**Note: The Village is under construction, so most of the links to the content are not live yet.**
Chef’s Village is an interactive world of culinary knowledge and adventure!
Explore the map and click on a building or area to read about what you will learn there.
The Chocolate Factory
Learn all about chocolate: its history, bean-to-bar, tempering, and more.
Frozen Desserts
Put on a sweater and learn about ice cream, gelato, parfait, and other frozen desserts.
Décor
Here you will learn all about decorating, including piping, chocolate work, sugar work, tuile, and more.
Breads & Vienoisserie
Learn about craft bread, rolls, laminated pastry, and more.
Pies and Pastries
Do you know the muffin method? The muffin method? The muffin method! You'll also learn about pies and pastries.
Baking 101
Learn the fundamentals of baking, including mixing methods, custards, creams, and more.
Town Monument
Jacques is our town founder. Click here to learn more about the history of the town, mindset, and what it's all about.
Food Truck Easter Egg
You've found the food truck easter egg!
The Science Center
Click here to explore the Science Center — a place for food science nerds who want to really get into the nitty gritty of how food and cooking works.
There are some short instructional videos that teach the science behind these recipes as well as a full food science course hosted by the American Culinary Federation.
Culinary 101
In this area you'll learn the basics of cooking, including cooking methods, equipment, and some science behind how food works.
The Smokehouse
Here you'll learn all about barbecue and cooking with smoke.
Food Trucks
Head off the road onto this dusty lot to learn about authentic street tacos, food truck foods, and street cuisines from many countries. I recommend the arrachera.
Things that are Wet
This recreation area teaches you all about flavor with sauces, dips, drinks, soups, and more.
The Commercial Kitchen
Welcome to the Big-Time world of cooking in a commercial kitchen and production food. This is a rare view into the tools and techniques in a professional kitchen and some tips about how you can bring some of what you learn here into your own kitchen. You'll also learn about manufacturing processes and some advanced food science used in the commercial world.
Seafood
Bring your bathing suit and get ready to learn all about our oceans, rivers, and lakes, the food we get from them, and how we can help protect them. Learn why some fish smell fishy and how to cook these special and wonderful foods.
The Hood
The Hood is where the cool chefs, writers, and researchers hang out. Knock on their door and they might tell you about their journey or teach you recipes, cooking secrets, or perhaps something interesting about nutrition, food politics, or research. This is one of the most exciting areas of town!
The Farm
The Farm is where you'll learn about growing food and raising animals that are part of our food system, sustainability, hydroponics, bees and pollination, and other important areas about how we get our food and how we can help make our food system better for us and the planet.
The Grocery Store
Come to the Grocery Store to learn about produce, meats, fish, and staples. Learn what's in foods, how to shop, how to store things, how long they keep, nutrition, and many other super useful facts that will help make you a culinary wizard.
The Cheese Shop
Click here to learn about all kinds of fermentation, including cheese, kimchi, pickles, and sauerkraut, breads, vanilla & chocolate, yogurt, and other culinary delights.
The Gym
Enter the Gym to learn about exercise, nutrition, health, safety, and everything else about how to keep yourself feeling great and happy.
The Bakery
Come to the Bakery to learn all about how the professionals create pastries, breads, cakes, pies, and other edible arts!