CHEF HARI PULAPAKA is a Worldchefs Certified Master Chef (WCMC), a Certified Executive Chef (CEC) and an inductee into the American Academy of Chefs (AAC) of the American Culinary Federation with four James Beard Award semifinalist nods as Best Chef-South and multiple Food & Wine People’s Best Chef recognitions.
Born and raised in Mumbai, India, he acquired an Associate’s of Applied Science in the Culinary Arts from Le Cordon Bleu-Orlando in 2004. In 2017, Hari launched a company, Global Cooking School, LLC. He has been recognized as a GRIST 50 fixer for his innovative and active work in the area of food waste reduction and has also been a featured chef at the 2018 James Beard Awards in Chicago.
Hari is currently a full-time, tenured Associate Professor of Mathematics at Stetson University. He is the author of Dreaming in Spice. He is married to Dr. Jenneffer Pulapaka and they live in DeLand, FL. They are the co-authors of The Heart Healthy Plant-Based Cookbook.
