The Natural Epicurean Academy of Culinary Arts, a Plant-Based Culinary School in Austin, Texas, Donates Culinary Training Valued at $4,900 for NY Vegetarian Food Festival

Austin, TX, February 26, 2014 --(PR.com)-- The Natural Epicurean Academy of Culinary Arts in Austin, Texas, the premier health-supportive, plant-based professional culinary school in the United States, is partnering with the 2014 NY Vegetarian Food Festival to promote the benefits of a plant-based diet. Being held March 1-2 at the Metropolitan Pavilion, the fourth annual NY Vegetarian Food Festival features speakers and exhibitors who are passionate about health and wellness. Speaker topics include juicing, crushing heart disease, plant-based diet tips, eating vegan in a non-vegan world, and much more. Among other prizes and raffle items to be given away at the festival, the Natural Epicurean is donating a culinary training session in one of its five modalities: Ayurveda, Macrobiotics, Raw & Living Foods, Classical Vegetarian or Vegan Cooking, valued at $4,900. For more information about the festival, visit www.nycvegfoodfest.com or for more information about the Natural Epicurean, email info@naturalepicurean.com or call (512) 476-2276.

The Natural Epicurean Academy of Culinary Arts is a professional culinary arts training school devoted to conscious cooking and a health-supportive, plant-based diet. Offering both a professional program and public classes, the School embraces a holistic view of health, which takes into consideration physical, energetic, mental, emotional, societal and environmental influences, and promotes that diet can support health on all these levels.

The next start date for the Natural Epicurean Academy of Culinary Arts’ professional chef training program, which is a 900-hour course of study focused on the five core modalities of macrobiotic, classical vegetarian, vegan, ayurvedic and raw and living foods, begins on March 31, 2014. Students in the professional training program learn natural, organic and nourishing food preparation with hands-on training in a collaborative learning environment while developing the business foundation required to successfully launch careers as natural foods chefs, health and wellness coaches, product developers and proprietors of their own businesses. For more information about The Natural Epicurean Academy of Culinary Arts, visit www.naturalepicurean.com or call (512) 476-2276.

About The Natural Epicurean Academy of Culinary Arts: The Natural Epicurean Academy of Culinary Arts in Austin, Texas, is the only professional culinary school with a health-supportive, plant-based curriculum in the southern United States. Offering both a professional program and public classes, the School embraces a holistic view of health, which takes into consideration physical, energetic, mental, emotional, societal and environmental influences, and promotes that diet can support health on all these levels. The 900 hour professional training focuses on five core modalities: macrobiotic, classical vegetarian, vegan, ayurvedic and raw and living foods. All programs emphasize locally available and seasonally based foods in their natural and unprocessed state with an equal emphasis on pleasing the senses and promoting health. For more information, visit www.naturalepicurean.com or call (512) 476-2276.