The hedonism and fiery testosterone long associated with American chef culture are seemingly on the wane in the wake of #MeToo. As the old guard is exposed for its often abusive ways, a new generation of more conscious and diverse celebrity chefs is rising up to challenge the status quo.
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Jonathan Deutsch is professor of culinary arts and food science at Drexel University where he oversees the Drexel Food Lab. He has written and edited a number of books including 'Gastropolis: Food and Culture in New York City', which he co-edited.
Dr. Signe Rousseau is a lecturer at the University of Cape Town. She is the author of Food Media: Celebrity Chefs and the Politics of Everyday Interference and Food and Social Media: You Are What You Tweet. She is also co-chair of Gastronomica: The Journal for Food Studies (University of California Press).
