Natural Gourmet Institute is a leader in health-supportive culinary education and has graduated over 2,500 chefs from over 45 countries. NGI provides exceptional, innovative and interdisciplinary health-supportive culinary education. Rooted in Dr. Annemarie Colbin’s seven criteria for food selection (which state that food should be seasonal, local, whole, traditional, balanced, fresh and delicious) their curriculum empowers chefs, individuals and communities to be leaders in the conversation about food and wellbeing through the preparation of healthful and delicious meals.