Anastasiia Stepanenko

About the business

Anastasiia Stepanenko brings Cookiddoo, a children's cooking studio in Kanata, to UAFest.

The festival's own post of 13 February 2026 names her, with the Cookiddoo Studio, as representing Ukrainian cuisine at the multicultural celebration in Perth, Ontario, taking over from the festival's kitchen lead Raisa Hordiychuk. The festival lists her in its family as a Cookiddoo vendor for 2026. In the festival's own 2026 team she is also its Business Development Assistant, in the Business, Sponsors & Charity department. On GetYourGuide, where Cookiddoo keeps its booking storefront, the studio's trader listing gives the legal company name as Anastasiia Stepanenko, at 150 Katimavik Road 301, K2L 2N2 Ottawa, Ontario.

The studio describes itself as "a cooking school for kids where confidence, independence, and a love of cooking are nurtured," and on its Our Story page as the only kids-only cooking studio in west Ottawa. It works out of 301-150 Katimavik Rd in Kanata and builds its classes for children aged 4 to 15, with the chefs adapting every recipe and technique to each age group.

Cookiddoo is clear about who does the work. In its own words: "We're all about helping kids be as independent as possible, with our chefs guiding and mentoring them, while the kids do everything else themselves." A master class runs about two hours and is capped at ten children so each one gets real attention. The format is drop-off — parents leave the child in the studio kitchen rather than staying. Everyone is given a branded apron and hat for the session, and every child goes home with a personalized recipe.

Around those single workshops sits a fuller programme: the Junior Chef Course, week-long culinary camps, birthday parties held as cooking classes, off-site master classes, after-school programmes, school field trips and educational workshops, online courses, party and corporate catering, balloon decoration for events, a shop with merchandise and gift certificates. The studio publishes its prices: master classes start at $55, camps are $320, a full cooking course is $389, and a birthday party is $385 with a $150 deposit to reserve the date.

Classes are offered in English and in French, and the website is published in four languages — English, French, Ukrainian and Russian. The studio also publishes a reviews page where it quotes its Google rating of 4.7 stars from 28 reviews and links straight to the profile so the full, unedited reviews can be read at the source; on the same page it answers the complaint that comes up most often, that the studio takes a minute to find on a first visit, by printing a parent's own directions to the door. The Kanata model is offered to franchise partners across Canada, with training, curriculum, branding and marketing supplied by the flagship studio.