Chef Steven Petusevsky

Chef Steven Petusevsky is a pioneer in the marriage of good taste and sound nutrition, successfully pairing healthy ingredients with creative cooking techniques. Chef Steve has been the National Director Of Creative Food Development for Whole Foods Market, the largest natural food retail chain in the country. Chef Petusevky is author of the WholeFoods Market Cookbook- The Ultimate Guide to Natural Foods, published by Random House, Fall 2002.
As a widely published food journalist, Chef Steve’s reading audience numbers in the millions. He was a contributing editor to Cooking Light for 4 years, writing a monthly column called Inspired Vegetarian. He currently writes special features for the magazine. His articles appear in Natural Health, Vegetarian Times, Fine Cooking, The LA Times Syndicate, Food & Wine, Self and Restaurant Hospitality. Chef Steve is also a syndicated columnist for The Chicago Tribune news service, where his weekly column entitled Vegetarian Today appears in hundreds of newspapers nationally.
He is the author of the Grains poster released by Ten Speed Press.
Petusevsky worked for several International hotel corporations before joining WholeFoods such as Intercontinental Hotels, Meridien Hotels and Rockresorts. Steve has been a consultant to the natural foods retail industry for over a decade. Chef Petusevsky also works with several high profile companies in the area of menu research, product development and natural food marketing. Some of his clients include; Small Planet Foods, Muir Glen, Florida Crystals, Nestle International, Cross & Blackwell, Cascadian Farms and Rapunzel Pure Organic
Chef Petusevsky is a graduate of the prestigious Culinary Institute Of America in Hyde Park, New York where he was awarded a fellowship and served as Chef Instructor.
Petusevsky served on the board of overseers for the Chef’s Collaborative and is now a Board Emeritus.
For more information visit his website at www.chefsteves.com