- 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. - Bobby Flay
Robert William Flay is a fourth generation Irish-American celebrity chef and restaurateur. He is the owner and executive chef of six restaurants: "Mesa Grill", "Bolo Bar & Restaurant", and "Bar Americain" in New York City, "Mesa Grill" Las Vegas (Caesars Palace), "Mesa Grill" Bahamas (Atlantis Paradise Island, Nassau), and Bobby Flay Steak (Atlantic City, New Jersey). Flay has hosted four Food Network television programs, … - Mario Batali
Mario Batali Mario, whose original career path had him studying the golden age of Spanish theater at Rutgers University, took his first bite of culinary training at Le Cordon Bleu in London, from which he withdrew almost immediately due to a "lack of interest." - 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"). - 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. - Michael Chiarello
Michael Chiarello (born January 26, 1962 in Red Bluff, California, USA) is an American celebrity chef specializing in Italian-influenced California cuisine. He hosts the cooking show, "Easy Entertaining with Michael Chiarello", on the Food Network and hosts "NapaStyle" on the Fine Living Network. Chiraello owns a winery, Chiarello Family Vineyards, and NapaStyle, a purveyor of food, cookware, and furniture. - Keith Famie
Keith Famie (born February 11, 1960) was a contestant on the CBS reality television series, "Survivor: The Australian Outback". He was the 14th person to be voted off. On the show, he was awarded an online chat with his girlfriend, where he proposed marriage and she accepted. Despite his experience as a chef, he was depicted as having difficulty preparing rice properly with the more primitive equipment available at their outback campsite. - 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. - Emeril Lagasse
Emeril John Lagasse is an American celebrity chef, restaurateur, television personality, and writer. He is of Québécois (paternal) and Portuguese (maternal) ancestry. He is a 1978 graduate of Johnson & Wales University's College of Culinary Arts, where he later received an honorary doctorate in 1990. He is married and has four children. Emeril is most well-known for his TV show "Emeril Live" on the Food Network, one of its highest-rated programs. - 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. - 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. - Mr. Food
Art Ginsburg, commonly known as Mr. Food, is a television and radio chef who emphasises simple to moderately complex recipes. With a notably enthusiastic style, Mr. Food specializes in practical food preparation techniques often using readily available ingredients such as canned goods or frozen foods. He extols a "its easy, you can do it" philosophy of cooking. Art Ginsburg was originally a butcher who, in 1975, … - Alain Ducasse
Alain Ducasse is a famous French chef. In addition to his Louis XV restaurant in Monaco, he also operates two self-titled restaurants at the Jumeirah Essex House in New York City and the Plaza Athénée in Paris. He is currently the only chef within the Michelin Guide to hold three stars (the top ranking) in three different countries. In January 2007 he took the position as chef of the Jules Verne Restaurant located in the Eiffel Tower in Paris - Thomas Keller
Thomas Keller (born October 14, 1955) is an American chef, restaurateur, and cookbook writer. He and his landmark restaurant, The French Laundry in the Napa Valley of Yountville, California, have won multiple awards from the James Beard Foundation, notably the Best California Chef in 1996 and the Best Chef in America in 1997. In 2005, he was awarded a three star rating by the Michelin Guide to New York for his restaurant Per Se, and in 2006, … - Nigella Lawson
Nigella Lucy Lawson (born January 6 1960) is an English journalist, culinary writer, broadcaster and television presenter. - Mark Bittman
Mark Bittman is a well-known U.S. cookbook author and food writer. He lives in New York. He is not a trained chef, but came to cooking through journalism. Bittman writes the New York Times weekly column "The Minimalist" and is the author of numerous award-winning cookbooks including "How to Cook Everything", "Fish: The Complete Guide to Buying and Cooking", and the "Minimalist Cookbook" series. - Chef Boyardee
Ettore Boiardi (October 22, 1897 - June 21, 1985), better known as "Chef Boyardee," was an Italian-born chef who became famous for his eponymous franchise of food products. Boiardi was born in Piacenza, Italy. Ettore (Hector) Boiardi, at age 16, arrived at Ellis Island on 9 May 1914 aboard the "La Lorraine" out of Havre. His cooking skills became noted with his rise to prominence as the Highest immigrant Chef in New York City, … - Rick Bayless
Rick Bayless (born 1953) is an American chef who specializes in traditional Mexican cuisine with modern interpretations. He is, perhaps, best known for his PBS series "Mexico: One Plate at a Time" and the Food Network series "Iron Chef America". Bayless was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA, into a family of restaurateurs specializing in the local barbecue. Having begun his culinary training as a youth, … - Eric Ripert
