 Hi, my name is Rachel Duthampore and I'm a natural chef and I've helped develop the natural chef and vegan natural chef course Here at the College of naturopathic medicine The program is a one-year diploma course taking you through the basics of nutrition and how the body works You'll learn how food is digested. What ingredients you need to stay healthy What foods really keep you thriving and how to prepare them as we go into the kitchen You start learning chef techniques. So once you get that foundation in nutrition and how the body works We come in to this beautiful kitchen here in London and you'll learn chef skills Starting with knife basics, how to use a knife, how to use it to get the most out of your ingredients How to build stocks and soups and how to build flavors into your dishes Using ingredients that boost the nourishment and goodness of the foods Lovely spices and herbs Organic seasonal and local ingredients which are key here the College of naturopathic medicine and the natural chef program We really focus on sustainability sustaining not only ourselves, but also the wider environment So we become healthier and happier in the process So once we get through those basic chef techniques with knife skills soups stocks We learn how to sprout which we're going to be doing today making juices then we dive into therapeutic menu planning So you'll learn how to make menus and recipes for people with blood sugar issues female health How to really sort of treat health conditions with beautiful nourishing foods I think one of the problems is so many people when they have health problems think food is going to be their enemy But here we teach them that food is actually the hero that you can actually use food and a really Pleasurable powerful way to change your body and change your health and really Transform the way you feel even if you're healthy already Making some of these recipes will really boost the way you feel your energy levels your sort of skin Your happiness as well Beautiful food definitely makes you thrive on all levels and that's what we really embrace here on the natural chef program So once you get through the therapeutic menu planning, then we give you practical Experience in the real world. So we have a really amazing internship program It's a hundred hours and we support you contacting you with amazing people in the industry Students go and work and spas and retreats. They work in Restaurants we have some amazing contacts with restaurants run by nutritionists as well that really take all the principles of what we're learning here and Apply it to their amazing food We also have students who you know start their own pop-ups open their own restaurants Create their own food brands So we connect you with people in the industry and also former students as well to really get you started Give you those contacts and that network to really boost your experience and to help you start your career as a natural chef Once you finish the program So once you've gained your foundation in chef skills and chef techniques Then we weave those threads from nutrition in with those chef skills We dive into therapeutic menu planning. You'll learn how to make beautiful recipes for Balancing blood sugar female hormones sleep stress and all sorts of ailments You learn how to really use food as your friend to help boost your health so many people when they have health issues See food as the enemy and we here teach you how to make amazing dishes to support and Help you thrive in any condition that you have even if you're not suffering from anything The food we make on this course really boosts the way you feel and the way you look as well And once we've gained those Properties you've learned how to really sort of weave the chef skills with the therapeutic menu planning and the health and nutrition Then we give you the experience to put your skills to the test in the real world We have an amazing internship program It's 100 hours of real hands-on experience in the real world working with chefs Recipe writers people running spas and retreats other nutritionists Helping them do menu planning for their clients a lot of our students help develop new products and the industry They go to work in restaurants Cafes they write recipes they work with cookbook authors. There's a real range of Experience and opportunity once you've completed the course and we help give you the contacts and All the skills needed to help boost your careers a natural chef We also help you build your CV and help you with food photography and all the marketing skills you need to really Start an amazing new career or even just build on all the experience You've learned in the course and help you use it in a really positive way and help spread the word about good nutrition And beautiful food and how it dovetails together