What if the Secret To a Stronger Relationship Is In Your Kitchen?

Cooking together is more than just making a meal—it’s a reflection of how you communicate, collaborate, and connect as a couple. This experience blends expert relationship coaching with hands-on cooking, helping you build teamwork, communication, and intimacy while creating something delicious together.

A Hands-On Relationship Coaching Experience That Brings You Closer

Why Cooking?

How you and your partner navigate the kitchen can reveal deeper dynamics in your relationship.

Who takes the lead, and who hesitates?
How do you handle stress and unexpected challenges?
Are you communicating effectively or getting frustrated?
Are you turning toward each other—or turning away?

Cooking provides a real-time opportunity to observe, adjust, and strengthen interactions. Sharing a meal you’ve created together is also a powerful bonding ritual.

 

 

How it Works: From Kitchen To Connection 

step 1: set your intention

Before we start, you’ll choose a focus area that matters most to your relationship. Whether it’s communication, teamwork, conflict resolution, or deepening emotional connection, this session will be shaped around your unique needs. You’ll fill out a coaching questionnaire to uncover patterns in your relationships.

step 2: plan and prepare together

Great meals—like great relationships—require balance and collaboration.  we’ll plan a delicious, personalized menu that reflects both your tastes and teamwork.

Step 3: cook and connect in real time

As you chop, stir, and prepare, you’ll also be guided through small but powerful relationship shifts that help you:
✔ Improve communication in real time
✔ Build trust, playfulness, and deeper connection
✔ Navigate teamwork & problem-solving with more ease

step 4: reflect and take it beyond the kitchen

After the experience, we’ll take a moment to reflect and uncover insights that apply beyond the kitchen. You’ll leave with concrete takeaways and easy ways to integrate more connection, collaboration, and joy into your everyday life.

This Experience Is Perfect For Couples Who:

  • Want to strengthen their communication in a fun, engaging way
  • Struggle with the division of household labor and want better balance
  • Are looking for a meaningful date night that deepens connection
  • Want a pre-marital coaching experience that’s interactive and insightful
  • Enjoy food and want to turn cooking into a bonding ritual

What You’ll Gain:

💡 Learn how to divide tasks and work as a team
💡 Discover how small shifts in communication improve your connection
💡 Create a new ritual for connection around food
💡 Develop practical skills for handling stress and conflict as a couple
💡 Walk away with a delicious meal & actionable relationship insights

 

relationship communication coach

Meet Your Coach: Brigitte Theriault

Brigitte Theriault is a Level 1 Gottman trained relationship coach, a certified mindfulness teacher, and a somatic practitioner with over two decades of experience as a professional chef. She has spent years working in private kitchens, helping people build connection through food. Combining her passion for relationships and culinary expertise, she developed this unique coaching model where couples can explore their relationship dynamics in a practical, interactive, and meaningful way.

Her approach helps couples uncover hidden patterns in their communication and daily interactions—guiding them toward healthier, more fulfilling relationships by cooking together.

Choose Your Experience

 1:1 Private Couples Cooking + Coaching Experience

More than a date night—this private experience blends hands-on cooking and expert relationship coaching using Gottman principles to strengthen your connection in a fun and interactive way.
What’s Included?
✅ 2.5-hour private session
🍽️ Customized cooking experience + relationship coaching
💡 Practical Gottman exercises woven into your time together
📖 A guided reflection + take-home resources
In-person in Sonoma, Napa, Marin. Extra charge for San Francisco.

$600 per couple

The Deepen & Connect Package (3 Sessions)

A 3-session journey to help you and your partner improve communication, deepen intimacy, and integrate lasting relationship tools. Start with a private cooking session, then continue your growth with two deeper dive coaching calls.
What’s Included?
💞1 Private Couples Cooking + Coaching Session (In-person, 2.5 hours)
🗣️ 2 Follow-Up Relationship Coaching Calls (Zoom, 60 minutes each)
📖 Custom resources & Gottman exercises tailored to your needs
In-person Sonoma, Napa, Marin. Extra charge for San Francisco.

 $1200 per couple

💫 The Transform & Thrive Package (6 Sessions)

A 6-session immersive coaching experience designed for couples ready to make meaningful, lasting changes in their relationship. Start with a private cooking session, then dive deeper into communication, conflict resolution, and emotional connection through five Zoom coaching calls.
What’s Included?
🍽️ 1 Private Couples Cooking + Coaching Session (In-person, 2.5 hours)
💬 5 Follow-Up Relationship Coaching Calls (Zoom, 60 minutes each)
📖 Personalized Gottman exercises + ongoing support
In-person Sonoma, Napa, Marin. Extra charge for San Francisco. 

$2000 per couple

We love food, but our relationship has felt a little distant. Can this really help us reconnect?

Absolutely. Connection isn’t just about spending time together—it’s about presence. Cooking together creates a structured, yet playful space where you can interact in a way that’s different from everyday life. With my guidance, you’ll not only share a meal but also gain insights into how you communicate, navigate stress, and support each other.

Many couples find that what happens in the kitchen mirrors their relationship dynamics. This experience helps you bring awareness to those patterns—and shift them in real time in a way that feels natural, fun, and meaningful.

