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New York City restaurateur JJ Johnson serves as a voice for change
Chef and restaurateur JJ Johnson has long been an outspoken ambassador of Black culinary culture, but as the coronavirus pandemic swept the world and a reignited social justice movement swept the country, he has also become a voice for change in American restaurant culture.
A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y., and author of the award-winning cookbook “Between Harlem and Heaven: Afro-Asian-American Cooking for Big Nights, Weeknights, and Every Day,” Johnson first gained critical acclaim as chef of The Cecil Steakhouse in the New York City neighborhood of Harlem, where he introduced his customers to a cuisine that reflected his own Caribbean heritage as well as the connections between the foodways of West Africa, Asia and the Americas.