Education impact
Food has always been my way of teaching.
And I take that responsibility wherever I go: classrooms, foundations and schools, in Venezuela and in the UAE.
Programmes
Culinary education
The Family Table
A private, in-home learning experience for the whole family, hosted by me. Cook, learn, eat.
Kitchen Confident
Private one-to-one classes, or for siblings, at home. A personalised curriculum, a recipe book to keep, and school holiday intensives.
Family Table Residences
Community programming with real educational value for branded residences, hotel residences, apartment and family communities.
Schools & hospitality
Show cookings, tastings and hands-on classes for schools, hotels and digital lessons.
Paola Rodriguez“I believe I can make a better world through gastronomy.”
The journey so far
Classrooms, foundations and schools.
- 2023Fundación PolarLed healthy cooking classes for 300 children in Venezuela, teaching them to assemble nutritious meals with government-provided ingredients, and letting them taste healthy treats.
- ThenSchools & foundationsContinued with cooking classes, show cookings and hands-on lessons across schools and foundations in the region, including the Mas que un Aporte foundation, bringing culinary education to new communities.
- 2025GEMS SchoolsThree months of brand development consulting in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, with cooking classes for children and families, and a jury member at a family MasterChef event.
In the classroom
Every child cooks.
No watching from the back. Each table gets its own ingredients and its own job, and I go table to table until every child has made something they are proud to eat.
Classes
Little cooks, big kitchens.
Bring a class to your school.
Show cookings, tastings and hands-on classes for children and families.