Mama T’s Cooking With Teens

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Mama T’s Cooking With Teens Toni Rivera is the founder of this non-profit dedicated to equipping the vulnerable with life skills.

Just got our awesome aprons and we love them.   Thank you so much to our friends at  Apparel 💜. Cooking up confidence wi...
06/08/2026

Just got our awesome aprons and we love them. Thank you so much to our friends at Apparel 💜. Cooking up confidence with the kids.

05/30/2026

Our Mission: To empower teens through cooking, mentorship, life skills, and faith-centered encouragement, creating opportunities for growth, connection, and confidence, one meal at a time. We are creating community where every teen regardless of circumstances, has a seat at the table, the support to thrive, and the confidence to peruse their God-given purpose in life.

The situations of these youth make them more vulnerable to being trafficked. With this, we work to combat those odds through knowledge and promotion of self-value that does not depend on others. Awareness is key and we delicately plant seeds of education to fight human trafficking any way possible.

The violet tones symbolize creativity, transformation, and resilience, while the gold cross reflects faith, and the TRUE light that guides every young person towards a brighter future with their holy father. With God all things are possible and these teens past will not define their future. The table is a sacred space, and nothing can confine the love transferred through cooking. We are breaking bread with God's children. ~Cooking up Confidence & Cultivating Character with Christ ✝️

Money raised goes to whatever we can help the underprivileged youth with. Some only have the clothes on their back, some are aging out of certain youth programs and when they turn 18 have absolutely no place to go. There are many different situations with each child. Funds are used directly to help improve the lives of all the youths we can help.

05/30/2026

Listen to these awesome kids. “Master Chefs” they are! 👏 💜👏

Tonight after work we cooked with 3 incredible teens.   One boy and two girls.  All 3 teens have had pretty rough lives....
05/30/2026

Tonight after work we cooked with 3 incredible teens. One boy and two girls. All 3 teens have had pretty rough lives. To be able to give them a little bit of empowerment when they are in such helpless situations is an amazing feeling. While cooking with them we talked about love. What it means to love and respect yourself. They said they could “feel the love in the food”, before they even ate it. As they cooked they said it was relaxing. They got to create something with their own two hands and call themselves “Master Chefs”. 💜They gave a bow to their friends as they all applauded their food. They got some well deserved positive attention today. Most importantly, they got to feel the fulfillment of accomplishment . We cooked on a small budget and they created their own delicious version of pasta carbonara and fried chicken!

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19239 Cortez Boulevard
Brooksville, FL
34601

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