- James Beard
James Beard (May 5, 1903-January 21, 1985) was an American chef and food writer. James Beard is recognized by many as the father of American gastronomy. Throughout his life, he pursued and advocated the highest standards, and served as a mentor to emerging talents in the field of the culinary arts. - Anthony Bourdain
Anthony Michael "Tony" Bourdain (born June 25, 1956) is an American author and the "Chef-at-Large" of "Brasserie Les Halles", based in New York City with locations in Miami, Florida, and Washington, D.C.. Bourdain is also host of the Travel Channel's culinary and cultural adventure program, "Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations". - Julia Child
Julia Child (August 15, 1912-August 13, 2004) was a famous American cook, author, and television personality who introduced French cuisine and cooking techniques to the American mainstream through her many cookbooks and television programs. Her most famous works are the 1961 cookbook "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" and, showcasing her sui generis television persona, the series "The French Chef", which premiered in 1963. - Jamie Oliver
James Trevor Oliver MBE (May 27, 1975), better known as Jamie Oliver and nicknamed The Naked Chef, is an English celebrity chef. He is well known for his role in campaigning against unhealthy, processed foods in British schools. Since his early years, his Essex accent has become infamous - particularly the use of the hindi word "pukka" (colloquially meaning "brilliant" or "solid", originally "cooked" or "ripe"). - Michael Ruhlman
Michael Ruhlman (born 1963 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American writer. He is the author of 11 books, and is best known for his work about and in collaboration with American chefs, as well as other works of non-fiction. Ruhlman grew up in Cleveland and was educated at University School (a private boys' day school in Cleveland) and at Duke University, graduating from the latter in 1985. - Harold McGee
Harold McGee writes about the chemistry, technique and history of food and cooking and is the author of two books that explain kitchen science in an approachable manner. His first book, "On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen" was initially published in 1984. A greatly revised second edition was published in 2004. McGee has also written for "Nature", "Health", "The New York Times", "The World Book Encyclopedia", … - Nigella Lawson
Nigella Lucy Lawson (born January 6 1960) is an English journalist, culinary writer, broadcaster and television presenter. - Ruth Reichl
Editor-in-chief of "Gourmet" magazine. - Alton Brown
Alton Brown is an American food personality, cinematographer, author, and actor. He is the creator and host of the Food Network television show "Good Eats", the miniseries "Feasting on Asphalt" and the main commentator on "Iron Chef America". Brown is also the author of several cooking how-to books and a regular contributor to "Bon Appétit" and "Men’s Journal" magazines. - Rachael Ray
Rachael Domenica Ray (born August 25, 1968 in Glens Falls, New York) is an Emmy-award winning television personality and author, who currently hosts the syndicated talk/lifestyle program "Rachael Ray" and two Food Network series, "30 Minute Meals" and "Rachael Ray's Tasty Travels". Ray has also written a series of cookbooks based on the "30 Minute Meals" concept, and launched a magazine, "Every Day with Rachael Ray", in 2005. - Nigel Slater
Nigel Slater (born in Wolverhampton, England, in the late 1950s, according to his publisher) is an award-winning British food writer and journalist. He has written a column for "The Observer Magazine" for over a decade and is the principal writer for the "Observer Food Monthly" supplement. Prior to this, Slater was food writer for "Marie Claire" for five years. He also serves as art director for his books. - Jeffrey Steingarten
Jeffrey Steingarten is an American lawyer and culinary critic/columnist. He is a regular columnist for "Vogue" magazine. He has also written for "Slate". His 1997 book of food-related essays, "The Man Who Ate Everything", is a Julia Child Book Award winner and was also a James Beard Book Award finalist. In 2002, Steingarten published a second collection of essays entitled "It Must've Been Something I Ate". - Heston Blumenthal
Heston Blumenthal OBE (born May 27, 1966, in High Wycombe, near London) is the chef and owner of The Fat Duck, a three-Michelin-starred restaurant in the village of Bray in Berkshire. Blumenthal's fame is based upon his scientific approach to cooking which is often referred to as "molecular gastronomy" or "culinary alchemy". - Marcus Samuelsson
Marcus Samuelsson is a Swedish chef, born 1970 in Ethiopia, resident in the United States. He is the executive chef and co-owner of Aquavit restaurants in New York City and Minneapolis. - Andrew Dornenburg
