JJ Johnson

JJ Johnson is chef/founder of FIELDTRIP, an acclaimed restaurant group headquartered in Harlem that highlights rice traditions from around the world. JJ was introduced to cooking by his Afro Puerto-Rican grandmother and attended the Culinary Institute of America. He was chef de cuisine at the Cecil, which Esquire named the best new restaurant in America. He is the co-author of BETWEEN HARLEM AND HEAVEN, which won the James Beard Award for Best American Cookbook, and has been nominated for a Beard Award for Best Chef in New York State. JJ is the host of ‘Just Eats with Chef JJ’ on Cleo TV and has been featured on Netflix, HBO Max, and Forbes 30 under 30. He lives in New York City with his wife and twins.