4-Day Raw Food Retreat and Detox Intensive
Living on Live Food Certification Program
This is an intensive learning experience that packs a lot of information into four transformative days...from beginner to advanced! During this retreat you will learn how to go raw and stay raw. You will learn the tools and techniques to prepare simple, delicious, gourmet foods for yourself, family and friends. And if you desire, be certified as a Raw Food Chef and Instructor, so that you will be able to teach others how to become healthy and vibrant. Both newcomers to this lifestyle and experienced participants, feel comfortable in Patsy's kitchen. Everyone loves the intimate groups, which allows for the ultimate hands-on food preparation experience!
This is the Alissa Cohen Living On Life Food certification program.
- Level I - Basic recipes and understanding the Raw Food Diet
- Level II - Sprouting / Dehydrating and discussion of issues living with this lifestyle
- Level III - Advanced recipes and business planning
| Thursday to Sunday | Dates to be arranged |
This is such an exciting retreat introducing all you need to know about the raw food diet, sprouting and dehydrating. Day one is a whirlwind of easy delicious recipes; while during the next two days, we prepare our own meals from Alissa's 300-page recipe book, Living on Live Food, such as: enchiladas, calzone, bagels & onion dip, pizza, avocado "skins", plus bonus recipes.
We will learn how Alissa's sister cured herself from lead poisoning through the use of various detox techniques.
The advanced day includes a full-day of hands-on preparation, and learning chef techniques. The gourmet recipes were chosen from Alissa's second book, Raw Food for Everyone, which were used in her raw, vegan restaurant, Grezzo, in Boston, MA, (such as muddled blueberry pancakes with coconut cream, which are served for breakfast). You will also prepare easy delicious ferments, that you will take home and culture on your own kitchen counter.
Total cost for this 4-day retreat is $2,400 CDN or $2,800 CDN, if you desire certification as a Level I Raw Food Chef and Level II Instructor. (Alissa taught this class in Massachusetts for $2,400 USD.) Includes handout of materials and recipes, as well as Alissa's Living on Live Food recipe book and DVD set. If you choose to be certified, you will be registered with Alissa Cohen, who will directly issue your certificates.
Give yourself the gift of a four-day retreat (see Register Now button above), or just register for any of the segments that suit you at this time, by selecting the following links:
- Beginner - Level I, $300 or $500 with certification as a Raw Food Chef
- Intermediate - Level II, $800 or $1,000 with certification as a Raw Food Instructor
- Advanced - Level III, $1,500 CDN advanced chef and business training
The following outlines what is included in this Living on Live Food 4-Day Retreat and Detox Intensive, broken down by the Level I, Level II and Level III programs:
Living on Live Food "Chef" Certification course (Level I)
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
| Thursday | Dates to be arranged |
This whirlwind training is the fundamental course that will teach you the basics of the raw food diet through the teachings of the Living on Live Food plan.
- What is a raw and living food diet?
- How to get excited about raw.
- How to prepare delicious raw food meals simply and easily!
- How to shop for raw foods.
- How to stock your kitchen and set up your environment.
- How to get others excited about raw and living food!
If you choose certification, you will be recognized as a Certified Living on Live Food Raw Food Chef and will be able to teach courses and workshops as a certified raw food chef!
Living on Live Food "Instructor" Certification course (Level II)
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. - Each day
| Friday & Saturday | Dates to be arranged |
This level is designed to go beyond the basic food preparation and into more extensive raw food skills such as sprouting and dehydrating. From this course you will be proficient in preparing elegant gourmet meals. In addition to food preparation, and breakfast, lunch and dinner both days, this course will cover:
- How to encourage and help people stay raw.
- Issues dealing with daily raw food living such as environment, friends and family, and traveling while raw.
- People's experience while raw.
- Detoxing (emotionally and physically).
- Basic sprouting techniques and simple dehydrating techniques.
- How to adjust the raw food diet for specific results.
- Additional components that make up a healthy raw food lifestyle and much more!
If you choose certification, you will be recognized as a Certified Living on Live Food Instructor and will be able to teach individuals and groups in the art of raw food preparation and the raw food lifestyle. You will be able to teach the Living on Live Food "Chef" Certification - Level I course.
Living on Live Food "Advanced Chef Day" (Level III)
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
| Sunday | Dates to be arranged |
The Level III "Advanced Chef Day" recipes have been selected from Raw Food for Everyone, by Alissa Cohen and Leah J. Dubois, as the most popular recipes from their fine dining, raw vegan restaurant, Grezzo, in Boson, MA, which closed in 2010. (Grezzo is Italian for "raw".)
