Who is this PROGRAM for?
The Culinary Nutrition Expert Program
Register NOW for our self-paced Culinary Nutrition Expert Program
Next Level Training in Culinary Nutrition
The Culinary Nutrition Expert Program is an in-depth, life transformative learning experience that is offered for personal interest at your own pace.
You will acquire practical, everyday, natural cooking skills along with a deeper exploration into the therapeutic properties of the foods we eat, how we prepare them and how to effectively share this knowledge and skills with others.
This program can enhance prior training in natural health, or serve as your first introduction to the field.
We are the global leader in culinary nutrition training. There is nothing else like it.
What You Will Learn
- How to use your kitchen with confidence to cook for yourself, your family, clients or patients.
- Understand the benefits and drawbacks of different dietary protocols.
- Explore new flavours and foods with delicious original recipes influenced by traditional diets and therapeutic foods.
- Be empowered to teach culinary nutrition skills to your own students or patients.
- Develop healing meal plans for specific dietary needs and health conditions of your choosing.
- Create your own from-scratch recipes and master recipe development.
- How to take an evidence-based research approach to health issues and the connection to diet and lifestyle.
- Know the steps to creating meal plans that adhere to specific dietary needs or health conditions.
- How to put together and execute cooking classes and workshops.
- Gain invaluable knowledge about the nutritional value of therapeutic ingredients.
- How to coach individuals towards more health-supportive eating habits.
- Connect with a worldwide, amazingly supportive community of Culinary Nutrition Experts.
- Unparalleled community cheerleading.
Lead the Way
Get the most in-depth education in culinary nutrition, cooking, health, therapeutic nutrition, and vibrant living. You will also be guided and coached on how to be the teacher, the leader, and the go-to expert in your community.
Professional LEVEL EXPERIENCE
The Culinary Nutrition Expert Program is the only program to offer this kind of online training, at a professional level with care and detail in every aspect.
Applied Learning, Applied Eating!
Where else can you eat your homework? We learn in various ways and one of the best is when we learn something and then immediately put it into practice. The practical teachings in the Culinary Nutrition Expert Program curriculum ensure that the information is retained.
Live What You Learn
The way our program is delivered, you are living what you’re learning and will be amazed by your own personal transformation through the experience of this program.
A New Way Of Learning
Discover the power that comes from gaining confidence in the kitchen and know how to use food to nourish yourself, your family and your clients for optimal health.
This 100% online program includes:
- A world-class, kind, supportive, and generous community of like-minded health, nutrition, and culinary enthusiasts
- A highly engaged and active community to share their knowledge and skills and cheer you on
- Video-based teaching through professionally produced cooking demonstration and lecture-based modules
- Accompanying supportive materials (course notes, recipes, and other resources)
- Guided curriculum from start to finish, with the recommendation of completion over five months.
- Quarterly Community Connect Sessions with program founder
- Home study & cooking assignments
Health Care Professionals
- Holistic/Natural nutritionists
- Health coaches
- Dietitians
- Professional caregivers
- Naturopathic doctors
- Medical doctors
- Nurses and Nurse Practitioners
Those Who Want To Broaden Their Skillset
- Committed individuals with a keen personal interest in food and nutrition
- Parents
- School teachers and ECE professionals
- Yoga teachers
- Fitness trainers
- Bodywork specialists
- You!
I made the choice to nourish my body with foods that it can recognize and thrive with, this course and training did that and more. To me understanding brings power and knowledge peace! Now I have the understand to incorporate ingredients in the most fascinating way that works, my souls desire was fulfilled. Meghan is the most fun teacher that radiates a passion for wholesome foods that impacted me and my family in the most positive way! This was the best investment to our health!
This course offered everything I was looking for in order to integrate my functional nutrition knowledge and love for all things culinary. While I was challenged by the course, I am now well prepared to use this course material moving forward with my passion.....educating others on how to shop, prepare and cook delicious and nutritious food while educating them on how this impacts the state of their health. And now, I am connected to this wonderful community for support and inspiration!
This was one of the best decisions I made to take this course. I took the course out of curiosity and ended up learning so much more than I expected. Meghan's teaching style kept me glued to want to learn more. I loved the professionalism of this course and the way the whole team works as one. Meghan makes learning fun and interesting. This program exceeded my expectations. The course kept me on my toes all through but the end result was totally worth it.
We proudly celebrate a global community of more than 3,000 graduates in over 75 countries.
How Is The Program Delivered?
This program is 100% online AND IS OFFERED SELF-PACED WITH INSTANT ACCESS
Enroll with instant access to the course with our self-paced honorary options and take the course at your pace with a full 12-months access.
How Does The Self-Paced Program Work?
- Upon registration you will receive instant access to your student dashboard.
- You will proceed through the welcome/introduction part of the course where you will discover our recommended path through the program.
- You will then have access to the first course module. You will access subsequent modules by completing the quiz and moving on.
- You are invited to proceed through the course materials, completing the quizzes at your own pace.
- Upon completion of all module videos and quizzes, you will earn a certificate of completion on the course (this is not a certificate of expertise).
- You will have access to the course content for 12 months from date of purchase.
- You *will not* be submitting assignments for feedback.
- You *will not* be earning the designation of Culinary Nutrition Expert.
You can join us from anywhere in the world.
All you need is a high-speed internet connection.
