Many raw food restaurants offer raw food preparation courses. If you live near a raw food restaurant, check to see if they offer classes in food preparation. Or see below for information about Cherie Soria’s Living Light Culinary Arts Institute in Fort Bragg, California.

 

As raw culture spreads across the world, more retreat centers and raw food restaurants are offering food prep classes. These may be one-day, multiple-day, or multiple-weekend classes.

 

In Australia, there is Samudra, the yoga and surf school that also has a raw food café. They offer multiple-day courses in raw food preparation. Contact http://www.samudra.com.au.

 

There are also chefs who teach private raw food prep classes, such as

Brian Lucas, Los Angeles, http://www.BeLiveLight.com.

Sergei and Valya Boutenko, in Ashland, Oregon, http://www.rawfamily.com

Amy Rachelle, http://www.amyrachelle.com. New York and Marin County (San Francisco)

Angela Starks and Michael Stein, http://www.YogaInTheRaw.com. Upstate New York

Julie Michelle Tolentino, julestolen (at) yahoo.com. Los Angeles, California

 

A person can also learn a lot by using the popular raw food recipe books. Many of them are available in public libraries, are sold at the raw restaurants, and are available through traditional book stores and Web sites. Many raw recipe book authors also teach raw food or Sunfood preparation classes.

 

Glaser Organic Farms, offers “raw food cuisine culinary arts classes” taught by chef Tracy Fleming. 19100 SE 137^th Ave., Miami, FL 33177; 305-238-7747; http://www.GlaserOrganicFarms.com. They also have a weekly raw street market, Green Market, on Saturday. 

 

Cousins Incredible Vitality, hold regular culinary arts classes. 3038 W. Irving Park Rd., Chicago, IL 60618; 773-478-6868; http://www.CousinsIV.com

 

Brenda Cobb’s Living Foods Institute is a New Age healing center offering classes in raw food preparation. After being told that she was going to die, Brenda healed herself from cancer with the help of raw food and healthful thought. 1530 Dekalb Ave., NE, Ste. E, Atlanta, Georgia, 30307; 404-524-4488; http://www.LivingFoodsInstitute.com.

 

Angels Healthfood Institute, POB 858, Gold Hill, OR 97525; http://www.angelshealthfoodinstitute.com; Farm address: 9394 Blackwell Rd., Central Point, OR 97502; 541-855-1846; http://www.angels-visions.com. Offers raw food prep classes and retreats.

 

For those wishing to experience professional raw chef training, consider Cherie Soria's Living Light Culinary Arts Institute, 301-B North Main St., Fort Bragg, California 95437; 800-816-2319; 707-964-2420; http://www.RawFoodChef.com; info (at) rawfoodchef.com.

 

With the Living Light Culinary Arts Institute, Cherie Soria has raised the bar on the standards of raw foods. She has taken over nearly half of an historic two-story building in this small town on the Northern California coast, and has transformed it into a fully-staffed teaching facility with top-of-the-line equipment.

 

As Soria’s Web site states, “In the comprehensive 17-day chef-training program students learn all aspects of creating living foods – from appetizers to desserts, breads to confectioneries. Attendees range from Parisian executive chefs to novices.” As a bonus for those who complete the full program, the Institute has an alumni coordinator who can be helpful in connecting graduates to potential employers.

 

Living Light Culinary Arts Institute also holds workshops and seminars for those who can’t commit to the full-length program, and for those who simply wish to learn how to make truly healthful food that tastes amazing. Additionally, the Institute holds an annual seminar week that includes many visiting authors, nutritionists, natural health practitioners, chefs, and instructors.

 

Soria runs a raw food café and retail store in the same structure that holds her Institute. She has also restored a nearby mansion into an eco-friendly bed and breakfast that serves her foods.

 

Check out Cherie’s wonderful book: The Raw Food Revolution Diet: Feast, Lose Weight, Gain Energy, Feel Younger. It is not only a recipe book, it contains a tremendous amount of information that substantiates the benefits of a raw food diet – proving that the raw food diet not only meets, but exceeds our dietary needs. It is co-authored by dietitians, Vesanto Melina, and Brenda Davis using peer-reviewed studies.