FROM BURNOUT TO BRILLIANCE

COACHING
FOR CHEFS

For culinary professionals who are ready to reclaim balance, lead with clarity, and thrive in their kitchens and lives. In just three months, we’ll help you overcome burnout, master your mindset, and elevate your leadership.

Burnout doesn’t just affect you—it ripples through your team and your home life.

Chronic stress and lack of balance can drain your passion for cooking and your motivation to lead. Without tools for nervous system regulation and effective leadership, the kitchen chaos will only intensify.

You deserve more than just surviving. It’s time to rediscover your inspiration, support your team, and create a thriving culinary environment.

CULINARY COACHING

Transform You and Your Kitchen

The Burnt Out Chef Transformation Program is a 3-month journey for chefs who are done with burnout and ready to lead with clarity, purpose, and renewed energy. Through tailored coaching, restaurant analysis, and wellness practices, I’ll help you master your mindset, regulate stress, and create harmony in your kitchen and life.

Let’s talk about who this is for:

  • People who love to eat but don’t know how to cook

  • Beginner or intermediate home cooks

  • Individuals looking to improve both their family’s and their own health

  • People who struggle to scramble an egg

  • People who want to elevate their culinary skills

  • People looking to source more consciously

  • Anyone who generally struggles to find joy in cooking

  • Busy people who are looking to save time in the kitchen

  • The person who relies on Uber Eats but desires to create more nourishing, home-cooked meals

THE MENU

Course Outline

We’ll meet Sunday’s, 4-6pm est. via zoom on March 24th, April 7th, April 14th, April 21st, April 28th, and May 5th

  • The prep list is a crucial part of daily restaurant success. Chefs live and die by checking things off their prep list. This first prerecord video we will go over the conscious cooking prep list so that you walking into week one set up for success.

  • Master the fundamentals with me as you delve into knife skills, creating flavorful dressings, and perfecting seasoning. Create a delectable seasonal panzanella with a harmoniously balanced dressing.

  • Explore the art of sautéing and roasting as I guide you through the creation of blackened sweet potato tacos with salsa verde and cabbage slaw. Learn essential techniques to elevate your cooking.

  • Dive into the world of slow food with me. Craft a comforting bone broth and indulge one of my favorite dishes — harissa braised chicken thighs with chickpeas, sautéed peppers, and creamy tahini.

  • Become a beef aficionado with me. Learn the art of perfectly searing and basting a steak. We’ll create a flavorful compound butter and a quick seasonal side to go with it.

  • Experience the versatility of pasture-raised chicken. This week expands beyond rotisserie chicken and instills confidence both cooking and handling this nourishing protein. We’ll craft a crispy skinned and completely deboned half chicken with a proper pan jus.

  • In our final week, participants will come together to prepare and savor "The Big Dog Meal," a dish determined by group consensus. This final session is an opportunity to showcase the skills acquired throughout the course, as we prep and execute the chosen dish in unison. Whether you invite friends over for a lively gathering or revel in the experience solo, it's a chance to celebrate the joy of cooking and connection. 

HEY, I'M SCOTT MCDONALD

Meet your culinary guide

I’m an environmental guardian, mindful michelin starred chef, and chopped champion. I use my 15+ years of culinary experience and knowledge of regenerative farming to guide people back to an integral form of nourishment. Becoming part of a collective symbiosis, my approach to nutrition is much more than simply eating properly. The body is a complete ecosystem, not just an isolated event. My intention is to share this knowledge for us all to heal our bodies on a cellular level, and to revive Earth, or as I like to call her, pachamama. 

IF YOU’VE MADE IT THIS FAR…

Thank you for taking the time out of your precious life to read through what I have to offer. This project has been a long time coming and I’m so happy its finally here. It will continue to evolve and get better as I try to do everyday. We all need a little more grace and some finer food.

If you feel the stress in the kitchen, dread cooking, and can't find joy in food anymore, I encourage you to join this community. My goal is to bring out everyone's curious inner child and make cooking fun and easy again. I hope to bring people around the table to share stories, slow down, and nourish themselves, proudly. Stay hungry.

Ready to cook?

The investment for this intimate group container is $700 pay in full or $375 / 2x payment plan.

Want to save some cash? Venmo me $680 & you’re in!