THE FOOD COACH ACADEMY
Courses that train you to teach others how to cook in a way that honors their palate, wallet, and cultural heritage.
Content for All Health Advocates
The only training that combines chef skills, food-coaching, and nutrition science into one comprehensive certification.
Train to teach others how to cook food that's healthy, culturally relevant, budget-friendly, and delicious.
What can you expect from ourÂ
content and classes?
Our programs combine science, behavior change, and culinary skills to help the Food is Medicine workforce—and anyone called to support others—create lasting dietary change.
We believe people should choose what part of their diet they want to change. Our role is to meet them where they are, build confidence, and help healthy eating become both achievable and delicious.
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 Build Your Own Course
Build your own course or textbook by selecting from the 44 modules/chapters. Teach students, chefs, community members and more
Food Coach Foundation: PPx
This focused Food is Medicine (~15 hr) online course introduces key food coaching concepts and culinary strategies that help participants successfully use and enjoy the fruits and vegetables they receive through produce prescription programs.
Food Coach Academy
Combines chef, coach, and nutrition training to prepare the Food is Medicine workforce to support sustainable dietary change. Earn 510 CEHs from the American Culinary Federation while mastering the research-based Food Coaching methodology. Online (1 year)
We Can Create What You Need!
We support the emerging field of Food is Medicine by creating content, training and patient messaging in an engaging way, using a science based modular delivery system. Contact us to see how we can help you and your team.
ABOUT OUR FOUNDER
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Hi, I am Dr. Deb Kennedy, I am a PhD nutritionist, chef, author and food warrior with 30 years of experience in supporting people, communities and institutions in culinary medicine. I break down the science so everyone can benefit from the healing power of food...and oh my...how powerful it is. I spent 3 years working with a dozen chefs and over 40 nutritionists from around the world to create The Culinary Medicine Textbook series in order to create culinary competencies for nutrition recommendations. I built it into scientifically based, digestible pieces so that you can pick and choose your own learning experience. Join me in becoming a food warrior – someone who believes that everyone has the right to eat healthy food, deliciously!
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MEET DR. DEB
