expanded capacity of our kitchen classroom, we will have a cooking and baking kit for each of the 12 students. Each kit will include all the tools needed to make potica, pasties, pies, wontons, stirfry, or wild rice hotdish!
We're excited to be working with Potluck Kitchenware, our 2026 Nourishment Sponsor!
- 0 granted
- 12 remaining
With the expanded capacity of our kitchen classroom, we will have a cooking and baking kit for each of the 12 students. Each kit will include all the tools needed to make potica, pasties, pies, wontons, stirfry, or wild rice hotdish!
We're excited to be working with Potluck Kitchenware, our 2026 Nourishment Sponsor!
- 0 granted
- 12 remaining
With the expanded capacity of our kitchen classroom, we will have a cooking and baking kit for each of the 12 students. Each kit will include all the tools needed to make potica, pasties, pies, wontons, stirfry, or wild rice hotdish!
We're excited to be working with Potluck Kitchenware, our 2026 Nourishment Sponsor!
- 4 granted
- 0 remaining
With the expanded capacity of our kitchen classroom, we will have a cooking and baking kit for each of the 12 students. Each kit will include all the tools needed to make potica, pasties, pies, wontons, stirfry, or wild rice hotdish!
We're excited to be working with Potluck Kitchenware, our 2026 Nourishment Sponsor!
- 0 granted
- 4 remaining
With the expanded capacity of our kitchen classroom, we will have a cooking and baking kit for each of the 12 students. Each kit will include all the tools needed to make potica, pasties, pies, wontons, stirfry, or wild rice hotdish!
We're excited to be working with Potluck Kitchenware, our 2026 Nourishment Sponsor!
- 0 granted
- 4 remaining
With the expanded capacity of our kitchen classroom, we will have a cooking and baking kit for each of the 12 students. Each kit will include all the tools needed to make potica, pasties, pies, wontons, stirfry, or wild rice hotdish!
We're excited to be working with Potluck Kitchenware, our 2026 Nourishment Sponsor!
- 0 granted
- 4 remaining
With the expanded capacity of our kitchen classroom, we will have a cooking and baking kit for each of the 12 students. Each kit will include all the tools needed to make potica, pasties, pies, wontons, stirfry, or wild rice hotdish!
We're excited to be working with Potluck Kitchenware, our 2026 Nourishment Sponsor!
- 0 granted
- 4 remaining
With the expanded capacity of our kitchen classroom, we will have a cooking and baking kit for each of the 12 students. Each kit will include all the tools needed to make potica, pasties, pies, wontons, stirfry, or wild rice hotdish!
We're excited to be working with Potluck Kitchenware, our 2026 Nourishment Sponsor!
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We're excited to have a dishwasher for the first time in our ten years! Volunteers, students, instructors, and staff will be able to spend less time at the sink and more time sharing craft with others!
We're grateful to work with our neighbor, just across Sheridan Street, Kerntz Appliance to order and install our new appliances
We're excited to have a brand new double oven! Double the oven, double the pasties!!
We're grateful to work with our neighbor, just across Sheridan Street, Kerntz Appliance to order and install our new appliances
A warming drawer will allow our baking and bread classes to proof their dough - Our instructors are so excited to be adding this appliance!
We're glad to be able to work with our neighbor, Kerntz Appliance, to purchase and install appliances.
- 4 granted
- 8 remaining
With the expanded capacity of our kitchen classroom, we will have a cooking and baking kit for each of the 12 students. Each kit will include all the tools needed to make potica, pasties, pies, wontons, stirfry, or wild rice hotdish!
We're excited to be working with Potluck Kitchenware, our 2026 Nourishment Sponsor!
- 4 granted
- 0 remaining
With the expanded capacity of our kitchen classroom, we will have a cooking and baking kit for each of the 12 students. Each kit will include all the tools needed to make potica, pasties, pies, wontons, stirfry, or wild rice hotdish!
We're excited to be working with Potluck Kitchenware, our 2026 Nourishment Sponsor!