Andrew Dornenburg is half of the James Beard Award-winning author team of Andrew Dornenburg and Karen Page, co-authors of the books "Becoming a Chef" (1995; 2003, 2nd ed.), "Culinary Artistry" (1996), "Dining Out" (1998), "Chef's Night Out" (2001), "The New American Chef" (2003) and "What to Drink With What You Eat" (2006). - Elizabeth David
Elizabeth David CBE (December 26, 1913 - May 22, 1992), was a pre-eminent British cookery writer of the mid 20th century. David is considered responsible for bringing French and Italian cooking into the British home (along with now ubiquitous items such as olive oil and the courgette). In a Britain worn down by post-war rationing and dull food, she celebrated the regional and rural dishes of the Mediterranean rather than the fussier food of the gourmands and aristocrats. - Marco Pierre White
Marco Pierre White (born 11 December, 1961) is a leading English chef and restaurateur. He is regarded as one of the most creative and talented chefs of his generation, known as much for his quick temper as for his exceptional skill as a chef. Although the chain-smoking White is variously described as the first celebrity chef, the "enfant terrible" of the UK restaurant scene or the Godfather of modern cooking, … - John Thorne
John Thorne is a culinary writer born in Quincy, Massachusetts who has written several best selling books on gastronomy. A college dropout, he taught himself to cook frugally while living in New York City's Lower East Side. In 1983 he began self publishing a newsletter, "Simple Cooking", consisting of essays on food preparation and appreciation. Based upon its success Thorne has published four books, blending autobiography with food writing. - Calvin Trillin
Calvin (Bud) Marshall Trillin (born in Kansas City, Missouri, December 5, 1935) is an American journalist, humorist, and novelist. He is best known for his humorous writings about food and eating, but he has also written much serious journalism, comic verse, and several books of fiction. Trillin attended public schools in Kansas City and went on to Yale University, … - Paula Deen
Paula Ann Groover, better known as Paula Deen (born Paula Ann Hiers on January 19, 1947), is an American cook, restaurateur, writer, and TV personality. Deen owns The Lady & Sons restaurant in Savannah, Georgia, where she resides, and runs it with her sons, Jamie and Bobby. She has also published four cookbooks. She is known for her bubbly, "down-home" personality, which makes her a favorite among TV viewers. - Sara Moulton
Sara Moulton is the executive chef of "Gourmet magazine" and was host of the Food Network show "Sara's Secrets" and "Cooking Live". After graduating from the University of Michigan in 1974 with no plans for a career, Moulton attended the Culinary Institute of America. She then worked in restaurants in Boston and New York City and as an apprentice in Chartres, France. - Russ Parsons
Russ Parsons is a staff writer and the former food editor for "The Los Angeles Times" and the author of "How to Read a French Fry: And Other Stories of Intriguing Kitchen Science". His approachable explanation of kitchen science is similar to Harold McGee, Alton Brown and Shirley Corriher. - Craig Claiborne
Craig Claiborne was a restaurant critic, food writer and former food editor of the "New York Times". He was the author of numerous cookbooks and an autobiography. Over the course of his career, he made many contributions to gastronomy and food writing in the United States. - Jay McInerney
John Barrett McInerney Jr. (born January 13, 1955 in Hartford, Connecticut) (pronounced) is an American writer. His novels include "Bright Lights, Big City", "Ransom", "Story of My Life", "Brightness Falls", and "The Last of the Savages". He edited "The Penguin Book of New American Voices", wrote the screenplay for the 1988 film adaptation of "Bright Lights, Big City", … - Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall (born January 14 1965) is a British celebrity chef and TV presenter, noted for his mildly eccentric antics and back-to-nature philosophy. Born in London and raised in Gloucestershire, Fearnley-Whittingstall first became interested in cookery as a young child but he chose to study at St Peter's College, Oxford University, after attending Eton College, … - Delia Smith
Delia Smith OBE (born 18 June, 1941) is an English television chef, known for her interest in food and teaching basic cookery. - Marcella Hazan
Marcella Hazan, maiden name Marcella Polini, (born 1924) is an Italian cookery writer who writes in English. Her cookbooks are credited with introducing the public in the United States and Britain to the techniques of traditional Italian cooking. She is widely considered by chefs and fellow food writers to be one of the foremost authorities on Italian cuisine. - Patricia Wells
