Harvest to Table: Hands-on Culinary Health Dining Experience
Nourish the Heart: Supporting Healthy Blood Pressure & Beyond in the Kitchen
Presented by The Culinary Health Institute at 4Roots Farm
Discover how delicious food can be part of caring for your heart.
Join 4Roots Senior Culinary Director Chef Hari Pulapaka and physician Dr. Jenneffer Pulapaka, authors of The Heart Healthy Plant-Based Cookbook, for an immersive, hands-on culinary experience exploring the connection between what we eat, healthy blood pressure, and long-term heart health.
Set at the beautiful 4Roots Farm Campus, you’ll step into the kitchen alongside Chef Hari to prepare a three-course, plant-based meal featuring fresh, seasonal ingredients from 4Roots Farm and partner farms.
As you cook, Dr. Pulapaka and Chef Hari will bring the science and the food together, sharing practical insights into what your blood pressure numbers mean, why high blood pressure can often go unnoticed, and how plant-forward eating and everyday lifestyle choices can help support cardiovascular health.
Then, gather around the table to enjoy the meal you helped create while continuing the conversation with your chef and physician hosts.
Come ready to cook, taste, learn, and leave inspired with practical skills and delicious ideas you can bring into your own kitchen.
Hosted at our beautiful 4Roots Farm Campus, step into the kitchen and enjoy an immersive, hands-on culinary health dining experience where guests cook and enjoy a three-course, plant-based meal focused on creating a higher quality of life through nutrition and lifestyle change.
What You’ll Experience
- Cook alongside Chef Hari as you prepare components of a three-course, plant-based meal
- Explore blood pressure and heart health with practical insights from Dr. Jenneffer Pulapaka
- Learn how food can support cardiovascular health and discover approachable ways to incorporate more heart-healthy choices at home
- Cook with fresh, seasonal ingredients from 4Roots Farm and partner farms
- Enjoy a chef-inspired dessert as part of your three-course dining experience
- Ask questions and join the conversation with both a chef and physician throughout the evening
- Gather around the table to enjoy what you’ve created and leave with ideas you can put into practice at home
Event Details
📆 Date & Time: September 16th | 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
📍 Location: 4Roots Farm Campus, 1101 N John Young Pkwy, Orlando, FL
🎟️ Ticket Price: $100 per guest
In recognition of Deaf Awareness Month, ASL interpretation by ASL with Courtney is available upon request for the September offering of this event.
Meet Your Instructors
Hari Pulapaka
Hari Pulapaka is the Senior Culinary Director 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.
Dr. Jenneffer Pulapaka: The Pioneer of Podiatric Lifestyle Medicine
Dr. Jenneffer Pulapaka is redefining podiatry by moving beyond the scalpel to champion Podiatric Lifestyle Medicine (PLM). As the founder of the DeLand Foot and Leg Center—the longest-running female surgical podiatry practice in West Volusia—she is transforming healthcare from reactionary "sick care" to proactive prevention. Dr. Pulapaka made history as the first podiatrist to become a Certified Diplomate in Lifestyle Medicine, a credential she pairs with her expertise as a Certified Wound Specialist Physician (CWSP).
Her leadership extends to the Board of Directors for the Association for the Advancement of Wound Care and the APMA Podiatric Population Health Committee. An advocate for the "Quantum Loom" of interconnected health, she is a co-author of The Heart Healthy Plant-Based Cookbook (2024) and holds culinary and nutritional certifications from Harvard and Cornell.
Whether she is summiting Mt. Kilimanjaro or leading "Walk with a Doc" in DeLand, Dr. Pulapaka embodies her mission: shifting the paradigm from symptom management to root-cause prevention.
"Every patient deserves a physician who advocates for their holistic well-being and a sustainable, environmentally conscious healthcare system."
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.
Continue Your Culinary Health Journey
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.
Level 1 | Cooking with Confidence
An approachable, demonstration-style introduction to essential cooking skills and plant-forward recipes led by a local chef, home cook, or nutrition specialist.
Level 2 | Food as Medicine
A chef and physician- or dietitian-led three-course demonstration exploring the connection between food, nutrition, and health, with tastings of each course.
Level 3 | Harvest to Table
Our premium hands-on experience, where guests cook alongside a chef, engage with a physician or dietitian, and enjoy a complete culinary experience.
Each month brings a new culinary or nutrition focus, giving guests the opportunity to continue learning, tasting, and building practical skills for healthier living.