Jackie Newgent, RD, CDN, is a chef, registered dietitian, and award-winning cookbook author. She's author of the media-acclaimed Big Green Cookbook (Wiley, 2009). She's also author of The All-Natural Diabetes Cookbook (American Diabetes Association, 2007) which was awarded the Best Health and Nutrition Book in the World by Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2007. Stay tuned … her next cookbook is in the works (Wiley, 2012)!

Newgent appears frequently as a health, eco-cuisine, and culinary nutrition expert on television and radio. Past appearances have included ABC's Good Morning America and World News Now, NBC's Later Today and Dateline, and Food Network's Follow that Food. She has been a repeat guest expert on Planet Green's Emeril Green and Martha Stewart Living Sirius Satellite Radio's Whole Living.

She's a nutrition writer for BettyConfidential.com and editorial advisory board member for Fitness. Her articles, menus, and recipe features are regularly seen in national publications, including Health, Cooking Light, Prevention, Woman's Day, and KIWI magazines. Plus, as a food industry spokesperson and culinary specialist, Newgent's frequent quotes and recipe contributions can be found in national online media, including ABCNews.com, FoxNews.com, and USAToday.com.

Newgent is regularly invited to speak and provide culinary demonstrations at professional meetings and consumer events, including the International Association of Culinary Professional's Annual International Conference, American Dietetic Association's (ADA) Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo, and Go Green Expo. As a spokesperson for the food industry, she's commonly spotted throughout the country via satellite media tours. Some of Newgent's clients have included California Tree Fruit Agreement, German Agricultural Marketing Board, and Scanpan. Newgent is a past national media spokesperson for the ADA.

She's a chef instructor with the Institute of Culinary Education in New York City where she has been teaching hands-on cooking classes for over a decade. Newgent's popular courses include Green Cuisine with Jackie Newgent, Superfoods, Cooking for Fitness, and All-Natural Cooking with Jackie Newgent. She's a consultant for "Healthy Children Healthy Futures," a national after-school nutrition and fitness program targeted to city kids and parents. For the program, she wrote A Parent's Guide to Healthy Eating and Physical Activity.

Newgent received her B.S. in Allied Health Professions from The Ohio State University and Certificate in Professional Cooking from Kendall College. Follow her tweets @jackienewgent. Newgent resides in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York.