Clinicians CHEF Coaching Program
Clinicians CHEF Coaching Program
Clinicians Culinary Healthcare Education Fundamentals (CHEF) Coaching is a two-part evidence-based training program focused on culinary coaching--a novel, evidence-based approach to improve nutrition that combines culinary training, health coaching principles, and telemedicine tools and resources. The program is designed to train clinicians, health & well-being coaches, and chefs to provide easy-to-follow culinary instruction and education directly to patients and clients in order to improve the quality – and often reduce the cost – of food preparation in the home.
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Upon completion of the two-part program, participants should expect to improve both their culinary and coaching skills and translate this new knowledge to empowering clients and patients to improve and expand home cooking. This evidence-based tool will help improve your patients' and clients' nutrition, overall health, and longevity.
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This program is for Physicians, healthcare professionals, health and wellness coaches, and chefs who would like to:
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Improve their competencies in culinary medicine
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Deliver the evidence-based culinary coaching program
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Improve their culinary skills and self-behavior
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Lead a culinary medicine program
Part I: CHEF Coaching - The Basics
Course fee: $495
Date/time: 8-9:30 pm ET Tuesdays, April 28-May 26
CEUs: Wellcoaches 7.5, NCHEC 7.5, NBHWC approval pending
CHEF Coaching the Basics offers a deep dive into culinary coaching. Attendees receive the latest updates on culinary medicine and the culinary coaching approach and acquire new skills, tools, and resources to empower patients to adopt sustainable and nutritious home-cooking behaviors. This course provides education and experience that will keep graduates of the program at the forefront of this critical global trend, leading by example to improve and increase healthy eating for patients and themselves.
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Participants will learn:
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Introduction to Lifestyle Medicine and Culinary Medicine
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The nutritional science of home cooking; why doesn’t my patient cook?
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The Basics for Healthy Cooking; getting patients into the kitchen
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Cooking with little time or budget; mastering home cooking
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In-office culinary education tools and delivery strategies
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Mastering the Culinary Coaching approach
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Learn More: CHEF Coaching the Basics Syllabus​
2026 Basics Offerings
8-9:30 pm ET Tuesdays, April 28-May 26
8 - 9:30 p.m. ET Tuesdays, September 15-October 13
Part II: CHEF Coaching - Beyond the Basics
Course fee: $495
CEUs: Wellcoaches 7.5, NCHEC 7.5, NBHWC approval pending
CHEF Coaching Beyond the Basics builds on the foundational components of the CHEF Coaching Basics course. The series consists of weekly skills-development sessions with opportunities to practice culinary coaching with peers, making staple recipes, and working toward personal culinary goals, including one hands-on culinary telemedicine class.
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In this series, participants will:
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Experience how to put the skills from Part 1 into practice with small-group learning.
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Explore new culinary practices in your own kitchen.
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Practice culinary coaching strategies with your colleagues.
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Improve your competencies to prescribe nutrition through reflections with a program faculty member.
Learn More: CHEF Coaching Beyond the Basics Syllabus
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Who can take this course?
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Participants who have completed the CHEF Coaching Basics Course through Harvard Medical School, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, or Wellcoaches.
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Watch this: Gain more insight from this recent informational session.​​
2026 Beyond the Basics Offerings
Beyond the Basics beginning the week of March 16
Group 1 8-9:30 p.m. ET Mondays, March 16-April 13
Group 2 11 a.m. -12:30 p.m. ET Tuesdays, March 17-April 14
Group 3 3-4:30 p.m. ET Wednesdays, March 18-April 22 (no class April 1)
Beyond the Basics beginning the week of June 1 (following April's CHEF Coaching the Basics)
Group 1- 8 - 9:30 p.m. ET Mondays, June 1-June 29
Group 2 - 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. ET Tuesdays, June 2-June 30
Group 3 - 8 - 9:30 p.m. ET Tuesdays, June 2-June 30
Group 4 - 6 - 7:30 p.m. ET Wednesdays, June 3-July 1
Group 5 - 8 - 9:30 a.m. ET Thursdays, June 4-July 2
Group 6 - 3-4:30 p.m. ET Thursdays, June 4-July 2
Beyond the Basics beginning the week of October 19 (following September's CHEF Coaching the Basics)
Group 1 - 8 - 9:30 p.m. ET Mondays, October 19-November 23
Group 2 - 11 a.m. -12:30 p.m. ET Tuesdays, October 20-November 24
Group 3 - 8 - 9:30 p.m. ET Tuesdays, October 20-November 24
Group 4 - 6 - 7:30 p.m. ET Wednesdays, October 21-December 2
Group 5 - 3 - 4:30 p.m. ET Thursdays, October 22-November 19
Group 6 - 8 - 9:30 a.m. ET Fridays, October 23-November 20
Wellcoaches Cancellation Policy Cancellations and refund requests must be received in writing via mail or email. Any applicable refund will be determined by the date that the request is mailed or sent (if requested by email) according to the following policy: •If you request a refund prior to the class start date, you may receive a refund for 95% of the course fee. •No refunds will be granted after the first class.