In this class, you will experience outstanding blueberry pancakes with coconut cream, gelato with caramel sauce and an absolutely, unbelievable Boston meringue! As well, we create recipes to substantially enhance your salads, including: breadsticks, croutons, Grezzo cheese and "unroasted" tomatoes. In addition, you will prepare and take home easy delicious ferments: French carrots, sauerkraut and pickled beets to ferment on your own kitchen counter.
Certification: By taking Level III with Patsy, you will learn everything taught by Alissa Cohen and be able to branch out on your own as a certified raw food instructor with advanced training.
(However, the "Level III Teacher" certificate is only available if the course is taken in Alissa's course in the United States, where you will then be a Certified Living on Live Food "Teacher ", able to teach the Living on Live Food "Chef" Certification - Level I course and the Living on Live Food "Instructor" Certification - Level II course.)
Alissa Cohen is an internationally recognized chef, restauranteur, speaker and author who has frequently been featured in the media. As one of the leading raw food authorities in the USA, and author of Living on Live Food, she has long proved that it is possible to eat decadently and raw at home. She has a philosophy that raw cuisine can be as artful and delicious as traditional cooking.
In Raw Food for Everyone, she offers a ground-breaking raw food cookbook with her best recipes and innovative preparation methods, which bring elegant raw cuisine to the next level.
When Alissa opened her first raw food restaurant Grezzo (Italian for Raw) in Boston in 2008, she hired "inventive chef" Leah J. Dubois. Having trained at such culinary destinations as Toro (Boston) and Nicole Farhi (New York City), Dubois gained prominence as the executive chef at Grezzo, Boston's first fine dining, raw vegan restaurant. Her creativity earned raves and she shared her specialties as co-author of Raw Food for Everyone.
Patsy Scott trained with Alissa Cohen in 2012 and certified as a Raw Food Chef and Level III Teacher. As well, she trained with Leah Dubois in 2016 to learn first hand some of the most popular recipes from Alissa's raw food restaurant, Grezzo, where Leah was the executive chef.
Patsy's popular Raw Food Retreat has brought students from Canada, the USA and even as far away as South Korea, to simply enjoy the experience or to be certified under Alissa's Living on Live Food program. In 2019, as Alissa steps down from teaching her courses, she has selected Patsy as her Canadian counterpart to take on the responsibility of teaching the full certification course.
Students experience a hands-on environment with significant personal attention, due to her intimate classes. Students also gain from her vast knowledge as a certified Holistic Nutritionist.
Success Stories
Tied for my favourite recipes for the Advanced Chef Day were the unroasted tomatoes and Boston meringue. The Grezzo cheese was a close second! Everything was great, except I personally did not care for the croutons. The most enjoyable part of this experience was that I now have more meal options. There was a good balance of pre-prep and hands-on for the number of recipes. It was good working with Patsy. She has lots of energy to keep us going, a great knowledge level and experience. She is also open to other ideas. Before this course, I was turned-off thinking how much work eating raw would be...but no complaints now! Most of my friends don't do raw vegan YET! They will need to see it work for me first.
It is very difficult to pick an absolute favourite from the Advanced Chef Day, as all were delicious, but it was great learning about fermenting, and especially delicious was the unroasted tomatoes and Boston meringue. Patsy is a very gracious teacher. She takes the time to teach and clarify instructions for the hands-on experience. So nice to learn chef skills while preparing a variety of dishes directed and demonstrated by Patsy. I would absolutely recommend this Advanced Chef class and all of her classes, such as Level I and II of the Raw Food Retreat. What a GREAT DAY!
Thank you Patsy for an inspiring three-day raw food retreat. All the recipes you introduced to us were simple to make and delicious. I am looking forward to adding more raw food dishes to my diet. I would most definitely recommend your classes to anyone who wants to learn more about raw food preparation and lifestyle.
It was worth every penny! The pain of my rheumatoid arthritis is diminishing!
I just can't say enough about how much I enjoyed Patsy's Living on Live Food Level 1 training! She was a joy to spend the day with; vibrant, knowledgeable, professional to the core and she absolutely knows how to create delicious raw dishes. Her home is bright and inviting and her garden was stunning. There is no doubt in my mind that I received quality instruction around preparing and teaching my own plant-based workshops and seminars and I can't wait to get started! I highly recommend Patsy with anything that she offers.
