THE CULINARY CANNABIS MOVEMENT · SINCE 2016
Setting industry
standards — laying
the foundation for safety.
A decade in the field across 200 cities has produced something the industry has never had: a credentialed, ACF-backed curriculum built around safe dosing, professional technique, and culinary craft.
1200+
POP UP DINNERS
200+
CITIES HOSTED
ACF
CERTIFIED
100+
BRAND COLLABS
Culinary Cannabis Education -
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THE MOVEMENT
With no path to follow; one had to be made
For over a decade, Chef Travis Petersen did something no chef had done before: he toured the country city-to-city hosting culinary cannabis pop-up dinners — night after night, like a musician on the road.
200+ cities. More than 30,000 guests served their very first cannabis dinner. A decade of real-world fieldwork that no culinary school curriculum has ever touched.
Chef Travis Petersen is not the subject of this story. He is the proof it is possible. And now his mission is to teach the next generation of chefs to do it right — with discipline, credentials, and craft.
30K+
Guests Served
1K+
1st Time Cannabis User
10+
Years Paving a Path for Chefs
3k+
Copies of “Introduction To Culinary Cannabis” Sold
THE INDUSTRY GAP
Cannabis is growing. The credentials aren’t
The culinary cannabis space is expanding fast. But without a credentialed framework, the industry is being built on guesswork. These are the problems we exist to solve.
No Formal Training Path
99% of Culinary schools don't cover cannabis. Chefs entering this space are learning from anecdote, not curriculum.
Operators want credibility, not vibes.
Hospitality groups and Culinary brands won't commission programming without professional accreditation behind the name.
Dosing is guesswork at scale
Without a discipline-based framework, accuracy across a menu is nearly impossible to maintain — and the stakes are high.
The community needs a standard
Safe, accurate dosing is a matter of guest wellbeing. Without shared standards, the industry sets itself up for avoidable failures.
EDUCATION
Four ways to
go deeper.
01 · Live Event
Culinary Cannabis
Summit
ACF Online Certification Course
Full enrollment in the American Culinary Federation's Culinary Cannabis & Edibles course — 30+ hours, self-paced, certificate on completion. The only stackable culinary credential in the industry.
2 Hour Business Lecture
Chef Travis covers social media, brand development, sponsorships, pop-up dinners, extraction, safety, and the financial realities of building a cannabis culinary career.
$175
June 21 2026 · 6 - 8 PM · Virtual Event
Includes ACF Course Enrollment + Live Lecture. This Summit is being offered at a 50% discount
03 · IN PERSON
The Nomad Cook offers public and private group cooking lessons — hands-on, interactive demos that teach you the foundations of safe and accurate dosing. Create your own extractions, learn how to harness the entourage effect, and dose with the confidence and precision of a culinary professional..
$195
Next Class : June 14 2026 3 PM · Brooklyn
02 · ONLINE COURSE
Culinary Cannabis
ACF CERTIFIED
Foundations
The Specialized Certificate in Culinary Cannabis & Edibles is a 30-hour, self-paced course designed for professional chefs, home cooks, cannabis enthusiasts, or anyone wishing to work with cannabis-infused cuisine and wants to become more knowledgeable on the art and science behind edibles and infused culinary creations. The course covers many areas, including cannabis history, anatomy, forms of cannabis, the endocannabinoid system, cannabinoids, terpenes, safety procedures, accurate dosing, tolerance, cannabis math, equipment, extraction methods, and incorporating cannabis into recipes.
The Cannabis Plant
The EndoCannabinoid System
Terpenes | Utilizing The Entourage Effect
Understanding Tolerance
Accurate Dosing
Safety Procedures
Equipment
Extraction Methods
$250
Enroll directly with The American Culinary Federation and take the course at your own pace, receiving a certificate from the ACF upon completion
04 · COOK BOOK
Designed for the aspiring culinary cannabis chef and the home cook who wants to cook with confidence and accuracy — this cookbook delivers 77 pages of theory covering the Endocannabinoid system, terpenes, the entourage effect, safety procedures, tolerance, precise dosing, and extraction methods, followed by 42 recipes that are not cookies, brownies, or gummies. This book exists to give you the knowledge to think outside the box and take your cooking to a higher level.