How Dietitians Can Create Culinary Nutrition Experiences:
A Practical Roadmap for Designing Cooking Classes, Food Experiences, and Culinary Education
Learn how to bring nutrition to life through cooking classes, food demonstrations, and culinary experiences—and how these can become the foundation for workshops, group programs, or coaching offerings.
Wednesday, April 2nd, 1:00-2:00 pm ET
Why Culinary Nutrition?
As dietitians, we are the nutrition experts. However, much of our professional training has historically taken place outside the kitchen - where nutrition becomes truly tangible for people.
People may understand nutrition recommendations but need RDs who can help them confidently:
choose ingredients
plan and prepare nourishing meals based off whole foods
how to balance things like flavors and textures to create something really crave-able
build confidence in the kitchen
make preparing nourishing meals a sustainable part of their life
adapt for times when more flexibility is needed
This is where culinary nutrition experiences can make a powerful difference.
Hands-on food experiences, like cooking classes, demonstrations, and guided culinary learning, help bridge the gap between nutrition knowledge and real-world behavior.
For dietitians, these experiences can also become the foundation for engaging nutrition programs, workshops, and coaching offerings.
In This Webinar You’ll Learn…
In this session, you’ll be introduced to a practical roadmap for designing culinary nutrition experiences and integrating them into your work.
We’ll explore:
Why culinary experiences are one of the most powerful tools for nutrition education
The “food skills gap” many people experience and how it impacts dietary habits
A practical framework for designing cooking classes, demonstrations, and culinary learning experiences
Key elements that help build confidence, curiosity, and motivation around food
How culinary experiences can evolve into workshops, group programs, or coaching-based offerings
Meet Your Instructor
Shauna McQueen, MS, RD
Shauna is a registered dietitian, trained plant-based chef, and certified yoga instructor who specializes in bridging the gap between nutrition science and everyday cooking.
She is the founder of Food School, an educational platform designed to help dietitians develop culinary confidence and design impactful culinary nutrition programs.
Shauna has been featured in National Geographic, EatingWell, Yahoo, Parade, and Everyday Health, where she shares insights on nutrition, cooking, and food behavior.
Her work focuses on helping dietitians bring nutrition to life through culinary experiences, food education, and skill-based learning.
A Sneak Peek of the Framework…
During the webinar, you’ll be introduced to a roadmap for building culinary nutrition experiences that includes:
culinary skills
kitchen confidence
experiential teaching models
building out your experience from theme to menu
These principles form the foundation of Shauna’s training program Culinary Nutrition in Practice, where dietitians learn how to design their own culinary nutrition programs and experiences.
Reserve Your Spot
Join us for this live session and discover how culinary experiences can transform the way you teach nutrition and support healthy eating.
Wednesday, April 2nd
1:00 PM ET
Live Online Training (Replay Available)
What Are Culinary Nutrition Experiences?
Culinary nutrition experiences are learning opportunities that bring nutrition to life through food.
Rather than simply telling people what to eat, culinary nutrition focuses on helping people develop the skills, confidence, and curiosity they need to feed themselves well.
These experiences bring nutrition into the kitchen and into everyday life.
They combine nutrition science, culinary technique, and behavior change principles to help people understand not only what supports their health, but how to prepare it, enjoy it, and make it part of their routine.
Culinary nutrition experiences can take many forms, including:
• Cooking classes and demonstrations
• Hands-on culinary workshops
• Meal prep sessions
• Grocery store tours and ingredient education
• Culinary-focused group programs
• Food tastings and flavor exploration
• Teaching people how to build balanced meals
• Coaching clients through cooking skills and kitchen confidence
The goal is helping people build a sustainable rhythm of nourishing themselves well.
For dietitians, culinary nutrition experiences open up an entirely new way to practice nutrition - it’s practical, engaging, and deeply empowering for the people we serve.
Interested in Going Deeper?
At the end of the webinar, you will also hear more about the upcoming program:
Culinary Nutrition in Practice
A professional training designed to help dietitians:
• develop culinary confidence
• design engaging culinary experiences
• build their own culinary-nutrition programs
There will be time for questions at the end of the session.