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Culinary Medicine: Food as Preventative Care

Culinary Medicine: Food as Preventative Care is an original Mai Studies programme in gastronomy, nutrition & public health. Over 4 weeks and roughly 24 guided hours you work through recorded classes, written notes, practical activities, knowledge checks and assessed tasks marked against a published rubric with an 80% pass mark. All material is written in-house. Mai Studies is independent: no official examination content, question bank, recording or branding from any certification body is reproduced, and completion leads to a Mai Studies completion certificate rather than a regulated or accredited qualification.

4 weeks 24 guided hours Intermediate
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What you will achieve

  • Explain the core principles of culinary medicine: food as preventative care in plain language
  • Apply the methods safely and correctly to realistic scenarios
  • Produce a documented portfolio piece assessed against a published rubric
  • Plan your next steps in culinary medicine and preventative nutrition education

Entry guidance

  • — Comfortable with beginner-level culinary medicine and preventative nutrition education
  • — Willingness to complete weekly practical work

Original Mai Studies learning material. This is a professional completion programme, not a regulated qualification or university accreditation.

Programme syllabus

3 applied modules

01

Foundations of Culinary Medicine: Food as Preventative Care

Core concepts, vocabulary and working environment for culinary medicine: food as preventative care.

02

Applied practice in Culinary Medicine: Food as Preventative Care

Hands-on work that turns theory into a repeatable method for culinary medicine and preventative nutrition education.

03

Portfolio project, assessment and next steps

Produce assessed evidence of your capability and plan the study that follows this programme.