Southern comfort food with a side of genuine care. Dietary restrictions welcome and always accommodated. Come for the education — feel like you're at home.
This is your home for three weeks. So we cook like it. Tell us what you don't eat — allergies, sensitivities, lifestyle choices, anything — and we'll have something for you on the table every single meal. No questions, no EpiPens left behind, no sad iceberg lettuce plate.
Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free, kosher, halal, low-sodium, diabetic-friendly — name it, we handle it. The kitchen plans alternative options based on the menu above, so you're not eating scrambled eggs three times a day.
I came in thinking I'd eat peanut butter sandwiches for three weeks. I'm a Type 1 diabetic and I was nervous. By Day 2, the kitchen had a whole carb-counted menu just for me. I graduated healthier than I started.
On the final day of class, the lab becomes a NASCAR-inspired service pit. Team Blue and Team Orange compete through timed washer and dryer diagnostics, simple repairs, and a controlled teardown-and-rebuild challenge. Speed counts only when the work is safe, accurate, and ready for a real customer home.
After each technical round, teammates take equal five-second turns racing RC rock crawlers to the finish line. Judges award points for professionalism, customer communication, tool control, quality, safety, and teamwork — and deduct points for unprofessional conduct.
I thought the final day would be a written exam. Instead, we're racing to diagnose and repair an appliance, then handing off an RC rock crawler every five seconds. I've never learned so much and laughed so hard in the same day.