Ayurveda chef

Creativity and joy in cooking and enjoyment: Get to know the Ayurvedic art of cooking in all its diversity and createdelicious recipes for more health, joie de vivre and healing of body and mind.

In traditional Ayurveda, cooks are referred to as alchemists of life energy. And even today, expert Ayurvedic chefs know about the healing power of food, spices and preparation methods and use these in a pleasurable way with creative culinary art.

You too can learn how to apply the facets of Ayurvedic cuisine in practice. The special feature of our Ayurveda chef training is its integration into Western, nutrition-conscious dietetics: the dishes are prepared according to Ayurvedic principles, but do not have to be typically Indian in their taste and style. Instead, you will learn to develop your own recipes and create an enjoyable synthesis of traditional Indian, Mediterranean and therapeutic cuisine.

Especially recommended for:

• Hobby and professional chefs
• Oecothrophologists and dieticians
• Ayurveda nutritionists who would also like to work as Ayurveda seminar chefs or cooking course instructors

The Ayurveda chef training comprises four theory modules, intensive practical training with a 5-day Ayurveda cooking school and an internship.

The theory blocks of Ayurveda basics, nutrition and spice theory can be completed as an online course at the Rosenberg eAcademy (max. 50%) or as a classroom course at our locations:

• Ayurveda basic course: Concepts and disease factors ABK
• Ayurveda basic course: constitution and medicine ABH
• Ayurveda nutrition according to type AEI
• Spices, herbs and oils in Ayurveda APH

The Ayurveda Cooking School takes place as a 5-day intensive course in Birstein or as 5 x 1-day cooking courses at our locations in Austria or Switzerland.

The training concludes with a 6-day kitchen internship with integrated practical examination in the certified organic Ayurveda kitchen of the Rosenberg Ayurveda Academy and Spa Center in Birstein.

Postgraduate studies

Many of our students extend their training as an Ayurveda chef with just one further training module

• to become an Ayurveda Health Coach and, building on this

• to become an Ayurveda nutrition and health consultant

Your path to graduation

During this training, you demonstrate in the following ways that you have internalized the knowledge from this course:

• Learning checks: Each module ends with a learning check to assure you and us that you have achieved the learning objectives. It contains 20 multiple choice questions and must be passed with at least 70%. You can take the learning check a maximum of three times. The exam consists of 3 parts.
• Qualification test in the digital learning platform: 8 questions on Ayurveda nutrition and kitchen practice await you. You have two attempts to answer the questions.
• Practical exam: During the practical exam, you will independently create and cook a lunch menu and present it to guests.
• Final written paper: A presentation on the basics of Ayurveda nutrition and the cooking course (2 pages) as well as a thorough elaboration and detailed explanation of your Ayurveda menu (approx. 6 pages) The final examination is considered passed if all parts of the examination have been at least passed. Have you done everything? Then you can look forward to your final certificate, which we will send you by post.

6 days in the Ayurvedic organic kitchen in Birstein

To enable you to put into practice the theoretical knowledge of Ayurvedic nutrition that you have acquired during your cookery training, an orientation internship in the organic Ayurvedic kitchen at the Rosenberg Ayurveda Health and Spa Center is part of your training. The internship should enable you to find out about the tasks, activities and working conditions of an Ayurvedic cook in a practical way and find out whether this profession meets your expectations, ideas and goals.

During this week, you will work under the guidance of our experienced Ayurveda cooks to prepare Ayurvedic menus, from the healing Pancakarma cuisine to the energy-rich Rasayana cuisine to the sattvic Yoga cuisine, depending on which guests and groups are currently in the house.

At the end of your orientation internship, you will be able to develop your creativity in cooking in a tasty and harmonious way and develop a menu plan yourself and prepare the dishes practically. Learn from the best and experience the loving power of Ayurvedic cooking!

Your orientation internship will last approximately 8 hours per day.

Please arrange the date for your internship individually with us.

Costs
The internship is free of charge. You only cover the costs for accommodation on site in the category of your choice.

The 5-day module "The Great Ayurveda Cooking School" takes place outside the European Academy of Ayurveda. The training kitchen is located approx. 12 km from the campus:

Dorfgemeinschaftshaus, Salzbachstr. 7, 63699 Freiensteinau - Hess. Radmühl

You can complete a large part of the Ayurveda chef training online.

40% = Choose 3 out of 4 possible modules in the eAcademy - study when and where you want:

• Ayurveda nutrition according to type (AEI)
• Ayurveda basic course 1/2 (ABK)
• Ayurveda basic course 2/2 (ABH)
• Spices, herbalism, medicine chest (APH)

60% = 2 modules as a live webinar (or in face-to-face classes on site) + 6 days of practical training in Birstein

• 1 of the modules from the list above: AEI, ABK, ABH or APH
• The Ayurveda Cooking School (AKI)
• Internship in the Ayurveda kitchen Birstein

As part of an eLearning module, you will have the opportunity to put the knowledge you have learned into practice. We have developed the eWorkshop concept for this purpose. Together with your fellow students and your lecturer, you will discuss a specific topic in this live event, do practical exercises or group work on it, and thus gain a deeper insight into the practical application of your Ayurveda knowledge.

In addition to the Interdisciplinary Question Forum (Q & A session), this is your opportunity to exchange ideas with your lecturer and fellow students.

Please note: You only need to attend one session. You will find an indication of when it makes sense to register for the eWorkshop in your eLearning. The eWorkshop is a compulsory part of the module and is required for your course completion.