Mark William Allison

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About Mark William Allison

Mark William Allison is a Private Chef, Brand Ambassador to high quality products, Recipe Developer, Health & Wellness Coach and Founder of "Fork Cancer a Celebration of Life" non-profit. Brand Ambassador and Corporate Executive Chef at Forever Oceans. Providing International and National presentations on Aquaculture and seafood to building a culinary board of top preforming chefs around the world. Former Director of Culinary Nutrition for the Dole Nutrition Institute, Mark worked alongside scientists to prove the many health benefits of eating a nutrient-dense diet. He was in charge of all recipe development for the Dole Food Company and their partnership with the Walt Disney Corporation, working on such films as “Star Wars”, “Cars 3”, “Beauty and the Beast” and “The Incredibles” to name but a few. Former Dean of Culinary Arts Education at Johnson & Wales University (JWU), Mark is a native of England who has worked around the world in culinary arts for over 40 years, from restaurants, hotels, corporate recipe development to culinary arts education. He is the author of “150 Projects to Get You into Culinary Arts”, “3 boys & a chef”, “3 boys & a chef 2” and “Let’s Be Smart About Diabetes”. He is a great believer in healthy eating and contributes the power of a plant based diet to prolonging his wife’s life from 3 years to 8 years, after being diagnosed with stage four cancer in 2008 (Alison passed away March 2015). He is the recipient of numerous culinary and educational honors: in 2012 he received the America Diabetes Association’s “Father of the Year Award”; in 2011 the JWU Publishing Award; 2009 JWU Community Service Award; 2008 JWU “Teacher of the Year Award”; and in 2006 the JWU “Outstanding Service Award”. In 2003, he received the Teacher of the Year Award at Neath Port College, Wales, United Kingdom. He was personally honored by then Prime Minister Tony Blair for his dedication to the Education and Hospitality field in Wales in 2003 at 10 Downing Street, London, England. That same year he won the Craft Guild of Chefs Education & Training Award, which is considered nationally the ultimate achievement in culinary arts education in the United Kingdom. Mark is also a frequent writer for numerous culinary publications around the world. He has appeared live on TV and Radio in the UK and US, most recently the Cooking Channels’ “Cooking School Confidential”, and PBS’s “Overdraft” and “Ice-cream Nation”. He appears regularly on WCNC the “Charlotte Today Show” and Fox 11 Los Angeles “Good Morning LA”.