Cooking with Confidence: The Confident Cook, Essential Skills for Everyday Cooking
Essential Skills for Everyday Cooking
Presented by 4Root's Culinary Health Institute at Center for Health & Wellbeing
Build the skills that make cooking easier, more enjoyable, and more delicious.
Join chef and food scientist, Erik Amnott, for an interactive culinary demonstration focused on the essential techniques every home cook can use to feel more confident in the kitchen.
From mastering your knife skills to bringing out the best flavor in everyday ingredients, Erik will demonstrate practical techniques you can put to use right away, including:
- Essential knife skills and food preparation
- Blanching, grilling, roasting, and marinating vegetables
- Preparing starches on the stovetop
- Building and layering flavor
- Proper handling and measuring techniques
Throughout the demonstration, you’ll have the opportunity to ask questions, learn practical nutrition insights, and discover how a few foundational skills can completely change the way you approach cooking.
Guests will enjoy a sample of the finished dish and leave with a recipe to recreate at home.
About Erik
Erik Amnott combines food, health, and the environment to engage communities about the importance of urban agriculture and regenerative food systems. Using research and advocacy around non-ultra processed foods, Erik teaches the art of foraging, fermentation, and local food sourcing. Erik’s dedication to providing culinary education, alternative techniques for using locally sourced food, and building flavors have been the cornerstone of his classes.
About Cooking with Confidence
Cooking with Confidence is an introductory culinary health series from 4Roots’ Culinary Health Institute designed to help you transform your kitchen into a place for flavor, confidence, and health.
Each demonstration-style experience features a chef, home cook, or nutrition specialist preparing a plant-forward dish while sharing practical cooking techniques, nutrition insights, and approachable ways to build healthier habits at home.
Whether you’re just beginning your journey in the kitchen or looking to sharpen your skills, you’ll leave with practical tools, fresh inspiration, and more confidence to cook well at home.
What You’ll Experience
- Hands-on culinary learning with Chef Erik
- Essential kitchen techniques you can use every day
- Practical ways to build and layer flavor
- Tips for proper preparation, handling, and measuring
- Conversation and Q&A with Chef Erik throughout the demonstration
Event Details
📍 Location: Center for Health & Wellbeing – Nutrition Theatre: 2005 Mizell Ave, Winter Park, FL 32792
📅 Date: Tuesday, September 15 | 6:00PM – 7:00 PM
🎟️ Ticket Fee: $35
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
This Cooking with Confidence class is part of CHI's monthly culinary education series, designed to offer experiences for every level of interest:
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.