The success of this program and the results of our students rests on the immersive, multi-faceted teaching style that supports various ways of learning including visual learning through videos, reading, hands-on practice, and research on personal areas of interest.
Primary Program Components
1. Course Video ModuleS
There are 11 core modules in the program, (approximately 90 minutes each), which you are invited to enjoy and complete the quiz that follows them. Each module is accompanied by course notes and recipes. Once a module is released, you have continued 24/7 access for 12 months from your date of registration. These professionally produced course videos provide an information-packed, engaging, and humour-filled learning experience.
2. QUARTERLY Coaching + Connection Sessions
Once per quarter you will connect with other active students and alumni through live coaching Q&A sessions. You will also have a space online to connect with your fellow students and alumni in our private community group.
3. Hands-On Cooking
Hands-on cooking is an important component of the program and with cooking assignments in every module, you will surprise yourself at how your skills and knowledge develop. This is your opportunity to take what you see in the course modules and create in your own kitchen. All of the recipes are gluten-free and dairy-free with additional modification options for specific dietary needs.
4. Immersion In Your Topic Of Choice
The written assignment component of the program invites you to choose a topic that is of personal or professional interest and dive deeply with the support of the community. Students are invited to choose a health condition or health-related topic to focus on for the duration of their time in the program.
The Culinary Nutrition Expert Program was educational, motivating and fun! I learned to make delicious healing foods that were gluten free and dairy free. The recipes were easy to follow and simple to make at home. I am a Health and Wellness Coach, and am excited to add this specialty to my practice. It gave me a new skill set that I can share with my clients and family. I loved learning new recipes and healthy substitutions for the body and home. This program brought out my passion for the culinary arts of healing foods and herbal medicine. You will not regret taking this program; You will gain a wealth of nutritional knowledge!
I enjoyed this program so much. I am an experienced cook, but this program challenged me to try foods new to me and to make things I hadn't thought to do before. I've always read about nutrition, but this course helped me organize my thoughts and create my own food philosophy. And now I have a name for the way I take recipes and alter them or simply look in the fridge and create a dish from what I have available. I am a recipe creator!
The Culinary Nutrition Expert Program was an amazing experience, it was an incredible learning and working hard experience, very well explained by Meghan and Josh plus the support of Melanie was great. I really enjoyed trying new flavors and playing with spices, it changed my life since I am not afraid of the kitchen anymore!
we ARE ONE OF A KIND
| Culinary Nutrition Expert Program | Integrative, Natural, Holistic Nutrition Schools | Culinary & Chef Training Programs | |||
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| Self-paced curriculum | Some | Some | |||
| Natural and Integrative Nutrition Philosophy | |||||
| 100% Online Learning Platform | Some | ||||
| Closed Captioning for All Video Content | Some | Some | |||
| Course notes included in tuition | Some | ||||
| No prerequisites | Some | ||||
| No specific allegiance to one type/style of eating philosophy | Some | Some | |||
| Therapeutic culinary training | |||||
| Applied natural beauty care and home care training | |||||
| Applied skills in recipe development | |||||
| Meal/menu planning in accordance with health conditions | |||||
| Food-focused curriculum | |||||
| Full year access to program materials
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Registration includes access to program modules, course notes, recipes, and the community for a minimum of 12 months from program start date with the option to renew for extended access. |
Some | Some | |||
| Exclusive discounts and offers from partner companies | Some | Some | |||
| Access to our private community group | |||||
| Most practical and delicious nutrition training there ever was |
The program completely exceeded my expectations. Most importantly it definitely upped my game in terms of my nutrition coaching business. Now I'm able to help my clients apply what I teach them in the kitchen with some very useful cooking lessons.
I loved this program. I am a Certified Exercise Physiologist with an undergraduate in Kinesiology and a Holistic Nutritionist. This was by far the best program I have done and is so applicable to my career. It answers all of the questions clients and others ask me on a regular basis. It is so practical and I found myself challenged, but very supported through the program. I would highly recommend this to anyone wanting to further their education in culinary skills with an emphasis on REAL and healthful foods. Meghan backs everything up with research (which I love) and delivers it with her amazing personality. It was money very well spent.
The Culinary Nutrition Expert Program completely surpassed my expectations. I started the program to improve my knowledge about nutrition and finished with a desire to share this great information with others. The Culinary Nutrition Expert Program is professionally designed and very effective regardless of your culinary background or training. Meghan and team have been great allies in my journey.
Curriculum Breakdown
The knowledge shared in this program can be applied to everyday living, to improve your professional development, or inspire you to pursue a total business kick-start.
Our goal is that you complete this training feeling inspired, empowered, and confident in your skills.
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Module 1: Culinary Nutrition Basics
For Culinary Nutrition to be effective, we’ve got to lay the foundation. This first module explores the keys to health and how we can take those principles and apply them to our food choices. We start there and then breakdown how to make the best food choices, set your kitchen up for success, as well as understand meal planning and why we’re cooking from scratch. Discover simple tips, tricks and strategies to transform your best intentions into healthy eating for yourself and your clients.
