Jonathan Deutsch is a classically trained chef and Professor in the Department of Tourism and Hospitality at Kingsborough Community College, City University of New York and the Doctor of Public Health Program at the CUNY Graduate Center. After studying culinary arts and hospitality management at the Culinary Institute of America and Drexel University, he earned his Ph.D. in food studies and food management at New York University. He is the author of Culinary Improvisation, a culinary textbook that is reinvigorating culinary education by creating an artistic studio space in the kitchen, taking students far beyond recipe replication. He worked in a variety of foodservice settings including catering, institutions, product development, restaurants and luxury inns, both in the US and abroad. He currently cooks, teaches, writes and consults on food and foodservice.