Also called: Teaching Kitchen Chef, Culinary Medicine Instructor
Chef who works in a hospital or medical-school teaching kitchen, showing patients and future doctors how to cook healthy food.
Sets up a cooking class for people with diabetes: knife skills, a low-sugar stir-fry and how to read labels. Later you teach medical students to cook a bean chili so they can give real advice to patients. You plan recipes with dietitians and keep budgets tight.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Associate's degree (2-year), about 2 years after high school. Culinary degree and restaurant experience; some add nutrition courses or a dietitian credential.
Ways in: 2-year college, Trade school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Culinary Arts, Nutrition.
Growing faster than average. Teaching kitchens and 'food as medicine' programs are spreading.
Low risk for 10 years. Live cooking classes are hands-on teaching; AI may help with recipes and nutrition math.
Classes: Culinary arts CTE, Biology, Health.
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