Culinary Certificate: Nutrition Fundamentals

Learn everything you need to know about the fundamentals of clean-eating and cooking in this Culinary Nutrition course. Time is split between hands on cooking and classroom nutrition.

In the classroom setting, students will explore the basic role of nutrition, macro and micro nutrients, food as medicine, dietary trends and specialized diets (e.g. gluten-free, vegan, Paleo) as well as food allergies and intolerances and sustainability.

In the kitchen, students will experience instructional demonstrations, culinary techniques, and hands-on healthy cooking.

No prior experience in the kitchen or in nutrition is needed. This course is fantastic way to get the foundations of clean cooking while getting indepth knowledge on nutrition.

Who should take this course

• Anyone with an interest in food and nutrition
• Anyone looking to improve on, or explore their health
• Anyone interested in learning new cooking skills and ways to prepare delicious, healthy meals
• Industry professionals who want to elavate their knowledge of health, nutrition and cooking in order to better serve their customers and clients:
• *Chefs and kitchen workers (to learn the importance of food allergies and substitutions)
• Health coaches
• Homeopathic and naturopathic doctors
• Medical doctors, nurses and students
• Fitness industry professionals like yoga teachers and personal trainers
• Massage Therapist

What you will learn

• Learn why nutrition is important and the effects of modern lifestyle on diet and health
• Get a solid handle on macro and micronutrients
• Know how to balance each meal for optimal health
• Learn key healthy cooking techniques that will maximize nutritional benefits of your food
• Learn about epigenetics and create a family disease tree
• Study chronic diseases how to use food as medicine to reduce your risk
• Learn how to read nutrition labels
• Discover how to figure out which foods work with your body
• Study inflammation, it’s perils and the foods that fight it
• Identify common food allergies and how to spot them
• Explore healing foods and theraputic diets
• Discuss the biggest issues in sustainability
• Create your own personal eating plan
• Knife skill lessons
• How to select vegetables
• Root to stalk cooking
• Learn how to modify a recipe to make it healthier
• Learn how to create gut-balancing fermented, soaked & sprouted food
• Make delicious dairy and gluten free sauces
• Blend your own dairy free milks!
• Explore egg replacements, oil free cooking and premium salts
• How to stock your pantry with heathy ingredients
• Explore new flavors and make your own seasonings
• Work natural sugars

What to wear:
Participants should wear closed–toe non skid shoes and long pants in all hands-on workshops. Please avoid wearing loose jewelry and clothing. Kendall will provide safety instructions, but the College is not liable for personal injury.