Chefs & Food Personalities archive — Page 2

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Jack Lee (chef): Biography and Background

Jack Lee (Lý Vinh Viễn) is an American celebrity chef of Chinese descent based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Nicholas Lodge: Biography and Background

Chef Nicholas Lodge (born 12 June 1962) was a pastry chef, master cake artist, author and instructor.

Nathan Lyon (chef): Biography and Background

Nathan Lyon is an American chef and television personality.

Luca Manfè: Biography and Background

Luca Manfè (born May 31, 1981 in Aviano, Pordenone, Italy) is a chef perhaps best known for being the winner of season four of the United States edition of MasterChef, the culinary competition te

Rick Moonen: Biography and Background

Rick Moonen is an American seafood chef and an early adopter of sustainable fishing practices.

Andrea Nguyen: Biography and Background

Andrea Nguyen (born 1969) is a Vietnamese-born, American teacher, food writer, cookbook author and chef living in the San Francisco area.

Franco Noriega: Biography and Background

Franco Noriega Haltenhof (born January 16, 1989) is a Peruvian entrepreneur based in New York City who has branched out into the restaurant business, modelling, television, and the music industry

Jacques Pépin: Biography and Background

Jacques Pépin (French pronunciation: [ʒak pepɛ̃]; born December 18, 1935) is a French chef, author, culinary educator, television personality, and artist.

Anna Pump: Biography and Background

Anna Pump (born Anna Heitweg Tuitjer; April 11, 1934 – October 5, 2015) was a German-born American chef, cookbook author, baker, and innkeeper best known for her bakery and gourmet takeout shop i

Top Chef: Just Desserts: Biography and Background

Top Chef: Just Desserts is an American reality competition show, spun off from Top Chef.

Jason Quinn (chef): Biography and Background

Jason Quinn is a chef who won The Great Food Truck Race in 2011 and who is frequently a reference point in the development of culinary culture in Orange County, California.

Victor Rallo: Biography and Background

Victor Rallo is an American restaurateur and wine critic in New Jersey.

Kent Rathbun: Biography and Background

Kent Rathbun (born William Kent Rathbun on April 17, 1961, in Kansas City, Missouri) is a four-time Beard Award-nominated American chef and restaurateur.

Aarón Sánchez (chef): Biography and Background

Aarón Sánchez (born February 12, 1976) is a Mexican celebrity chef, restaurateur, cookbook author, television personality host, entrepreneur, and philanthropist.

Jerry James Stone: Biography and Background

Jerry James Stone is an American food blogger, vegetarian chef, activist, and internet personality, known for simple gourmet recipes, advocacy for a sustainable food and wine movement, and as a s

Alessandro Stratta: Biography and Background

Alessandro Stratta (born October 29, 1964) is an American celebrity chef and restaurateur.

Michael Symon: Biography and Background

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Julia Turshen: Biography and Background

Julia Turshen (born 1985) is an American cookbook author, food writer, cook, and food equity advocate.

Vegan Black Metal Chef: Biography and Background

Brian Manowitz, better known as Vegan Black Metal Chef, (Tampa, 1981?) is a cook, YouTuber and musician that uploads into YouTube cooking recipes videos with black metal music singing the recipes

Michael White (chef): Biography and Background

Michael White is the former Head Chef and Owner of the Altamarea Group, which is composed of the restaurants Marea, Ai Fiori, Vaucluse, Osteria Morini, Nicoletta, Costata, and The Butterfly in Ne

Amy Willcock: Biography and Background

Amy Willcock is an American-born British-based cookery book writer, who having specialised in cooking on the AGA cooker, is popularly known as the "Queen of AGA cooking." Born in Chicago, she mo

Stewart Woodman: Biography and Background

Stewart Woodman (born 1969 in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania) is an American chef.

Grace Young (author): Biography and Background

Grace Young is an American cookbook author, activist, and food historian specializing in Chinese cuisine and wok cookery.

Léa Bidaut: Biography and Background

Léa Bidaut (17 May 1908 – 30 May 1996), known as Mère Léa, was a French cook and Lyon Mère.

Marcel Boulestin: Biography and Background

Xavier Marcel Boulestin (13 April 1877 – 20 September 1943) was a French chef, restaurateur, and the author of cookery books that popularised French cuisine in the English-speaking world.

Jean-Luc Boulay: Biography and Background

Jean-Luc Boulay (born 1955) is a French-born chef, restaurateur and television personality who emigrated to Canada in 1976, and founded his first restaurant Le Saint-Amour in Quebec City with his

Eugénie Brazier: Biography and Background

Eugénie Brazier (12 June 1895 – 2 March 1977), known as "la Mère Brazier", was a French chef who, in 1933, became the first person awarded six Michelin stars, three each at two restaurants: La Mè

Raymond Calvel: Biography and Background

Raymond Calvel (1913 – 30 August 2005) was a bread expert and professor of baking at ENSMIC in Paris, France.

Marie-Antoine Carême: Biography and Background

Marie-Antoine Carême (French: [maʁi ɑ̃twan kaʁɛːm]; 8 June 1783 or 1784 – 12 January 1833), also known as Antonin Carême, was a French chef and author who specialised in grande cuisine for the el

Paule Castaing: Biography and Background

Paulette Castaing, née Paule Germaine Célina Penel, often known as Mère Castaing, born 14 March 1911 in Nîmes (Gard) and died 9 August 2012 in Lyon (Rhône) aged 103, was a French chef, twice star

Alexandre Étienne Choron: Biography and Background

Alexandre Étienne Choron (1837 in Caen, Calvados – 1924) was a French chef.

Fabrice Desvignes: Biography and Background

Fabrice Desvignes (French pronunciation: [fabʁis deviɲ]), born in 1973, is a French chef, and winner of the 2007 Bocuse d'Or.

Olivier Elzer: Biography and Background

Olivier Elzer (born 18 April 1979) is a French chef.

Christian Etchebest: Biography and Background

Christian Etchebest (French pronunciation: [kʁistjɑ̃ ɛtʃɛbɛst]; born on February 17, 1969), is a French chef, television personality, and advocate for French cuisine.

Joseph Favre: Biography and Background

Joseph Favre (pronounced [ʒosɛf favʁ]; 17 February 1849 – 17 February 1903) was a Swiss chef who worked in Switzerland, France, Germany, and England.

Jacques Genin: Biography and Background

Jacques Génin is a French chef, cookery book writer, and well-known chocolate and caramel maker in Paris.

Adolphe Gérard: Biography and Background

Adolphe Gérard (1844–1900) was a French chef, restaurant and hotel owner in Colorado, US.

Bruno Goussault: Biography and Background

Bruno Goussault (born 26 January 1942) is a French scientist, economist, inventor, and chef.

Adeline Grattard: Biography and Background

Adeline Grattard is the head chef of the Michelin-starred restaurant Yam'Tcha in Paris.

Cédric Grolet: Biography and Background

Cédric Grolet (born 28 August 1985, Firminy, France) is a French pastry chef.