This module covers:
Culinary Nutrition Overview
- The foundational keys to health
- The definition of real food
- Understanding calories
- Understanding macro and micronutrients
- Conscious eating
Setting Up A Culinary Nutrition Kitchen
- Key ingredients in a healing kitchen
- Key kitchen tools and equipment recommendations
- Best pots and pans for healthy cooking
- How to set up your kitchen for optimal efficiency
Food Selection
- Understanding food labels
- How to choose produce
- Organic food and a healing diet
- Chemical agriculture from a health and environment perspective
- Genetic modification (GMOs)
Basic Food Preparation
- Vegetable preparation and storage
- Food preparation tips
- Optimizing your time in the kitchen
- From-scratch cooking principles
- From-scratch condiments
Meal + Menu Planning
- Menu planning and recipe selection
- Optimizing your time in the kitchen
Cooking with Fats
- Saturated fats: types and best uses
- Monounsaturated fats: types and best uses
- Polyunsaturated fats: types and best uses
- Choosing oils
- Storing oils
Knife Skills
- Safety guide
- Simple cuts
*** Demonstration of 3 recipes
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Module 2: Fundamentals of Nutrition
In this module, taught by clinical nutritionist and functional medicine specialist Josh Gitalis, you will be provided with a solid foundation in nutrition. This module offers a summary of the role macronutrients and micronutrients play in the body, and shares the science behind the principles of culinary nutrition. It’s taught at a level that is suitable for beginners, and also functions as an overview and refresher for those with a background in health and nutrition.
This module covers:
The Fundamentals
- What is health?
- How do we define what health truly is?
- Composition of the human body
- Role of the soil in the quality of our food
- Organic versus conventional food, from the soil up
- Food processing practices
The Role of Water
- Water quality
- Role of water in health
- Best types of water to drink
- How much do we need
Understanding Macronutrients: Carbohydrates, Protein and Fat
- Healthiest sources
- Different types and structure
- Qualities
- Quantities recommended
- Role in the body
Understanding Micronutrients: Fat-Soluble Vitamins, Water-Soluble Vitamins and Minerals
- Best sources of each
- Most absorbable forms
- Deficiency symptoms in the body
- Toxicity symptoms
- Role in the body and functions
- Best food sources of each
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Module 3: Plant Rich Eating
Sharing what it means to eat plantifully and how the principles of plant-rich eating blanket every style of diet, from raw/vegan through to protein-powered Paleo. This course is about learning how to incorporate more plant-based foods into meals.
This module covers:
Comparative Diets:
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
- Macrobiotic
- Paleo
- Raw
Gluten-Free Diets:
- Digestive impact
- Intolerances
- Dietary implications
- Culinary nutrition and gluten-free eating
- Whole grains and gluten-free options
Dairy-Free Diets:
- Digestive impact
- Intolerances
- Dietary implications
- Culinary nutrition and dairy-free eating
Balanced Plantiful Eating
- Tips for easing the transition to plant-rich eating
- Avoiding refined foods to maintain balance and ease cravings
- Principles of holistic comfort food
- Properties of food
- Balanced menu planning
- Strategies for sharing your lifestyle with others
*** Demonstration of 8 recipes
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Module 4: Fueling with Whole Foods
No matter the diet of choice for yourself, your family and/or your clients, there are key culinary nutrition principles that apply to all diets in order for them to be healing.
This module covers:
Food and Energy Relationships
- The connection between diet and stress
- How stress hormones affect weight management, mood, sleep, and behaviour
- Macronutrients and digestion
Macronutrient Focus: Carbohydrates
- Chemistry of carbs
Blood Sugar Management and Diet
- Understanding the glycemic index
- Strategies to lower the glycemic load of your favourite dishes
- The importance of maintaining steady blood sugar
- Metabolic effects of fluctuating blood sugar
Macronutrient Focus: Protein
- Importance of protein in the diet
- Protein digestion
- Best plant-based sources of protein
- Best and cleanest animal sources of protein
Creating Balanced Meals
- Principles of balanced eating
- The five tastes and how to build recipes and meals around them
- The role of taste in satiety
- Working with and guidelines for combining spices
- Principles of balanced eating
Culinary Nutrition Focus
- Health benefits of cruciferous vegetables (and knowing what they are)
- Health benefits of green foods
- Healing benefits of a grain-free diet
Recipe Creation 101
- What makes a recipe yours
- Where to start in creating recipes
- Three recipe creation strategies
*** Demonstration of 10 recipes
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Module 5: Raw Food Foundation
This module explores the power and simplicity of raw food, encouraging you to incorporate more raw foods into your diet and how to help clients get more raw in as well. This workshop explores the most powerful raw foods to include in the diet and shares simple un-cooking techniques.
This module covers:
Raw Food Made Simple
- How to use equipment for best raw food creations
- Easy ways to integrate healing raw foods into everyday eating
- Health benefits of raw food
- Tips and tricks for adding raw foods into your cooked favourites
Basic Raw Food Preparation Techniques
- Tips for creating balanced, satiating salads
- Preparing greens for optimal digestion
- Simple dehydrator recipes
- Simple and quick raw food solutions
Sprouting
- 2 techniques
- Health benefits
- Best ways to use sprouts in the diet
Fermentation Fundamentals
- Simple fermentation techniques
- Health benefits
Benefits of Sea Vegetables
- Health benefits of sea vegetables
- Learning the different types
- Best ways to incorporate them
***Demonstration of 8 recipes
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Module 6: Liquid Nutrition: Smoothies and Juices
This inspiring module will introduce you to the world of smoothies and juices that will change the way you blend. Smoothies and juices are staples for health as the simplest and fastest way to get loads of nutrient-dense power into the body. We’ll explore fruits and veggies that fight off disease, unexpected smoothie combinations, and juicing for therapeutic benefits.
