4-week chef-led course
Holistic Wellness
Pro Essentials
Build a strong foundation in wellness-minded cooking and baking.
Explore how food choices, cooking techniques, and nutrition connect to holistic wellness. Prepare soups, stocks, grains, vegetables, and proteins; reinvent baking recipes; and learn how to approach contemporary diets and dietary restrictions.
Jump to Course Details- 4 weeks
- Chef-led, live online sessions
- ~4–5 hours / week
- Certificate of Completion*
Skills this course can help you build
- Chef-led instincts balancing flavor, nutrition, and wellness.
- How wellness-minded chefs approach nutrition and metabolism.
- Confidence cooking for wellness with seasonal ingredients.
- Reinvent familiar recipes toward nutritional goals.
- Apply wellness-focused baking and ingredient substitutions.
- Earn a Certificate of Completion.*
*Completion of Essentials Courses does not constitute academic credit, nor will they qualify for transfer of academic credit in any academic program or course offered by Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts under the terms of the school's licensing or accredited programs.
Four weeks, one foundation
The 4-week curriculum
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Week 01: Holistic Wellness for Life
- Metabolic-Related Illnesses vs. Modern Culture
- Blue Zones
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Week 02: Cooking for Holistic Wellness
- Cooking for Wellness
- Eating for Health
- Soups and Stocks
- Contemporary Diets I
- Grain Varieties and Dishes
- Suboptimal Diets
- Cooking with Vegetables
- Cooking with Proteins
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Week 03: Baking for Holistic Wellness
- Recipe Reinvention
- Healthy Baking Foundations I
- Healthy Baking Foundations II
- Quick Breads I
- Quick Breads II
- Working with Yeast
- Dough Temperature
- Cookies
- Pies
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Week 04: Cooking for Dietary Restrictions
- Dietary Restrictions
- Contemporary Diets II & Nutrition
Quiz and Certificate of Completion
This Holistic Wellness Pro Essentials
Course Starts September 14
Developing a wellness chef’s mindset
The plan to get you thinking more like a wellness-focused chef
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Weekly live online sessions
Recordings available if you can’t attend.
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Interactive lessons
Video demos & explainers.
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Recipes & charts
Downloadable, printable PDFs.
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Interactive diagrams
Learning tools, not just video.
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Knowledge checks
Practice as you go.
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Faculty messaging
Ask Escoffier faculty directly.
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Learn from almost anywhere
Mobile-friendly, flexible schedule.
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Certificate of Completion*
Escoffier Pro Essentials credential, earned via final assessment.
*Completion of Essentials Courses does not constitute academic credit, nor will they qualify for transfer of academic credit in any academic program or course offered by Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts under the terms of the school's licensing or accredited programs.
Live online sessions with Escoffier faculty
Live online sessions with Escoffier faculty
Explore a chef’s approach, live.
Each course includes one weekly live session led by an Escoffier Chef Instructor or faculty member. Sessions are tied to that week’s course content and may include Q&A, demonstration, coaching, or guided technique discussion depending on the topic. Recordings are posted to the course page after the session.
This Holistic Wellness Pro Essentials
Course Starts September 14
How the course works
Structured, but on your schedule
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Join a class Your course starts on a set date, with a real beginning and end.
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Learn each week Work through the week’s lessons whenever it suits you.
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Join live online sessions Join the weekly live session or catch the recording if you miss it.
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Earn your certificate of completion Finish with a short assessment and earn your Certificate of Completion.*
*Completion of Essentials Courses does not constitute academic credit, nor will they qualify for transfer of academic credit in any academic program or course offered by Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts under the terms of the school's licensing or accredited programs.
Your credential
Finish with a Certificate of Completion.
Pass the final assessment and earn a Certificate of Completion* — a shareable mark of the work you put in.
- Awarded on passing the final assessment
- Recognizes four weeks of chef-led training
- Shareable on LinkedIn and your résumé
Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts
Continuing Education
Certificate of Completion
This certifies that
has completed Holistic Wellness Pro Essentials, a four-week chef-led course.
Final assessment passed
*Completion of Essentials Courses does not constitute academic credit, nor will they qualify for transfer of academic credit in any academic program or course offered by Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts under the terms of the school's licensing or accredited programs.
Questions about this course
Refund eligibility
- Refunds are limited to the original purchaser.
- Refund approval may require verification of purchase.
- Once a refund is approved, access to all course materials and related content will be revoked.
- If you have questions or concerns about your enrollment, email us before requesting a refund through your course account.
Refund request window
- Full refund for cancellation requests received before 11:59PM CT on Day 1 of the Session.
- No refund for cancellation requests received after Day 1.
Provider-initiated cancellation
- If Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts cancels a course due to insufficient enrollment, instructor unavailability, or other institutional reason, learners will receive a full refund or the option to transfer to a future cohort.
No refund after course completion
- Once a learner has received a Certificate of Completion and/or digital Knowledge Badge, no refund will be issued.
- Once a refund is approved, access to all remaining course materials, recordings, and live sessions is revoked immediately.
How to request a refund
- Refund requests must be submitted in writing via email to [email protected]Refund requests must be submitted in writing via an email.
- Requests must include: full name, email address used at purchase, purchase confirmation or transaction information, and reason for the request.
- The date the written request is received determines refund eligibility.
- Submitting a refund request also serves as a request to cancel the participant’s enrollment in the class. Once a refund request is received, the participant’s registration will be canceled, and they will no longer have access to the class or any associated course materials, sessions, or benefits.
- If you wish to remain enrolled in the class, please do not submit a refund request. If you have questions or concerns about your enrollment, contact us before requesting a refund.
Processing time
Approved refunds will be processed within 5–10 business days. Timing may vary by payment provider.
Exceptions
We reserve the right to deny refund requests involving fraudulent activity, abuse of the refund policy, or repeated refund behavior across multiple purchases or accounts.
This Holistic Wellness Pro Essentials
Course Starts September 14
Four weeks from now, eating well could be second nature.
