Donald Sloan is Head of the Oxford School of Hospitality Management, a position he has held since 2003, and is Founder and Chair of Oxford Gastronomica.
Established in 2007, Oxford Gastronomica promotes academic enquiry, engages a wide audience through regular public events and supports students' learning. Donald has been instrumental in creating the Oxford Gastronomica Library, now one of the world's most substantial collections of culinary texts, which includes the private collections of Jane Grigson, John Fuller, Ken Hom, Prue Leith, Michael Jackson and the National Brewing Library. He is a Patron of the Jane Grigson Trust and was the first recipient of the Martin Radcliffe Fellowship in Gastronomy, funded by the Savoy Educational Trust.