This module covers:
Liquid Nutrition Basics
- How to choose your juicer
- The nutritional difference between a smoothie and a juice
- The role of organic produce in juicing
- Appetite moderation strategies
Juicing for Health
- Keys to cleansing
- Effective detox strategies
- Specific therapeutic benefits of various fruits and vegetables
- Juicing and its cancer-fighting, healing effects
- Various juice combos and what they heal and rebalance in the body
Smoothies For Health
- Tips and tricks for hiding veggies in your smoothie
- How to incorporate more whole foods into your smoothies
- Popular superfoods and their health benefits
- Making smoothies
Healing Disease with Liquid Nutrition
- Cancer and sugar connection
- pH Balance, alkalinity and disease
- Synthetic enrichment of food
- Caffeine and health
*** Demonstration of 8 recipes
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Module 7: Herbal Medicine and Elixirs
Josh and Meghan share how to effectively combine different herbs, medicinal mushrooms, spices and foods to create therapeutic elixirs. This module breaks down how amazingly simple it can be to create custom elixir blends and integrate these elixirs into regular daily consumption. This is true culinary nutrition.
This module covers:
Introduction to Herbal Medicine
- The hidden benefits of common kitchen spices
- How to use medicinal herbs
- Aphrodisiac spices
- Spices and cancer prevention
- Herbal medicine extraction methods
- Forms of herbs
- The role of tonic herbs in the body
Elixir Craft
- What is an elixir?
- Elixirs vs. smoothies
- Meal replacement elixir properties
- Role of medium-chain triglycerides and brain health
Tincturing 101
- Simple techniques to make your own medicines
- Health power of roots
- Nature’s antibiotics
*** Demonstration of 7 recipes
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Module 8: Baking and Sweet Treats
In this sweet module, we will explore gluten-free baking from scratch. You’ll learn how to make staple desserts such as cookies, cakes, ice cream, and chocolates, giving you the tools and know-how to develop your own tasty creations.
This course will discuss:
Gluten-Free Baking Essentials
- Gluten-free flour options and how to best work with them for desserts
- Gluten-free baking tips
- Getting desserts to rise without eggs
- The unhealthy side of ‘gluten-free’
Baking Baked Goods Healthfully
- Protein powered baking
- Natural sweetener options
- How to work with raw cacao and create raw chocolate treats
- Baking with nut/seed milks in place of dairy
- Using fruit and vegetable purées in place of oils and/or butter
- Tips and tricks to modify your favourite baking recipes
From-Scratch Creating:
- Chocolate
- Dairy-free ice cream
- Cookies
- Muffin/Cakes
Recipe Creation Inspiration
- Evolution of our taste buds
- Simple modification of recipes
- Making your favorites nut-free, gluten-free, grain-free, dairy-free
***Demonstration of 10 recipes
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Module 9: Healing Diets
Healing diets is a lecture-based module that gets into the heart of culinary nutrition. We explore the role diet has in both healing and reversing disease, the impact of lifestyle factors and stress, and offer a comparison of the more common healing diets and what conditions are best suited to them.
This module covers:
Mind and Body Connection to Disease
- The root cause approach to disease and healing
- Inspiration for change
- Keys to healing
- Life force and the psycho/spiritual connection
- The digestive tract
- A tour of the digestive tract
- Four stages of digestion: what happens where
- Factors that affect digestion
The Pillars of Health – The Body’s Systems
- Understanding the systems of the body
- Gastrointestinal health
- Microbiome
- Detoxification
- Structural
- Immune System
- Cardiovascular
- Hormonal
- Mind/Body
We’ll explore the role of each system, the conditions that result from imbalances, the organs involved, and key nutrients and foods that support them.
Foundations of a Healing Diet
- Food as medicine
- Universal approach to healing
- The foods that work against health and why
- Key therapeutic properties of foods
- Removing problematic foods
- Determining sensitivities
- Role of therapeutic supplementation
Therapeutic Diets
- Acute Healing Diet
- Comprehensive Elimination Diet
- Anti-Inflammatory Diet
- FODMAPs
- SCD
- GAPs
- Keto
- Autoimmune Protocol
- Intermittent Fasting
- What do all of the diets have in common?
- What do they all eliminate?
- Key properties of healing foods
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Module 10: Therapeutic Foods
This module employs the key concepts of Healing Diets to explore the uses and benefits of specific healing foods. Though this course is not exclusively plant-based, plant-powered options are also shared. The information shared in this module empowers you to take ownership over your health, and better enable you to determine key therapeutic foods for your clients. You’ll learn that with certain foods and specific nutrients, food can play a powerful role in healing, or simply in restoring and maintaining optimal health.
Therapeutic Foods Fundamentals
- Foods that support the main systems of the body
- Digestive healing as the root of health
- Grain-free eating for digestive health
- Digestive tract healing
- Key gut-healing nutrients
- Immune modulation
- Healing the gut first
- How to research and understand any condition and the key healing foods
Key Therapeutic Foods
- Health properties of gelatin
- How to use gelatin
- Broths and stocks
- Making clarified butter
- Healing properties of fats
- Therapeutic juicing
- Medicinal mushrooms
- Culinary mushrooms
- Full body tonics
- Mucilaginous properties of healing foods
- Kuzu starch and digestion
***Demonstration of 7 recipes
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Module 11: Culinary Nutrition Home and Beauty Care
This module explores the challenges in conventional cosmetics and beauty care products and what to look out for. You’ll learn how to make everyday personal body care products out of the most basic kitchen ingredients.
