FREE WEBINAR
From Awareness to Action: Using Teaching Kitchens to Reduce Food Waste

October 22, 2026

How can teaching kitchens transform sustainability messages into practical skills and everyday action?

In recognition of the 10th anniversary of Stop Food Waste Day this past spring, Compass Group teams across the country used teaching kitchens to engage diverse audiences in creative, hands-on approaches to reducing food waste. From helping college students cook with whole ingredients to engaging older adults and reaching employees across multiple worksites, these programs demonstrated how culinary education can make sustainability personal, practical, and achievable.

Join colleagues from Compass Group as they share examples and lessons learned from these teaching kitchen programs, along with strategies that can be adapted across settings. The webinar will also feature a culinary demonstration highlighting practical techniques for making the most of ingredients and reducing food waste in the kitchen.

Speakers:

Christianna Gozzi MA MS RD, Wellbeing Project Manager, Compass Group USA
Michael Panfil, Senior Director of Culinary, Compass Group USA

Registration: The live webinar is free and open to all. The on-demand recording will be available exclusively to TKC members.

Pending CDR review and approval for 1 CPEU for RDs and DTRs.

FREE WEBINAR
One Prep, Three Meals: A Flexible Approach to Meal Prep

November 5, 2026

Let’s rethink the traditional meal prep class. Instead of teaching isolated recipes, how can we teach an adaptable system?

In this session, Margo Ackman, Teaching Kitchen Chef with Google’s KitchenSync program in Kirkland, WA, will share an approach to meal prep that starts with  one versatile base ingredient and transforms it into three distinct, culturally diverse meals throughout the week.Through a live culinary demonstration, Chef Margo will show how a single foundational preparation can become three completely different meals while encouraging confidence, creativity, and flexibility in the kitchen.

Building on this practical example, Lauren Beckwith (Program Manager, Food Experiences, Guckenheimer at Google) will provide a broader look at Google’s Teaching Kitchen programs and how they use culinary education to engage participants, build practical skills, and support confidence in the kitchen. Together, Chef Margo and Lauren will share insights for designing engaging, adaptable culinary programming and discuss how elements of Google’s approach can be applied across a variety of teaching kitchen settings and audiences.

Speakers:

Margo Ackman, Teaching Kitchen Chef, Google (Kirkland, WA)
Lauren Beckwith, Program Manager, Food Experiences, Guckenheimer at Google

Registration: The live webinar is free and open to all. The on-demand recording will be available exclusively to TKC members.

Pending CDR review and approval for 1 CPEU for RDs and DTRs.

FREE WEBINAR
Building the Evidence: Putting the TKC Research & Evaluation Toolkit into Practice

December 3, 2026

How do you know what’s working in your teaching kitchen program, and what should you measure to demonstrate its value?

Join Dr. Jennifer Massa and Ghislaine Challamel of the Teaching Kitchen Collaborative for a practical introduction to TKC’s new Research & Evaluation Toolkit. Designed for teaching kitchen teams at all levels of research and evaluation experience, the toolkit provides a flexible framework for asking useful questions, selecting appropriate measures and methods, understanding program reach and outcomes, and communicating impact.

During this webinar, Jennifer and Ghislaine will walk through key tools and resources and demonstrate how teaching kitchen programs can start simple, build their evaluation approach over time, and use evidence to improve programs, communicate value, and contribute knowledge to the field.

Speakers:

Jennifer Massa, DSc, Director of Research, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Ghislaine Challamele, MS, Senior Advisor, Stanford Food Institute

Registration: The live webinar is free and open to all. The on-demand recording will be available exclusively to TKC members.

Continuing education credit not available for this session.

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