Stephen A. Mutkoski, Ph.D.
School of Hotel Administration
Professor Mutkoski has been a faculty member at Cornell University's prestigious School of Hotel Administration since 1972. He received his B.S. from Cornell in 1967 and his doctorate in 1976. A former food and beverage manager and restaurant owner, Professor Mutkoski has been able to combine his professional career with his love of food and wine. He holds the Banfi Vintners Chair of Wine Education and Management. He teaches several Food and Beverage Management courses in both the academic programs and the Executive Education Program. His Introduction to Wines class at Cornell is the world's largest wine tasting class with registration by lottery and class enrollment of up to 860 students each semester.
He lectures on food and wine throughout the world and visits at least one major wine producing country each year. He and his wife, Patricia, have developed a series of interactive multimedia training/educational programs on the wine producing regions of the world called "The Wine Professor." He has appeared on the Food Network, Prime Time Live and CNN.
Professor Mutkoski is a member of several wine and food related associations including the National Restaurant Association, the Society of Wine Educators, the Association Internationale des Maitres Conseils en Gastronomie Francaise, Commanderie du Bontemps de Médoc et des Graves and Cofradia del Vino de Rioja. He also serves as a food and beverage management consultant to several hotel, restaurant, airline and cruise line companies.
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