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The curriculum was earned in the field

The Nomad Cook did not start as a curriculum. It started as 1,200 dinners: a chef touring city to city, night after night, serving more than 30,000 guests across 187 cities and 5 countries, most of them their very first cannabis dinner. The proof is in the pudding.

30K+Guests served
1,200+Pop up dinners
5Countries
3K+Cookbooks sold
A decade of fieldwork
The Founder

The story. The proof.

Chef Travis Petersen is the story: a chef who dedicated a decade to this craft, toured 187 cities across 5 countries, and emerged with a depth no culinary school has ever offered. He is the proof it can be done.

The road he traveled, the mistakes, the standards, the technique, is now a roadmap. It is written into the American Culinary Federation's Culinary Cannabis and Edibles certification, which he authored: the first curriculum of its kind licensed by the ACF.

As of September 5, 2026, The Nomad Cook no longer hosts pop up dinners or cooking classes. The brand's work now is singular: education. Less spectacle. More craft. A voice that can help people, because it has been earned in the field.

One chef proved it. The curriculum is how you follow.
The Road

How we got here

2018
The first pop up

April 20, 2018: the first cannabis pop up dinner following Canadian federal legalization. The touring model is born: city to city, night after night, like a musician on the road.

2022
The cookbook

Introduction to Culinary Cannabis is published: 77 pages of theory and 42 recipes that are not cookies, brownies, or gummies. 3,000+ copies sold.

The Road
1,200+ pop ups, 187 cities, 5 countries

More than 30,000 guests served, most experiencing their first cannabis dinner. The fieldwork no curriculum had ever touched.

The ACF
The credential

The fieldwork becomes the American Culinary Federation's Culinary Cannabis and Edibles certification: the first and only stackable culinary cannabis credential, authored by Chef Petersen.

09.05.2026
The last dinner

The final Nomad Cook service. From this date the brand is solely education: the certification, the Summit, Field Notes, and the Network.

What we stand on

Four principles

Craft

The chef's lens

Approaching the plant through the discipline of a professional kitchen.

Curiosity

A nomad's appetite

Always learning, always seeking the next lesson from the field.

Credentials

ACF aligned

Building standards into an institution, not a personality.

Composure

No theatrics

Individual dosing. Accurate delivery. Guest wellbeing above spectacle.

The Cookbook

Introduction to Culinary Cannabis

From the cookbook shoot A recipe from Introduction to Culinary Cannabis

Written for the aspiring culinary cannabis chef and the home cook who wants confidence and accuracy. 77 pages of theory covering the endocannabinoid system, terpenes, the entourage effect, safety, tolerance, precise dosing, and extraction methods, followed by 42 recipes that are not cookies, brownies, or gummies.

$52 Purchase a copy

The roadmap is the curriculum.

The ACF Certification