Culinary Medicine classes are the most technical and are aimed at health professionals. The Culinary Medicine Series is a lecture plus hands-on cooking series, offered with Munson Healthcare and the Great Lakes Culinary Institute, and approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit. It’s meant for a wide range of health care professionals, including medical students, residents, physicians, nurses, dietitians and more. Topics include nutrition science, Medical Nutrition Therapy concepts, and plant-forward cooking techniques.

General nutrition and culinary education classes are for the wider community. The kitchen is a hub for local food-based community health, education, programming, events, and food-based classes. Groundwork is available to provide nutrition and cooking education, or be a support for other educators renting the space. An overarching goal for the Esperance Community Teaching Kitchen is to get people eating more local foods.

Professional development classes are also part of the mix. The kitchen’s coordinator procures food and supplies for food-based community and professional development classes.

Stay tuned as we expand programming to include events and rentals, and worksite wellness programs, CSA-subscriber cooking classes, and live-streamed cooking demos.

Our Teaching Kitchen is equipped with professional recording and broadcast technology, so your class or event can reach people well beyond the room.

• Two cameras: An overhead camera shows every step on the cutting board and stovetop, and a room-view camera captures the instructor from a distance.
• Two display screens: One is in the kitchen and one is in the adjoining room, so everyone gets a clear view of the demonstration.
• Slides and cooking, together: Connect your own computer to present slides, then show them side by side with the live cooking demo on screen.
• Record your event: Capture sessions for personal or professional use, such as training videos, content libraries, or for social media.
• Live stream and video conference: Broadcast to social media platforms or host a video conference. Remote participants feel like they’re right in the class, with the same close-up views as the people in the room.
• Clear audio: We provide headsets and a room/sizzle microphone, so instruction, questions, and even the sound of the sauté pan come through.

The Teaching Kitchen comes with a full pantry of small wares equipment—plates, silver, mixing bowls, measuring cups, cutting boards, hot plates, blenders and more!

The space comfortably hosts 14 cooking stations and access to the audio equipment.

Kitchen users retain access to all of their recordings.

For mission-aligned health and wellness rentals or partnerships, please contact our Teaching Kitchen Coordinator, Christine Straley, at christine.straley@groundworkcenter.org

For parking options, check the Commongrounds "Visit" webpage.