Harvest to Table | Family Night - Gather, Cook, and Enjoy
Harvest to Table
Presented by The Culinary Health Institute at 4Roots Farm
This Month’s Topic: Family
Hosted at our beautiful 4Roots Farm Campus, enjoy a culinary dining experience designed to encourage a healthy lifestyle.
Join Senior Culinary Director at 4Roots Farm, Chef Hari Pulapaka and a local physician, for a farm-to-table, hands-on culinary dining experience centered around the importance of trading screen time for family time. Chef Hari will lead families in preparing a delicious three-course meal while discovering ways that healthy eating can become a fun family tradition.
What You’ll Experience
- Hands-on cooking experience: Led by Chef Hari Pulapaka who will guide you in preparing your salad and entrée.
- Chef-inspired dessert
- Farm-fresh experience: Work with farm-fresh produce from 4Roots Farm and partner farms.
- Physician Insight: A physician will provide valuable insights on how nutrition can build family traditions, togetherness, and support for lifelong health and wellness. support your family’s overall health and wellbeing.
Event Details
📆 Date & Time: July 15 | 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
📍 Location: 4Roots Farm Campus, 1101 N John Young Pkwy, Orlando, FL
🎟️ Ticket Price: $100 per guest and one child (under 18); $50 per additional child
Meet Your Host
Hari Pulapaka PhD, WCMC, CEC, AAC
Hari Pulapaka is the Senior Culinary Director at the Culinary Health Institute (CHI) at 4Roots Farm. A classically trained chef, award-winning restaurateur, multiple author, and tenured mathematics professor, he brings culinary excellence and academic rigor to advancing food as medicine. A four-time James Beard Award semifinalist, Hari designs engaging, flavor-forward learning experiences that translate evidence-based wellness into practical, everyday cooking.
About the Culinary Health Institute at 4Roots Farm
The Culinary Health Institute (CHI) is an initiative of 4Roots in partnership with AdventHealth, Florida Blue, and Gordon Food Service. CHI works to transform community health by advancing food as medicine and whole-person care through education, clinical innovation, and research. Learn more at 4rootsfarm.org/CHI.
Our Monthly Class Series
Our Harvest to Table series is our premium Level 3 class experience: where guests cook alongside a chef, engage with a physician or dietitian, and enjoy a full farm-to-table culinary experience.
We also offer:
- Cooking with Confidence (Level 1): a demonstration-style introduction to essential cooking skills and an approachable plant-based recipe with a local chef, home cook, or nutrition specialist.
- Food as Medicine (Level 2): A local chef and physician or dietitian-led, three-course demonstration exploring the connection between nutrition and health, with tastings of each course.
Each series is themed around a monthly culinary or nutrition topic, allowing guests to continue building knowledge and skills over time.