The Specialized Certificate in Culinary Cannabis and Edibles is a 30 hour course for professional chefs, home cooks, and anyone serious about infused cuisine. Enroll directly with the American Culinary Federation, complete it at your own pace, and receive a nationally recognized certificate on completion.
99% of culinary schools do not cover cannabis. Chefs entering this space are learning from anecdote, not curriculum.
Hospitality groups and culinary brands will not commission programming without professional accreditation behind the name.
Without a discipline based framework, accuracy across a menu is nearly impossible to maintain, and the stakes are high.
Safe, accurate dosing is a matter of guest wellbeing. Shared standards are how this space avoids avoidable failures.
The course covers the art and the science of infused cuisine: the plant itself, how the body processes it, and the professional technique required to dose accurately and serve safely. It is written by the chef who did the fieldwork, and licensed by the largest professional chefs organization in North America.
History, anatomy, and the forms cannabis takes in a kitchen.
How the body processes cannabinoids, and why it matters to a cook.
Aromatic compounds as a pairing discipline, not a gimmick.
Why the same dose lands differently, and how to plan for it.
The calculations behind consistent, safe, per portion dosing.
Guest wellbeing protocols for professional infused service.
What a working infusion kitchen actually needs.
From decarboxylation to sous vide: methods, tradeoffs, potency retention.
Bringing infusion into real menus with precision and intention.
Enrollment and payment are handled directly by the American Culinary Federation.
Add a credential no other culinary program offers, and bring infused programming to your kitchen with an operator recognized standard behind it.
Stack the industry's only culinary cannabis credential alongside your formal training and enter the space ahead of your class.
Learn to dose with confidence and accuracy, and cook beyond cookies, brownies, and gummies.
Group enrollment is available for culinary and service teams. Email travis@thenomadcook.com and we will respond the same business day.