Gökhan Onat received his Ph.D. in Gastronomy and Culinary Arts from Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University in 2022. He joined Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University as a Research Assistant in 2019. He was appointed as an Assistant Professor in 2023 and promoted to Associate Professor in 2025. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Gastronomy and Culinary Arts, Ardeşen Faculty of Tourism, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University, Türkiye. His research interests mainly include gastronomy, culinary heritage, gastronomy tourism, food culture, sustainable gastronomy, consumer behavior, tourism management, food and beverage management, and gastronomy education.