This module covers:
Holistic Beauty Care Overview
- What is holistic beauty care
- How to best store natural beauty care products
- Ingredients to avoid
- Edible beauty care ingredient essentials
Holistic Dental Care
- Role of saliva in dental health
- Fluoride and thyroid health
- Where cavities come from
Skin Health Practices
- Skin brushing
- Caring for the lymphatic system for natural glowing skin
- Alkalinity and breakouts
- Wound healing
Customizing Beauty Care
- How to pick and choose the best herbs and oils for your needs
- How to create basic body and beauty care products that can be modified to fit specific skin conditions
- The best carrier oils, herbs, and essentials oils to use in products
- How to choose essential oils
- Minerals for anti-aging
- Recipes for face, body, mouth, and hair
Holistic Home Care
- The five basic home cleaning ingredients
- How to get the chemicals out of your home
- Responsible disposal of chemicals
- Setting yourself up for edible home + beauty care success
***Demonstration of 7 recipes
The Culinary Nutrition Expert Program is not a walk in the park, but that is part of what makes it so worthwhile. It is structured, demanding and expects a high standard of work and focus. You will emerge from it a better cook, with a far greater understanding of nutrition and also with new-found confidence. This is guaranteed, no matter how basic or advanced your current knowledge is! If can you, grab the opportunity to sign up.
The Culinary Nutrition Expert Program is one of the best things I have ever done in my life! Not only is it really fun, but it's so interesting and informative. You'll gain skills and knowledge. It's very practical and hands on. The community before, during and forever more afterwards are wonderful. The teaching is high class. All the staff are very knowledgeable. All the teaching is evidence-based and this is the philosophy they adopt throughout, which is very much appreciated by me with having a science background myself. If you are thinking of doing it then don't have any doubts, dive in and give it your all. You won't regret it.
This program would be helpful to anyone willing to learn about culinary nutrition, from the professional to the amateur. As much as it is challenging, it is 100 times rewarding. The team at ACN and the wonderful community is the cherry on top.
Career Opportunities
CULINARY NUTRITION CAREER INSPIRATION
As our world is under an intense period of change, people are waking up to the reality that health comes above all else. Now, more than ever, we can start a business with little more than a laptop and an internet connection and, just like that, we have access to the world! People are hungry for what our graduates have to share.
For this game-changing reason, career options become limited only by your own imagination.
Today Is The Day! Anything Is Possible.
What we strive to offer you in the Culinary Nutrition Expert Program is applied nutrition skills that take nutrition out of the clinic or office setting and into the place where real change can happen – the kitchen, whether that be the actual kitchen or through online coaching, consulting, teaching, and more.
If you are contemplating a career in nutrition, or already have a foundation and are looking to fill in the gaps by adding cooking, therapeutic nutrition, recipe creation, meal planning, workshop and cooking class hosting, or simply to be able to offer your clients better-applied nutrition skills, then you are in the right place.
This program works for you whether you are looking to kickstart a new career in nutrition, take your current business or practice to the next level, or want to bring more applied culinary nutrition expertise into your current role.
Culinary Nutrition Experts are fully qualified to:
- Expand their existing coaching business
- Run cooking workshops and classes
- Corporate consulting for hotels and conference centers
- Create education programs in schools
- Create advocacy programs for healthier lunches
- Write for magazines, blogs, and newspapers
- Perform recipe testing for cookbook authors and/or magazines
- Create customized and balanced meal plans
- Cook/cater at private dinners, events, or execute a meal delivery service
- Recipe development
- Cookbook writing
- Work with families to build healthier relationships with food
- Assist in research and writing on food/nutrition topics for leading health experts
- Host retreats
- Create food products and bring them to market
- Do product development for other brands
- Use your background in culinary nutrition to support brands in copywriting, recipe development, community management and more
- Become a better nutritionist, nurse, health coach, dietitian, naturopath, or doctor!
Tuition
Your health and that of your family is the investment of a lifetime that gives back every single day.
The purpose of this program is to empower you to be self-sufficient in the realm of culinary nutrition. We’ve taken hundreds of hours of content and edited it down to create the most effective, easy to follow, demonstration-based training.
Your experience in this program has incredible lifelong value whether you are applying it to your life, to your business, or perhaps both!
INCLUDED WITH REGISTRATION
Over 30 Hours of Culinary Nutrition Video Training
This is the most comprehensive program of its kind. Through the program modules, you can watch the step-by-step demonstration of over 80 gluten-free and dairy-free recipes, filmed and edited in high-definition professional quality. We also include two lecture-based courses that hone in on some of the foundational concepts of culinary nutrition. This video content is only available as part of the Culinary Nutrition Expert Program. The modules are released at your pace. Once you complete one module and take the quiz, you’ll move on to the next. Once you are granted access to a program module, you have ongoing access to the content for 12 months from your date of access. All videos are closed captioned.
Included with all registration options.
Over 200 Pages Of Fully Referenced Course Notes
To enhance the program videos, we’ve highlighted key information in a comprehensive collection of course notes. The downloadable course notes are organized by module, making it very easy to follow along and make any additional notes you might want to include for yourself.
