Ronald Pickarski
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Ron Pickarski, (formerly CEC and Brother Ron) is founder, president, culinologist/Executive Chef of Eco-Cuisine, Inc. He is the first vegetarian chef to be certified as an Executive Chef by the American Culinary Federation. He has 54 years’ experience in professional kitchens ranging from fine dining to QSR. As a Food Technologist/Culinologis.... more
Ron Pickarski, (formerly CEC and Brother Ron) is founder, president, culinologist/Executive Chef of Eco-Cuisine, Inc. He is the first vegetarian chef to be certified as an Executive Chef by the American Culinary Federation. He has 54 years’ experience in professional kitchens ranging from fine dining to QSR. As a Food Technologist/Culinologist, his specialty is research and development of natural, vegan foodservice products (savory and pastry) designed for chefs to cook with and build into their menus to service healthy diners embracing vegetarian cuisine. Eco-Cuisine, Inc., the first vegetarian/vegan foodservice company in the US.
Ron is also the Founder/President of the American Natural Foods 501c3 non-profit which funded his team to compete at the quadrennial International Culinary Olympics in Germany. Between 1980 and 1996 he won seven medals (gold, silver, and bronze) with plant-based vegan vegetarian foods and was the first chef in the history of that prestigious event to do so. Ron has made numerous television appearances, authored three cookbooks, self-published his fourth through Eco-Cuisine as the publisher, The Classical Vegetarian Cookbook for Professional Chefs and Inspired Cooks in 2015, produced numerous cooking technique videos featured on Eco-Cuisine’s website and You Tube on vegetarian cuisine, and written many articles for national periodicals. He has been featured in Vegetarian Times, Art Culinaire, The National Culinary Review, USA Today Weekend, Boston Globe, Miami Herald, Chicago Sun Times and Los Angeles Times, etc.
Please visit www.eco-cuisine.com for more information regarding Ron Pickarski, Eco-Cuisine and its first self-published cookbook and vegetarian products he develops, has manufactured and sells through retail and foodservice operations.