How is this different from just cooking dinner together at home?

Cooking at home can be enjoyable, but it’s often routine-driven—about getting food on the table. This experience slows things down, adds a guided coaching element, and helps you turn an ordinary activity into an opportunity for real connection.

Instead of focusing just on cooking techniques, we focus on how you show up for each other in the process:
✔ Who naturally takes the lead? Who holds back?
✔ How do you handle stress when something doesn’t go as planned?
✔ Are you communicating clearly—or assuming the other person knows what you mean?
✔ Are you supporting each other—or working in silos?

By the time you sit down to eat, you’ll not only have created a meal but also practiced skills that translate into your daily relationship.

What if we’re really different in the kitchen? One of us loves cooking, and the other doesn’t.

That’s actually perfect—because differences in the kitchen often reflect differences in the relationship.

Maybe one of you is naturally a planner while the other is more go-with-the-flow. Maybe one of you loves structure while the other thrives in spontaneity. This experience isn’t about changing who you are—it’s about learning how to work together in a way that feels good for both of you.

I guide you through small shifts so that instead of feeling frustrated, you can lean into your differences as strengths rather than sources of conflict.

My partner and I have very different communication styles. Will this work for us?

Yes. This experience is designed to meet you where you are, whether you’re a couple that communicates easily or one that struggles to express needs. Cooking together creates a low-pressure, interactive environment where communication flows more naturally.

I use relational coaching techniques to help you:
✔ Recognize where miscommunication happens—and how to shift it
✔ Create small, supportive habits that build trust
✔ Navigate stress and problem-solving as a team

The goal isn’t perfection—it’s about understanding each other more deeply and finding new ways to stay connected.

My partner isn't sure about this. How can I get them on board?

If your partner is hesitant, it’s usually for one of these reasons:
✔ They don’t want something that feels like “therapy”
✔ They’re not confident in their cooking skills 
✔ They don’t want to feel like they’re being judged

Here’s what I’d say to them:

  • “This isn’t therapy—it’s an experience. It’s designed to be fun, interactive, and natural. The focus is on cooking, but along the way, we’ll learn things about how we work together.”
  • “It’s not about being a great cook—it’s about teamwork. I guide you through everything, so you don’t need to worry about skill level.”
  • “There’s no judgment, just curiosity. We’ll explore how you naturally interact in a lighthearted way.”

Most couples end up laughing, learning, and walking away with new insights they never expected.

We have dietary restrictions. Can we still participate?

Yes! I design every menu around your dietary needs and preferences, so whether you’re vegetarian, gluten-free, dairy-free, or have specific allergies, we’ll create something that works for you. The goal is to make this experience fully enjoyable and stress-free.

We’re engaged/newly married. Would this be a good pre-marital experience?

Yes! How you cook together is a great indicator of how you’ll handle life together. This experience helps you explore:
✔ How you naturally divide responsibilities
✔ How you each react under pressure
✔ How well you communicate and adjust in the moment
✔ What it looks like to truly collaborate

It’s a playful but deeply valuable way to strengthen your foundation before stepping into a lifelong commitment.

We’re interested, but my partner is hesitant about follow-up coaching. How can I help them feel comfortable?

It’s normal for one partner to feel uncertain, skeptical, or even resistant about relationship coaching. Many people worry that:
✔ They’ll be put on the spot or blamed
✔ Coaching will feel like therapy, full of heavy emotions
✔ It means something is “wrong” in the relationship

But here’s the truth: The best time to invest in your relationship is before things feel urgent. Coaching isn’t about fixing—it’s about understanding each other more deeply and building skills that make your relationship feel easier, more fulfilling, and more connected.

What if we have deeper issues? Can this still help?

Some couples come to this experience feeling solid and happy, while others arrive feeling disconnected, stuck, or uncertain.

This experience is designed to meet you wherever you are—whether you:
✔ Feel like small conflicts keep escalating
✔ Struggle with emotional or physical distance
✔ Have different communication styles that cause friction
✔ Want to strengthen your relationship before major life transitions (engagement, kids, moving, etc.)

If you’re dealing with deeper challenges, follow-up coaching can help you:
Slow down conflict patterns before they escalate
Recognize hidden triggers that keep you stuck in repeating cycles
Learn tools to express needs without shutting down or getting defensive
Rebuild trust and intimacy through small, consistent shifts

The good news is that even small changes can create big shifts in your relationship. You don’t have to fix everything overnight—just taking one step toward understanding each other better can change the energy between you.

What if I'm afraid coaching will bring up conflict?

It’s understandable—many people worry that talking about relationship issues will create more tension.

But here’s the difference: Coaching isn’t about rehashing old fights—it’s about moving forward in a way that feels better for both of you.

This experience is designed to be safe, structured, and solution-focused. Instead of getting stuck in the past, we:
Identify what’s working well in your relationship and build on it
Explore small adjustments that improve communication and connection
Use experiential activities so that learning feels natural—not forced

Many couples find that coaching actually reduces stress because it gives them clearer ways to navigate challenges—instead of repeating the same frustrating patterns.