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CME with Penn Medicine: Culinary Medicine in the Prevention and Treatment of Hypertension

915 Spring Garden St, Philadelphia PA 19123

Calling all healthcare professionals! Join Penn Medicine and Vetri Community Partnership in the Teaching Kitchen for an engaging, hands-on course that blends culinary medicine and nutrition with cooking.This course aims to educate health professionals about dietary choices and principles of healthy nutrition while empowering them with the skills and tools to manage and prevent hypertension in their patients and themselves, with particular attention to socioeconomic and cultural competence.

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Chef Dad's Table at Vetri Community Partnership

915 Spring Garden Street, Suite 103

Join Scott Noye aka Chef Dad of Chef Dad's Table for a fundraising cooking class at Vetri Community Partnership! This is a hands-on cooking class for families to do a meaningful and fun activity together while raising critical funds for Vetri Community Partnership, a nonprofit that nourishes minds, bodies, and communities with nutrition education through cooking. Chef Dad will guide you and your family through a cooking class and menu of Macaroni and Cheese, Honey Glazed Carrots, and his famous Edible Cookie Dough.

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Community Cooking Class

915 Spring Garden St, Philadelphia PA 19123

Join us in cooking nutritious and delicious VCP recipes and then enjoy the family-style meal that you’ve prepared together as a class! Free and open to people of all ages and skill levels. This cooking class takes place at Vetri Community Partnership in the Teaching Kitchen.

Registration coming April 22

Friends of Marc Dinner

24 S. 24th Street (Fitler Club)

On May 13, Aaron Sanchez, Jonathan Waxman, and Michael Schwartz will join Marc Vetri in the Fitler Club kitchen for a culinary experience to benefit Vetri Community Partnership. Stay tuned for more information on this year's Friends of Marc Dinner!

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Culinary Medicine 101 for Registered Dietitians

Driscoll Hall Atrium, Villanova University

Join us for an immersive culinary and nutrition experience designed to empower healthcare professionals to transform patient and client outcomes through the power of food! In collaboration with Vetri Community Partnership, this event combines hands-on cooking with evidence-based nutrition education to help you bridge the gap between clinical knowledge and real-world application. Whether you're counseling patients on diabetes management, heart health, or obesity prevention, this event will equip you with the tools to make nutrition advice practical, accessible, and impactful.

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Mobile Teaching Kitchen

Our Mobile Teaching Kitchens are modified food trucks equipped to bring interactive cooking demonstrations and nutritious recipe samplings to community events and food distributions across Philadelphia and Camden. If you'd like to see us in action, check out the calendar below!

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