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Barton Seaver, Chef & National Geographic Oceans Fellow

Barton Seaver

Chef and National Geographic Oceans Fellow Barton Seaver has dedicated his career to reconnecting people with the natural world and with each other through dinner. He explores these themes through healthful, planet-friendly recipes in his first book, For Cod & Country, and as host of both the Web series Cook-Wise and the three-part Ovation TV series In Search of Food. A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America and executive chef at some of the most celebrated restaurants in his native Washington, D.C., Seaver is known for his devotion to quality, culinary innovation, and sustainability. In 2009 he was named Esquire magazine’s Chef of the Year. He is a Seafood Choices Champion and a Fellow with both the National Geographic Society and the Blue Ocean Institute.