Each student will have access to their own baking sheet. This is part of our comprehensive student kit.
With the expanded capacity of our kitchen classroom, we will have a cooking and baking kit for each of the 12 students. Each kit will include all the tools needed to make potica, pasties, pies, wontons, stirfry, or wild rice hotdish!
We're excited to be working with Potluck Kitchenware, our 2026 Nourishment Sponsor!
With the expanded capacity of our kitchen classroom, we will have a cooking and baking kit for each of the 12 students. Each kit will include all the tools needed to make potica, pasties, pies, wontons, stirfry, or wild rice hotdish!
We're excited to be working with Potluck Kitchenware, our 2026 Nourishment Sponsor!
With the expanded capacity of our kitchen classroom, we will have a cooking and baking kit for each of the 12 students. Each kit will include all the tools needed to make potica, pasties, pies, wontons, stirfry, or wild rice hotdish!
We're excited to be working with Potluck Kitchenware, our 2026 Nourishment Sponsor!
With the expanded capacity of our kitchen classroom, we will have a cooking and baking kit for each of the 12 students. Each kit will include all the tools needed to make potica, pasties, pies, wontons, stirfry, or wild rice hotdish!
We're excited to be working with Potluck Kitchenware, our 2026 Nourishment Sponsor!
With the expanded capacity of our kitchen classroom, we will have a cooking and baking kit for each of the 12 students. Each kit will include all the tools needed to make potica, pasties, pies, wontons, stirfry, or wild rice hotdish!
We're excited to be working with Potluck Kitchenware, our 2026 Nourishment Sponsor!
- 0 granted
- 12 remaining
With the expanded capacity of our kitchen classroom, we will have a cooking and baking kit for each of the 12 students. Each kit will include all the tools needed to make potica, pasties, pies, wontons, stirfry, or wild rice hotdish!
We're excited to be working with Potluck Kitchenware, our 2026 Nourishment Sponsor!
- 3 granted
- 9 remaining
With the expanded capacity of our kitchen classroom, we will have a cooking and baking kit for each of the 12 students. Each kit will include all the tools needed to make potica, pasties, pies, wontons, stirfry, or wild rice hotdish!
We're excited to be working with Potluck Kitchenware, our 2026 Nourishment Sponsor!
- 0 granted
- 12 remaining
With the expanded capacity of our kitchen classroom, we will have a cooking and baking kit for each of the 12 students. Each kit will include all the tools needed to make potica, pasties, pies, wontons, stirfry, or wild rice hotdish!
We're excited to be working with Potluck Kitchenware, our 2026 Nourishment Sponsor!
- 2 granted
- 10 remaining
With the expanded capacity of our kitchen classroom, we will have a cooking and baking kit for each of the 12 students. Each kit will include all the tools needed to make potica, pasties, pies, wontons, stirfry, or wild rice hotdish!
We're excited to be working with Potluck Kitchenware, our 2026 Nourishment Sponsor!
- 1 granted
- 11 remaining
With the expanded capacity of our kitchen classroom, we will have a cooking and baking kit for each of the 12 students. Each kit will include all the tools needed to make potica, pasties, pies, wontons, stirfry, or wild rice hotdish!
We're excited to be working with Potluck Kitchenware, our 2026 Nourishment Sponsor!
- 0 granted
- 12 remaining
With the expanded capacity of our kitchen classroom, we will have a cooking and baking kit for each of the 12 students. Each kit will include all the tools needed to make potica, pasties, pies, wontons, stirfry, or wild rice hotdish!
We're excited to be working with Potluck Kitchenware, our 2026 Nourishment Sponsor!
- 12 granted
- 0 remaining
With the expanded capacity of our kitchen classroom, we will have a cooking and baking kit for each of the 12 students. Each kit will include all the tools needed to make potica, pasties, pies, wontons, stirfry, or wild rice hotdish!
We're excited to be working with Potluck Kitchenware, our 2026 Nourishment Sponsor!