Eric Ripert , executive chef and co-owner of Le Bernardin in New York, serves as consulting chef for AZUR by Le Bernardin and works closely with Eric Wadlund , Chef de Cuisine at the La Quinta Resort & Spa restaurant. Wadlund, the son of a Wisconsin baker, began his culinary career when at 4 years of age he whipped up his first batch of doughnuts. His formal training began when he was 18 at the acclaimed Madison Club in Wisconsin under Chef Jerry Zackerski. - Alice Waters
Alice Louise Waters (born 28 April 1944 in Chatham, New Jersey), one of the best-known and most influential American chefs since the 1970s, is credited with single-handedly creating a culinary revolution in America. She is the founder and co-owner of Chez Panisse, the original "California Cuisine" restaurant in Berkeley, California, as well as the informal Cafe Fanny in West Berkeley. - Daniel Boulud
Daniel Boulud is a French chef and restaurateur with restaurants in New York City, Palm Beach, and Las Vegas. A former executive chef at "Le Cirque", he is best known for his Michelin two-star restaurant, "Daniel". At the tender age of fifteen, Boulud earned his first professional recognition: He was a finalist in France's competition for Best Culinary Apprentice. - Todd English
William Todd English (born August 29, 1960) is a celebrity chef, restaurateur, author, entrepreneur, and television star based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He is best known for his cooking show, "Cooking With Todd English", which appears on public television and is produced by Connecticut Public Television; and for his flagship restaurant, Olives, located in Charlestown, Massachusetts. As of 2007, Todd stars in "Food Trip with Todd English", … - Joyce Chen
Joyce Chen (September 14, 1917 - August 23, 1994) was a Chinese chef, restauranteur, and entrepreneur. Born in Beijing, China, Chen and husband Thomas left Shanghai, China in 1949 as Communists were taking over the country. Chen settled in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Chen opened her first restaurant, "Joyce Chen Restaurant," in 1958. In 1960 she began teaching Chinese cooking at the Cambridge and Boston Adult Education Centers, … - 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, … - Paul Prudhomme
Paul Prudhomme is an American chef famous for his Cajun cuisine. The youngest of thirteen children, Prudhomme was reared on a farm near Opelousas, the seat of St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. Members of his family had been active as cooks and in the restaurant business in and around Lafayette, Louisiana. In 1979, he and his late wife, Kay Hinrichs Prudhomme, opened K-Paul's Louisiana Kitchen® in the French Quarter of New Orleans. - 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". - Delia Smith
Delia Smith OBE (born 18 June, 1941) is an English television chef, known for her interest in food and teaching basic cookery. - 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", … - James Martin
James Martin (born June 30 1972 in Yorkshire) is an English celebrity chef who first appeared on television in 1996. - Ken Hom
Ken Hom (born May 3 1949 in Tucson, Arizona, USA) is a notable Chinese American chef. Raised in Chicago, Illinois, by his widowed mother, he first learned cooking at age eleven when he worked in his uncle's Chinese restaurant. He went out to California to study History of Art from the University of California, Berkeley. During this time he was invited to teach Italian cooking lessons at weekends, which he did to supplement his college fees. - Tom Colicchio
Thomas Patrick "Tom" Colicchio (August 15, 1962 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA) is a noted American chef. He is co-owner, founder and former executive chef of the Gramercy Tavern in New York City, which opened in 1994, and was voted Most Popular Restaurant in New York City by the Zagat Survey in 2003 and 2005. Colicchio is the recipient of five James Beard Foundation Medals for his cooking accomplishments. - 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, … - 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. - Giada de Laurentiis
Giada Pamela De Laurentiis (born August 22, 1970) is an Italian-American chef, writer and the current host of the Food Network programs "Everyday Italian", "Behind the Bash", "Giada's Weekend Getaways", and "Giada in Paradise". In addition to her regular shows, De Laurentiis has appeared on several Food Network specials and is the founder of a catering business called GDL Foods. She also appears regularly as a contributor on NBC's "Today". - Charlie Trotter
Charlie Trotter is a Chicago chef and restaurant owner. - Tyler Florence
Tyler Florence (born Kevin Tyler Florence on March 3, 1971) is a chef and television star of several Food Network shows. He graduated from the College of Culinary Arts at the Charleston, South Carolina, campus of Johnson & Wales University in 1991. He was later given an honorary doctorate from the University for his culinary success. He studied under Charlie Palmer, Marta Pulini, and Rick Laakonen. He hosted "Food 911" and "How to Boil Water", … - Lidia Bastianich
Lidia Maticchio Bastianich is a Croatian-American chef and host of television cooking shows. - Rick Stein
Christopher Richard (Rick) Stein OBE (born January 4 1947) is an English chef, restaurateur and television presenter. - 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, …
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