Jean-Marc Fullsack

Jean-Marc Fullsack is currently serving as the Executive Chef and Instructor in the University of San Francisco Hospitality Industry Management Program. Jean- Marc began working with the USF Hospitality Program in 1997. Since then, he has assisted in the development and streamlining of the existing syllabus guidelines, recipe book, textbook, sanitation and safety procedures, uniform, and program software integration. Jean-Marc was born in France where he was trained in classical French cuisine. He graduated from the Hotel and Restaurant School in Strasbourg. His cooking experience includes first class restaurants, hotels, private clubs and food service management in the healthcare industry.

Jean-Marc was Instructor at the California Culinary Academy where he taught classes and operated a restaurant specializing in whole foods and healthy cuisine. Former President Bill Clinton has even recognized Jean-Marc's expertise in healthful cooking. He has been a Guest Chef at the White House and had the honor of making three presentations on low-fat cooking in the White House and prepared dinner for President Clinton. Jean-Marc was the first Guest Chef to instruct the chefs in the White House, Air Force One, Camp David, and The Navy Mess Hall on healthful and nutritious cooking. Jean-Marc also cooked for and worked with the food service staff of the House of Representative, the U.S. Senate, and the U.S. Navy. He received the Walter Reed Medal for Outstanding Performance for his work at Walter Reed medical Center. Jean Marc's expertise also brought him to the Preventive Medicine Research Institute (PMRI) to work with Dr. Dean Ornish. Jean-Marc contributed to Dr. Ornish's bestselling books "Eat More Weigh Less" and "Everyday Cooking with "Dr. Dean Ornish". As the Executive Chef for Lifestyle Advantage and The Dr. Dean Ornish Program for Reversing Heart Disease, Jean-Marc developed a wide variety of simple dishes for those committed to a low-fat whole foods nutrition plan. Over the course of his career Jean-Marc's recipes and health articles have been published over 35 times in renowned publications such as; The New York Times, Vogue and The Wall Street Journal. Jean-Marc has also presented hundreds of lectures. His most recent lecture on preventative nutrition and prostate cancer was presented at the Preventive Medicine Research Institute.