- 2 granted
- 10 remaining
With the expanded capacity of our kitchen classroom, we will have a cooking and baking kit for each of the 12 students. Each kit will include all the tools needed to make potica, pasties, pies, wontons, stirfry, or wild rice hotdish!
We're excited to be working with Potluck Kitchenware, our 2026 Nourishment Sponsor!
- 0 granted
- 12 remaining
With the expanded capacity of our kitchen classroom, we will have a cooking and baking kit for each of the 12 students. Each kit will include all the tools needed to make potica, pasties, pies, wontons, stirfry, or wild rice hotdish!
We're excited to be working with Potluck Kitchenware, our 2026 Nourishment Sponsor!
- 2 granted
- 10 remaining
With the expanded capacity of our kitchen classroom, we will have a cooking and baking kit for each of the 12 students. Each kit will include all the tools needed to make potica, pasties, pies, wontons, stirfry, or wild rice hotdish!
We're excited to be working with Potluck Kitchenware, our 2026 Nourishment Sponsor!
- 0 granted
- 12 remaining
With the expanded capacity of our kitchen classroom, we will have a cooking and baking kit for each of the 12 students. Each kit will include all the tools needed to make potica, pasties, pies, wontons, stirfry, or wild rice hotdish!
We're excited to be working with Potluck Kitchenware, our 2026 Nourishment Sponsor!
- 12 granted
- 0 remaining
With the expanded capacity of our kitchen classroom, we will have a cooking and baking kit for each of the 12 students. Each kit will include all the tools needed to make potica, pasties, pies, wontons, stirfry, or wild rice hotdish!
We're excited to be working with Potluck Kitchenware, our 2026 Nourishment Sponsor!
- 0 granted
- 12 remaining
With the expanded capacity of our kitchen classroom, we will have a cooking and baking kit for each of the 12 students. Each kit will include all the tools needed to make potica, pasties, pies, wontons, stirfry, or wild rice hotdish!
We're excited to be working with Potluck Kitchenware, our 2026 Nourishment Sponsor!
- 0 granted
- 12 remaining
With the expanded capacity of our kitchen classroom, we will have a cooking and baking kit for each of the 12 students. Each kit will include all the tools needed to make potica, pasties, pies, wontons, stirfry, or wild rice hotdish!
We're excited to be working with Potluck Kitchenware, our 2026 Nourishment Sponsor!
- 4 granted
- 0 remaining
With the expanded capacity of our kitchen classroom, we will have a cooking and baking kit for each of the 12 students. Each kit will include all the tools needed to make potica, pasties, pies, wontons, stirfry, or wild rice hotdish!
We're excited to be working with Potluck Kitchenware, our 2026 Nourishment Sponsor!
- 0 granted
- 4 remaining
With the expanded capacity of our kitchen classroom, we will have a cooking and baking kit for each of the 12 students. Each kit will include all the tools needed to make potica, pasties, pies, wontons, stirfry, or wild rice hotdish!
We're excited to be working with Potluck Kitchenware, our 2026 Nourishment Sponsor!
- 0 granted
- 4 remaining
With the expanded capacity of our kitchen classroom, we will have a cooking and baking kit for each of the 12 students. Each kit will include all the tools needed to make potica, pasties, pies, wontons, stirfry, or wild rice hotdish!
We're excited to be working with Potluck Kitchenware, our 2026 Nourishment Sponsor!
- 0 granted
- 4 remaining
With the expanded capacity of our kitchen classroom, we will have a cooking and baking kit for each of the 12 students. Each kit will include all the tools needed to make potica, pasties, pies, wontons, stirfry, or wild rice hotdish!
We're excited to be working with Potluck Kitchenware, our 2026 Nourishment Sponsor!
- 0 granted
- 4 remaining
With the expanded capacity of our kitchen classroom, we will have a cooking and baking kit for each of the 12 students. Each kit will include all the tools needed to make potica, pasties, pies, wontons, stirfry, or wild rice hotdish!
We're excited to be working with Potluck Kitchenware, our 2026 Nourishment Sponsor!
