Cook. Code. Connect.
Cook. Code. Connect.
Dinner and workshops in Louisville.
Join a cooking station, try building something small with AI, or watch the demonstrations. Then sit down together to eat and share what you made. No coding experience is required.
Cooking and software
What cooking and coding have in common
In a kitchen, you prepare ingredients, follow a recipe, taste, and adjust. When building software, you set up your tools, work from a specification, test, and fix problems. Both get easier with preparation and practice.
A professional kitchen also depends on people coordinating tasks and checking quality before service. Software teams use similar habits when preparing a release.
- Kitchen Mise en place Software Environment setup
- Kitchen Recipe Software Specification
- Kitchen Tickets Software Task queue
- Kitchen Expo Software Project manager
- Kitchen The line Software Production system
- Kitchen Service Software Launch day
- Kitchen Refire Software Rollback and redeploy
- Kitchen Clean as you go Software Clean, maintainable code
- Kitchen Family meal Software Team culture
- Kitchen Taste Software Quality assurance
These comparisons give us a way to explain unfamiliar software concepts through familiar kitchen tasks.
Checking the result
Learn to check what you make
AI can suggest a recipe or write code. You still need to taste the dish or test the application before sharing it. We'll practice making those checks and deciding what to change.
You do not need to get everything right on the first attempt. Trying, checking, and adjusting are part of both activities.
You'll practice checking each result
and deciding what to change.
Teaching model
The Emeril Principle
Explain each step, demonstrate it, and let people try.
Emeril Lagasse showed that serious culinary skill did not have to feel distant or intimidating. He explained the fundamentals, demonstrated the judgment behind them, and brought enough energy to make people believe they could step into the kitchen and do it themselves.
We use that approach in these workshops: explain a technique, demonstrate how it works, then help people try it themselves. There's time for questions, mistakes, and enjoying the results together.
Explain the why
Learn what to look, smell, listen, and taste for as you cook, and what to check as you build software. Understanding the reasons behind each step helps you make your own decisions.
Build creative confidence
Practice making decisions, correcting mistakes, and trying again. Those skills help you cook and build on your own.
Make it memorable
Keep the sessions lively, give people something to try, and make time to share what they made.
An editorial homage to Emeril Lagasse’s teaching style and culinary influence. No affiliation or endorsement is implied.
Ways to take part
Choose your station
You can cook, build software, try both, or join us at the table. Choose what interests you and move at your own pace.
Low-key
The Table
Have dinner, watch the demonstrations, and talk with the other guests.
Hands-on · culinary
The Kitchen
Join a guided culinary station: prep, sauce, seasoning, plating, or service. You do not have to cook the entire meal yourself.
Hands-on · build
The Keyboard
Build something small with AI using a laptop or smartphone. No previous coding experience is required.
Both stations
The Pass
Move between the kitchen and keyboard. Cook during one block, build during another, or make a project that uses both.
During the event
How an evening runs
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01
Mise en place
Meet the group, get your tools and ingredients, and hear what you will be making.
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02
Choose your station
Kitchen, keyboard, table, or pass.
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03
Taste and test
Try the food, test the software, and exchange feedback.
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04
Serve and ship
Dinner is served and projects are demonstrated.
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05
Family meal
Everyone returns to the table for dinner and conversation.
One event may be an intimate dinner with a short demonstration. Another may be a full dual workshop. The listing will always tell you exactly what is happening that night.
Cook. Code. Connect.
Event formats
Dinner + Demo
80% culinary experience, 20% live build or conversation.
Dual Workshop
Guided kitchen and keyboard stations, followed by dinner and project demonstrations.
Code + Supper
Beginner-friendly AI building session followed by a chef-led meal.
Private Team Experience
A cooking and software workshop designed for your team.
Join us for cooking, software,
and dinner together.
Cook. Code. Connect. experiences are hosted with Talbot’s Comfort Kitchen in Louisville, KY.