Hari Pulapaka

Chef/Founder/Owner , Global Cooking School

Hari Pulapaka, PhD, WCMC, CEC, AAC

Founder & CEO, Global Cooking School, LLC
Inducted into American Academy of Chefs (AAC), the honor society of the American Culinary Federation (ACF), 2023
Worldchefs Certified Master Chef (WCMC)
Tenured Associate Professor of Mathematics, Stetson University (since 2000)
4-time semifinalist, James Beard Award - Best Chef South (2011, 2013, 2014, 2015)
2-time Food & Wine Top 100 Peoples' Chefs in America
ACF, Certified Executive Chef (CEC), since 2012
Strategic Advisor, Postelsia
Chief Sustainability Officers (CSO) Group, Food Tank
GRIST 50 fixer, 2017
James Beard Foundation Culinary Equality Mentor
Chef Partner, Enroot Organics PBC
Executive Board, Mainstreet DeLand Association
Inaugural ZAGAT Orlando, Top Food & Restaurant (food score 29/30)
ACF Excellence in Culinary Achievement
Chef Rôtisseur, Chaines des Rôtisseurs
Orlando Sentinel, Culinary Hall of Fame
Orlando Sentinel, Best Chef
Paul Harris Fellow, Rotary Foundation
Multiple author
ACF Certified Master Chef (CMC) Practical Candidate
Co-founder & former Co-Owner, Cress Restaurant (2008-2019)

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