The course notes include:
- module summaries
- handy reference guides
- sample meal plans
- worksheets
- templates
- additional recommended resources
Reviewing these notes before and after the video modules helps to deepen your understanding of the material and be better able to apply it to your own life and business.
Included with all registration options.
Program Recipe Guide
The majority of the recipes for the program are demonstrated in the video-based modules (closed captioning provided). To make it easy to follow along, we include a Program Recipe Guide that provides details on key culinary nutrition skills. We provide references to where these recipes can be found and in which video module the recipes are demonstrated. With over 80 gluten-free and dairy-free recipes carefully selected for their culinary nutrition health qualities, techniques, ingredients and flavours, you’ll have the opportunity to really get in the kitchen and play.
Included with all registration options.
Live Community Connect Sessions with Your Coach
This is one of the program highlights! Join members of the Culinary Nutrition Expert Program community for live sessions roughly four times per year. This is your chance to connect directly with members of your class, and your incredible coach. Here you’ll have the opportunity to get to know your classmates, deep dive on current hot topics, have your questions answered and learn from your fellow students. These classes are filled with loads of information, great resource sharing, many laughs and lots of learning! These live videos are recorded and can be accessed until the end of the program.
Included with cohort registration option
Video Tutorials From Head Program Coach for All Assignments
With each assignment, there is a pre-recorded video from our Head Program Coach to walk you through the details of the assignments, and answer any lingering questions you may have. These motivational and informative videos are completely optional to view at any time throughout the duration of the program.
Included with all registration options.
Bonus Access In Our Private Community
Enjoy access to our private community hub where you can connect with Culinary Nutrition Experts and community members.
Included with all registration options.
Today Is The Day T-Shirt
Every great team needs its uniform and ours is the signature Today Is The Day T-Shirt. These shirts are made with 100% cotton and are sent in your welcome packages upon registration. These are not for sale and only available to enrolled students.
Included with all registration levels and available for students able to receive packages via mail in their country. Additional shipping fees may apply and students will be notified in advance if this is the case.
The way this course is designed works as a charm! I learned alot in many aspects my health, my business, knowledge I learnt to be my own expert, and advocate of health. Despite having a bachelor degree in food and nutrition, this course in this short time taught me more skills and knowledge that was more beneficial for me and my business.
The Culinary Nutrition Expert Program has changed my life. I can now cook fantastic healthy meals and snacks for myself and my wife knowing every ingredient I cook with and how those ingredients are health promoting. As well as being a professional triathlete, my nutrition demands are greater than most and I can fulfill those needs now with what I've learned. Highly recommended for anyone who wants to take control of their health, life, and learn how to use great ingredients to make great meals!
As a holistic nutritionist, I took the program to focus more on creating dishes, meal plans and culinary nutrition to address specific health conditions, for both myself and my clients. What I gained was a world of culinary nutrition at it's best! From the first module, I learned that everything Meghan taught could be learned by anyone and all the information she shared was so useful and essential for healthy living! Everyone could benefit from taking this course. Whether you are a health practitioner, a parent looking to cook healthier for you and your family, whether your a caregiver looking to improve someone's else health, or share amazing nutrition on social media - this program is designed to be optimal for everyone.
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I cannot say enough great things about it. It taught me to understand the relationship between food and health, and so many practical skills. Last year I became a certified instructor, which has allowed me to teach culinary nutrition classes to amazing groups of people wanting to build up their health. Highly recommend this program!
This program gave me a lot of information about nutrition, new ingredients, and a lot of delicious recipes too. The opportunity of having live calls was awesome, I really like that part of the program. Additionally, having a coach gives a personalized, quick and closed support which is great, and the community helps you to have the courage to carry on and to share questions or good/bad experiences.
This transformative program effectively and enthusiastically educates you thoroughly about the healing powers of food. I see my health, my food, and my beauty care in an entirely new light. This program inspired me to not only change my lifestyle, but also my career path to one of teaching others about how powerfully healing food can be! Thank you, Meghan and the ACN team for creating such an amazing program that stretched my mind and confidence!
Meet Your Instructors
Meet Meghan
The first cookbook I ever owned was called “Help, My Apartment Has A Kitchen” and I was well into my 20s when I got it. After using food and lifestyle changes to resolve an autoimmune diagnosis (and remain symptom-free since 2006), my mission in life is to empower others so that they too can transform their lives through healthy living. That starts with what is at the end of our forks.
I am in awe every day that what began as a 6-person cooking class around my kitchen table has evolved into this incredible global community. That what we share in this program is impacting tens of thousands of families around the world is what keeps me inspired to continue learning and sharing all I know in an inclusive, connected, and entertaining way.
Meet Josh
I am a clinical nutritionist and functional medicine specialist. Though my practice is based in Toronto, my client base extends worldwide. I have had the privilege of teaching clinical nutrition for several natural health colleges and am the first Canadian nutritionist to be accepted into and graduate from the Institute for Functional Medicine.
What sets me apart from most nutritionists is my passion for science and a thorough understanding of the human body, which enables me to treat the root cause of imbalance, rather than Band-Aid the symptoms. This allows me to understand the approach taken in conventional medicine, enables me to read blood work and essentially leverage the best of what modern science can offer, while working with the body’s natural healing mechanisms and using therapeutic nutrition as the key to healing.
