Definition of "gastronomist" [gas•tron•o•mist]

• See gastronome. (noun)

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• "Paul Rockower is a gastronomist and graduate of the Master's of Public Diplomacy program at the University of Southern California."
• "Grant Achatz, molecular gastronomist and winner of the James Beard Foundation's award for best chef in the USA in 2008, snorts at the idea of gendered eating."
• "Then I saw Wylie Dufresne, the molecular gastronomist, saying that searing is the absolute worst thing to do with steak."