"'Patricia Wells at Home in Provence" won the James Beard Award for Best International Cookbook. Wells is also the only American and the only woman to be a restaurant critic for a major French publication, L'Express. Patricia is also close friends with fellow chef, Ina Garten, as seen in Ina's Food Network Television show, Barefoot Contessa. - Rick Stein
Christopher Richard (Rick) Stein OBE (born January 4 1947) is an English chef, restaurateur and television presenter. - Raymond Blanc
Raymond Blanc is a French chef, born in Besançon, France, and now based in the United Kingdom. Blanc is the owner and chef at Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons, a hotel-restaurant in Great Milton, Oxfordshire, England. The restaurant has two Michelin stars and scores 9/10 in the "Good Food Guide". Blanc opened the first of a chain of smaller restaurants, Le Petit Blanc restaurants in Oxford in June 1996. - Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson is an English writer and the author of several books about beer and whisky. Michael Jackson is known in North America for his show entitled "The Beer Hunter". He has appeared on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" and "Late Show with David Letterman". In 1977, Jackson's book "The World Guide To Beer" was published. - M. F. K. Fisher
Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher (July 3, 1908 - June 22, 1992) was a prolific and well-respected writer, writing more than 20 books during her lifetime and also publishing two volumes of journals and correspondence shortly before her death in 1992. Her first book, "Serve it Forth", was published in 1937. Her books dealt primarily with food, considering it from many aspects: preparation, natural history, culture, and philosophy. - Alan Davidson
Alan Eaton Davidson was a British diplomat and historian best known for his writing and editing on food and gastronomy. He was the author of the 900-page, encyclopedic "Oxford Companion to Food" (1999). The son of a Scottish tax inspector, Davidson was born in Northern Ireland. He studied classical languages at Oxford. During World War II, he served in the Royal Navy. In 1948, Davidson joined the Foreign Office and served in diplomatic posts in Washington, Tunis, … - Andrea Immer
Andrea Immer Demystifying wine for the American audience is a worthy goal, and here Master Sommelier Immer (she's one of just 10 women to hold the title) makes an accomplished stab at a difficult task. In chapters such as - Jane Grigson
Jane Grigson (nee McIntyre) (1928 - March 1990) was a British cookery writer. She was born in Sunderland, England, where her father was town clerk, and read English at Newnham College, Cambridge University before going into the publishing industry. She wrote, amongst other publications, "English Food", "Charcuterie and French Pork Cookery", the "Fruit Book", the "Vegetable Book" and the "Fish Book". - John T. Edge
John T. Edge is a food writer and commentator and the director of the Southern Foodways Alliance, an institute of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi. John T, as he is known, has authored numerous books detailing how America eats, including, "Fried Chicken: An American Story", "Apple Pie: An American Story", "Hamburgers & Fries", and "Donuts: An American Passion". - Gary Rhodes
Gary Rhodes OBE (born April 22, 1960) is a British restaurateur, cookery writer, and celebrity chef, known for his love of British cuisine, distinctive hair style (which has since been shaved off) and use of butter in many of his recipes. He has fronted BBC shows such as "Masterchef", "Hell's Kitchen", and his own series, "Rhodes Around Britain". In 2006 he tried to represent the South of England in the BBC's Great British Menu, … - Richard Olney
Richard Olney was an American painter, cook, food writer, editor, and memoirist, best known for known for his books of French country cooking. Olney lived in a house above the village of Solliès-Toucas in Provence, France, for most of his adult life, where he wrote many classic and influential cookbooks of French country cooking. He had first moved to France in 1951, to Paris, … - Sophie Grigson
Sophie Grigson (born Hester Sophia Frances Grigson on June 19 1959 in Swindon, Wiltshire) is a British cookery writer and celebrity "chef" (though she would prefer to be known as a cook), the daughter of Jane Grigson. She is known for her extravagant, dangly earrings and her ever ballooning girth. Sophie appears regularly on the BBC Food television channel. After graduating in 1982 with a B.Sc. - Fannie Farmer
Fannie Merritt Farmer (23 March 1857 - 15 January 1915) was an American culinary expert whose "Boston Cooking-School Cook Book" became a widely used culinary text. Farmer was born in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, to Mary Watson Merritt and John Franklin Farmer. Although she was the oldest of four daughters, born in a family that highly valued education and that expected young Fannie to go to college, …
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