I recommend this program to anyone interested in eating and cooking healthy. It is an intense course but what you will learn will help you and your loved ones live a healthier lifestyle and some more! Meghan is an inspiration and her personality and knowledge makes this course a unique experience. Also the community of Culinary Nutrition Expert students, alumni and coaches will make the experience even better! I totally recommend the program and I wish there is a Culinary Nutrition Expert Program part 2 in the future!
Meghan and her team really challenged us, but it was just enough to allow us to grow into the experts we are today! I learnt a lot about myself through these challenges, the wonderful support from my beautiful strong coach, and would sincerely do it all over again with no changes. It really changed my life.
The Culinary Nutrition Expert Program exceeded my expectations in many ways. The quality of the learning modules and in-depth coaching was very professional and fun… This is an invaluable tool. Going from conventional chef to Culinary Nutritional Chef has been a game-changer for our brand. Thanks to Meghan, Josh, and their Team.
Maximize Your Experience With The Learning Bundle
The Learning Bundle
This is a package we put together for those of you ready to do it all!
You are finally putting yourself and your passion first. You are considering big changes in your life, and possibly your career and are ready to dive in to all things Culinary Nutrition. This is where you will transform your relationship with food, your health, your role as a leader in your home and/or community and really want to experience it all.
This bundle ties a bow around our most popular offerings and delivers a 12-month learning road map to guide you through the process. It includes:
- Self-Paced level of the Culinary Nutrition Expert Program
- Everyday Herbal*
- Everyday Culinary Nutrition*
- Fundamentals of Fermentation*
- Healthy at Home*
- 6-part Live From The Kitchen Series*
Access Details
* These are all instant access / self-paced courses. You will be granted access immediately upon registering and the earlier you register, the longer you will get access. Bonus! We typically guarantee 12-months access for all of our courses. We start the clock on the 12-month access on the day you enroll.
Value: $3,690 $2,388
Get the bundle at a $1,310 savings
the greatest investment of all is that which supports a lifetime of health.
The Culinary Nutrition Expert Program offers invaluable knowledge and applied skills that can transform your life, and the lives of those who seek your guidance.
There is truly no better way to invest than in your health, and that is what this program is about. But we don’t stop there.
The purpose of this program is to empower you to be fully self-sufficient in the realm of culinary nutrition. You are not only immersed in the knowledge, but also know where and how to dig deeper in any key area of interest, and how to break this information down and share it in a personal setting or at a professional level.
We’ve taken hundreds of hours of content and edited it down to create the most effective, easy to follow, demonstration-based training. Though it’s impossible to put a price on health and vitality, the content we share through this program has incredible value whether you are applying it to your life, to your business, or perhaps both!
which option is best for you?
We currently only have the self-paced option available. If you are committed to only doing a cohort/coached option, please send us an email at info@culinarynutriton. Please note that at this time, we do not currently have any plans to offer a cohort again, however if the demand is there, we may consider it for late 2024.
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| 200+ Page Referenced Course Notes
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Modules are released on a weekly basis. Once a module has been released, you have 24/7 access ongoing until September 2024. |
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| Today Is The Day Welcome Package mailed to your door
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If you live in some South American, Caribbean countries, or some areas of the Middle East where receiving international packages can be difficult, we will follow up with you personally. |
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You will have access to our Culinary Nutrition Student and Alumni group immediately upon enrollment. |
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| Quarterly Calls with Meghan
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Meghan hosts one community Q&A call per quarter with the date/time shared one month in advance. |
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We guarantee a minimum 12 months access on all instant access courses. You will get instant access upon enrolling. |
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| Instant Access Course: Healthy at Home
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Please note, prices are listed exclusively in USD. We recognize this is not optimal for our Canadian students, but rest assured we took exchange rates into account when setting prices. As well, taxes will not be added on top of the prices outlined above. We are taking care of the taxes on our end. If you have any questions or would prefer to pay in CAD and have the taxes broken out for you, we will convert based on the day’s currency rate. Reach out to us at info@culinarynutrition.com and we’ll reply within 2 business days.
FAQ
Is The Culinary Nutrition Expert Program Right For You?
We have high expectations of our students and as such, we want to ensure not just that we are the right fit for you, but also that you are up for and open to the wonderful opportunities that present themselves through being part of this program and that you’re prepared to do the work necessary to succeed.
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How often is this program offered? When is registration open and when does it close?
The Culinary Nutrition Expert Program is offered on a rolling self-paced basis with key enrollment periods prior to our live calls.
We do not currently have plans to offer a coached Certified level run of the program. If you are keen on this, please email info@culinarynutrition.com to express interest.
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Do we get ongoing access to the program?
The beauty of an online course is that you get to watch it back. In a live class, you can be so busy taking notes that you miss key parts. The modules have all been pre-recorded in HD and are released as you complete the previous module. You get ongoing access for 12 months from the date of purchase with the option to renew after.
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I don’t know the first thing about cooking. Is that okay?
There is the expectation that you do have some basic skills. You should be familiar with how to steam vegetables, make a pot of rice or quinoa, and do some simple stuff beyond taking something from the freezer and putting it in the microwave. Some general cooking classes at the local high school or community centre could be helpful. But if you are ready to dive in, be prepared to learn, and potentially spend a little extra time in the kitchen for the additional learning, we see no reason why you won’t be able to handle this.
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What is the cost of the program?
The instant access course is priced at $2,888.
All prices are listed in USD and all applicable taxes are included.
