The 2025 Healthy Kitchens, Healthy Lives conference is sold out!
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Why Attend
Conference attendees not only are exposed to the latest reviews of nutrition and lifestyle science, they also taste, prepare, and learn to teach others to enjoy a broad selection of foods that can reduce disease risk and, ideally, replace unhealthy habits throughout a lifetime.
Participants have the opportunity to learn about, taste, and prepare foods in The Culinary Institute of America at Copia Teaching Kitchens under the direction of professional chef educators.
Meals served throughout the course are an intrinsic part of the curriculum. Attendees gather in this celebrated facility in one of the most magical landscapes in the United States to learn how to communicate concepts of healthy food selection and preparation to their patients and clients.
Due to the interactive, hands-on nature of the program, space is very limited and early registration is highly recommended.
Tuition
General Registration (MD/DO): This rate is available to physicians and other healthcare professionals. This is the only rate that includes CME credits, and is available to all healthcare professionals when discounted rates are sold out.
Non-MD Healthcare Professional Registration: This rate is available to anyone currently working in the healthcare industry, who is not a physician (dietitian, nutritionist, nurse, executive chef/foodservice director, healthcare non-profit). This rate only includes options for CEU or CPEU credits (CMEs are not available at this rate). Limited capacities are available at this discounted rate.
Fellows & Students-in-Training Registration: To register as a student, you must be enrolled in a full-time degree or fellowship program. Full-time students who are also employed on a part-time basis, student must also meet registration eligibility requirements. The student rate only includes CEU credits(CMEs and CPEUs are not available at this rate). Limited capacities are available at this discounted rate.
If you do not fit within any of these categories, please contact Patti Coleman (patricia.coleman@culinary.edu) for information on how you and your company can participate in Healthy Kitchens, Healthy Lives as tuition-based general registration is only open to those categories. We have several levels of opportunities for academic grants and exhibitors, which we would love to discuss with your organization. In order to stage programs like this, the support of organizations that recognize the value of these activities for the advancement of our industry is essential.
It is highly recommended that you pay by credit card at the same time you complete the registration form online. You are not confirmed on the course attendee list until payment has been received. The course sells out quickly every year.
Group Discounts: We are happy to offer a 10% discount to groups of 5 or more that register for full conference passes together. This special discount will automatically be applied during the registration process. Please note, all registrations within the group must be covered by one form of payment.
Cancellation Policy:
2025 Cancellation Policy:
Cancellations on or before October 8, 2024: Receive your registration fee refund minus a $225 cancellation fee
Cancellations made between October 8, 2024 and January 5, 2025: Receive a 50% refund on your registration fee
Cancellations made after January 5, 2025: No refunds or substitutions available.
Unfortunately, there are no refunds or substitutions possible within 30 or fewer days (after January 5, 2025) before the start date of the conference. This is due to the complex nature and planning for your participation in the conference, the esteemed faculty, workshops, tastings, meals, and activities that must take place so far in advance. We appreciate your cooperation and understanding in this matter. Cancellation policies are "for any and all reasons”.
Cancellation Policy for Guest Meals, and Pre-Conference & Post Conference Activities:
Up to 30 days in advance of the conference, we will accept a cancellation and refund for pre-conference activities minus a $50 administrative cancellation fee. Unfortunately, there are no refunds or substitutions possible within 30 or fewer days before the start date of the conference.
Transfer Policy:
Your 2025 conference registration may be transferred to a colleague within the same registration category for a $225 administrative transfer fee. Transfers outside of this policy will not be permitted.
All requests for substitutions or cancellations must be made in writing.