Thank you to everyone who joined us to celebrate 10 years of impact at the 2025 Teaching Kitchen Symposium.

Symposium Recap:

The 2025 Teaching Kitchen Symposium marked a powerful milestone for the Teaching Kitchen Collaborative, bringing together more than 240 professionals from 40 states and 6 countries to celebrate 10 years of collective impact and to look ahead to the future of the field. Held December 9–11 at the 1440 Multiversity campus in Scotts Valley, CA, the three-day continuing education convening built on the momentum of last year’s inaugural Symposium and featured a diverse, interdisciplinary community spanning healthcare, culinary arts, research, education, and public health. Through dynamic presentations, panels, culinary demonstrations, interactive breakout sessions, and meaningful networking, participants explored how teaching kitchens advance food and lifestyle as medicine in both clinical and community settings—leaving energized, connected, and inspired to help shape the next decade of impact.

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For attendees looking for session resources or instructions on claiming CME/CPEU credits, please email us at info@teachingkitchens.org.

"This is an amazing symposium with amazing people. I am so inspired by being surrounded by 'my people'! Thank You!"

Conference Attendee

"I attended as a sponsor and hearing the sessions and speaking with attendees helped me understand how I can better serve them as they are stretched so thin. Things as simple as sending ingredients or resources feel like a light lift and not that helpful from my end but can be put to great use."

Conference Sponsor Attendee

"This symposium (as a first year attendee and new organizational member) left me feeling confident that the teaching kitchen work we have been doing the past 8 years is good and on track! I left inspired for new ways to expand programming and improve programming currently offered. Made many new connections too!"

Conference Attendee

"The Symposium overall was such a great reset. It has made me more intentional with my practice and it was great to see so many like minded professionals ready and willing to support others. I am highly recommending this Symposium to my team and hope for continued presence in the upcoming years."

Conference Attendee

"The most valuable aspect of the Symposium was the depth of peer-to-peer exchange among leaders actively implementing teaching kitchens across healthcare, academic, and community settings. The candor around challenges, scalability, reimbursement, evaluation, and cultural relevance was great to hear."

Conference Attendee

"I have strong evidence that teaching kitchens improve health outcomes that I can take to leadership to make a case for more funding and support for our teaching kitchen. I made amazing connections to others working in this space that I know I can call upon when questions arise."

Conference Attendee

Thank You to Our 2025 Supporters!

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Non-Profit Sponsors:

Educational Grantors: Meshewa Farm Foundation, Jun Fukuyoshi, WPE Foundation

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