Student Weeks at Milkweed
Spend a week cooking, foraging, preserving, and preparing alongside Chef at Milkweed.
Student Weeks are one-on-one, immersive experiences designed for cooks, chefs, home cooks, and people just starting out in the kitchen, who want to spend time inside the daily happenings of the Milkweed kitchen. Throughout the week, students work alongside Chef preparing meals, baking bread, making fresh pasta, working with different proteins and vegetables, preserving seasonal ingredients, foraging, and helping build the weekend tasting menu.
Student Weeks do not follow a fixed curriculum. Each week develops around the season, so a student who joins in the spring may have a very different experience than someone who visits in the fall. Some weeks may lean heavily into wild mushrooms, others into berries, flowers, or game. Every week is dictated by what the landscape has to offer.
Students participate in every part of the process - from prep through dinner each evening. Some tasks are hands on while others are demonstrated. During the weekend, the student continues working alongside Chef while also enjoying the full Milkweed guest experience, including Friday dinner, Saturday breakfast and lunch, Saturday evening's tasting menu, and Sunday brunch.
At the end of the week, each student leaves with a personalized field notebook documenting the recipes, techniques, ratios, and notes from their time at Milkweed, along with a sourdough starter to continue baking at home, chef knife, and apron.
Accommodations
Student Week includes a private room in the main cabin.
Students stay in the Forager Room, which is Chef’s room when guests aren’t present. Throughout the week, the student will have the main cabin to themselves aside from work hours. Mornings and evenings are often quiet, giving students time to read, review their notes, enjoy the sauna, take the mountain bikes out on the trails, or take part in anything else Milkweed has to offer. All meals, beverages, and accommodations are included as part of the experience.
Applying
If Student Week feels like a good fit, please fill out the application below. Everyone is welcome, regardless of kitchen experience.
The application helps us learn a little about your background, your interests, and what you're hoping to gain from your time at Milkweed.
After reviewing your application, we'll reach out to schedule a phone conversation. It's an opportunity to get to know one another, answer questions, discuss available dates, and make sure the experience is a good fit for everyone involved.
Following that conversation, we'll send additional information, including the participation fee and instructions for reserving your week.