Culinary Instruction & Our Community

The TDP Culinary Instruction Program is a hybrid system built around you — not a curriculum you have to follow start to finish. Choose from 9 short courses and build your own path, at your own pace. Each course includes 8 hands-on hours across 4 in-person sessions with Chef James, supported by online resources and a community of cooks learning alongside you.

The TDP Community is where education meets real life — a space built for cooks at every level to share, ask questions, and connect with others on the same path. TDP builds your foundation; the community is where you apply it, expand on it, and grow beyond it. We've always believed that the best cooking, like the best learning, happens in community with others.

Most home cooks never get close enough to ask a professional chef how they actually think. Our community provides that access — in the room during sessions and in the community between them. Focused on reducing learning curves, providing references, and introducing thought processes - TDP mentor support is that fly-on-the-wall seat you've been looking for.