In addition to the tuition cost, other costs associated with the program will be ingredients needed for recipe assignments. These costs will vary depending on your location and recipes you choose to make.
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You are based in Canada, why do you charge in USD?
We are a small online Canadian-based business however the majority of our customers are outside of Canada. In recent years, we worked on a platform that allowed us to to charge Canadians in CAD and everyone else in USD, however this is no longer an option.There are many benefits to our new course home that we believe offsets this drawback.It is not a decision we came to lightly and we recognize it is not ideal for Canadians, however we have taken measures to accommodate our fellow Canadians including:- We cover the tax – rest assured you will not be charged tax on your purchase. We take care of covering all applicable taxes on our end.
- We have taken current currency exchange rates in account when setting our prices on all of our courses, and the Culinary Nutrition Expert Program.
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Do you offer scholarships for the program?
At this time, we are not offering scholarships.
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Can I get a refund? What happens if I change my mind after I enrol, or once the program begins?
The Culinary Nutrition Expert Program is for serious students only, and we fully believe that if you do the work and practice what you learn, you’ll see enormous gains in your applied culinary nutrition knowledge, your health, and your life. With that in mind we do offer refunds only under the following circumstances:
Self-Paced Option: A 50% refund may be requested within 30 days of registration. Requests must be received in writing during this period and outline specifically how the program did not deliver on what was outlined on the webpage where you registered.
For more information about our refund policy, please review our Culinary Nutrition Expert Program Terms & Conditions.
We will not issue refunds under any other circumstances unless set out specifically in the Terms and Conditions, no exceptions. If you aren’t sure whether the Culinary Nutrition Expert Program is right for you, please review the course materials carefully, and send us any questions before enrolling.
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How long is the program? How much time do I need to set aside per week?
In the self-paced option, you have a full year to complete the program .
We estimate the program requiring six to eight hours per week for five months. Some weeks may be slightly lighter or heavier than others. It breaks down to about:
- Course Module Viewing: 90 minutes/week
- Coached Livestream: 1 hour/month
- Cooking Assignments: 1 hour/week
- Written Assignments: 1-2 hours/week
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Can I do the program at my own pace?
Yes! We now offer a self-paced option that you can enrol in at anytime and get started.
If you are interested in adhering to the schedule or completing assignments by the deadlines in order to receive feedback from a coach, please email us at info@culinarynutrition.com
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I have allergies/dietary restrictions/ strict diet... Can I still take the program?
The majority (if not all) of the required recipes in the program are plant-based with the option to add animal proteins and/or made grain-free. In most cases, you also get to choose from a list of recipes to make the ones that best suit your diet and skill level.
The Culinary Nutrition Expert Program is entirely gluten-free and dairy-free and it is expected that all of your assignments will abide by these principles. We will also show you delicious ways to make some gluten-free and dairy-free alternatives to your favourite dishes!
In the case of allergies, or if you are unable to acquire an ingredient in one of the recipes, you’ll be encouraged to modify the recipe to meet your needs or in some cases, use an alternative recipe. Your program coach can help you determine a suitable substitute.
If you have severe dietary restrictions beyond an allergy or two, please contact us in advance of enrolling so we can ensure the program will work for you.
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I really just want to learn how to cook and I’m not interested in using this professionally. Is this program for me?
You bet!
Cooking is a skill we all should have. We offer the option to take this program for personal interest at the self-paced option. If you choose this option, you will not be required to do any of the homework and can self-direct your learning with the support of the video content, live-stream classes, course notes, and supportive community.
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I don't want a full bundle, just a few of the offerings within it. What should I do?
All of the elements within the bundle are available as standalone offerings. The bundle benefit is a cost savings. If you don’t want the full bundle there is opportunity to enroll in just that offering separately.
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Do you offer business program or coaching?
Yes! The Biz Rocking Insider program is our offering for those of you want to take it further. You can register and register for instant access to this course at anytime right here.
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Is this program recognized by provincial/state/national boards?
This program grants you the certification as a Culinary Nutrition Expert, which enables you to practice as a Culinary Nutrition Expert. There are no government certifying bodies or regulation boards of any kind in Canada or the US that govern culinary nutrition education. There is only government regulation on university degree-level dietetics/nutrition/health programs.
At this time, this program does not fall within the professional guidelines as set by self-run, self-governed groups, and we have elected to stop pursuing this avenue as our students’ successes after completing this program has proven that such associations were unnecessary for effectiveness, success and credibility as a Culinary Nutrition Expert.
MEET SOME OF OUR GRADUATES
I used to be so stumped about how to guide clients around making new food choices and meals that were full of healthful ingredients and tasted delicious. The Culinary Nutrition Expert Program breaks it down so perfectly that it is now seamlessly integrated into my practice as an emotional eating and body image coach, but also into my own food choices and meal choices. I love that I benefitted from the program professionally as well as personally!
Such a great program that covered so much in such a short period of time. The whole team was very helpful and super friendly. It actually exceeded my expectations. The way the program is broken down is very convenient and easy to get in tune with. At first I thought 3 months would be long, but honestly I would do it all over again, over a longer period of time.
The Culinary Nutrition Expert Program is transformational. As a forever student who has multiple degrees and certificates, somehow this program far surpasses the practicality and usefulness than most others. I did not expect to be continuing in the field of nutrition beyond my personal kitchen, but Meghan's passion along with staff and students are contagious. Would highly recommended this to anyone who eats!