Barton Seaver

Barton Seaver is the founder and chief education officer of Coastal Culinary Academy, seeking to increase seafood consumption through education. A US Culinary Ambassador Corp member, he also directs the Sustainable Seafood and Health Initiative at the Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Previously, Seaver was a senior advisor in sustainable seafood innovations at University of New England and a sustainability fellow at New England Aquarium. A chef, recognition of his culinary career includes three Rising Culinary Star awards, two Best New Restaurant awards, and being named 2009 chef of the year by Esquire. On TV, Seaver hosted “In Search of Food” and “Eat: The History of Food.” He has appeared on “60 Minutes,” CNN, and NPR, and contributed to Coastal Living, The Coastal Table, and Cooking Light, among others. The author of eight books, his latest is The Joy of Seafood.