Jules Harder: Biography and Background
Jules Arthur Harder (January 1844 – 9 June 1918) was a French-American chef who was the first chef of the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, when it first opened in 1876.
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Érick Jacquin: Biography and Background
Érick Jacquin (born December 9, 1964) is a French chef, naturalized Brazilian, who works in Latin America.
Claude Le Tohic: Biography and Background
Claude Le Tohic is a French chef and restaurateur who earned a three Michelin star rating in Las Vegas for his work at Joël Robuchon, in the MGM Grand Hotel.
Cyril Lignac: Biography and Background
Cyril Lignac (French pronunciation: [siʁil liɲak]; born 5 November 1977) is a French chef.
Bernard Loiseau: Biography and Background
Bernard Daniel Jacques Loiseau (French pronunciation: [bɛʁnaʁ danjɛl ʒak lwazo]; 13 January 1951 – 24 February 2003) was a French chef at Le Relais Bernard Loiseau in Saulieu, Côte-d'Or.
Louis Eustache Ude: Biography and Background
Louis Eustache Ude (c.
François Massialot: Biography and Background
François Massialot (English: mass-ee-ah-LOH, French: [fʁɑ̃swa masjalɔ]; 1660, in Limoges, Limousin – 1733, in Paris) was a French chef who served as chef de cuisine (officier de bouche) to variou
Sébastien Masi: Biography and Background
Sébastien Masi (Clermont-Ferrand, France, 16 July 1974) is a French head chef and Michelin star-winning restaurateur with restaurant Locks Brasserie.
Ginette Mathiot: Biography and Background
Ginette Mathiot, Officier de la Légion d'Honneur, (French: [ʒinɛt matjo]; 23 May 1907 – 14 June 1998) was a French food writer and home economist.
Bruno Menard: Biography and Background
Bruno Menard is a French chef.
Prosper Montagné: Biography and Background
Prosper Montagné (pronounced [pʁɔspɛʁ mɔ̃taɲe]; born Paul Marius Octave Prosper on 14 November 1865 – 22 April 1948), was a French chef of the Belle Époque and a culinary writer.
Eugène Murer: Biography and Background
Hyacinthe-Eugène Meunier (14 May 1841 – 22 April 1906), known as Eugène Murer, was a pastry chef, author, self-taught painter and collector of impressionist paintings.
Raymond Oliver: Biography and Background
Raymond Oliver (27 March 1909 – 5 November 1990) was a French chef and owner of Le Grand Véfour restaurant in Paris, one of France's great historical restaurants.
Henri-Paul Pellaprat: Biography and Background
Henri-Paul Pellaprat (pronounced [ɑ̃ʁi pɔl pɛlapʁa]; Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, 1869–1954) was a French chef, founder with the journalist Marthe Distel of Le Cordon Bleu cooking school in Paris.
Alfred Prunier: Biography and Background
Alfred Prunier (French pronunciation: [alfʁɛd pʁynje]; 1848 in Yerville, France – 1925) was a French chef and restaurant owner.
Joël Robuchon: Biography and Background
Joël Robuchon (French pronunciation: [ʒɔɛl ʁɔbyʃɔ̃], 7 April 1945 – 6 August 2018) was a French chef and restaurateur.
Michel Roux: Biography and Background
Michel Roux, OBE ([mi.ʃɛl ʁu]; 19 April 1941 – 11 March 2020), also known as Michel Roux Snr., was a French chef and restaurateur working in Britain.
Alexis Soyer: Biography and Background
Alexis Benoît Soyer (4 February 1810 – 5 August 1858) was a French chef, writer and inventor, who made his reputation in Victorian England.
Kilien Stengel: Biography and Background
Kilien Stengel (born 1972 in Nevers) is a French gastronomic author, restaurateur, and cookbook writer.
Marc Veyrat: Biography and Background
Marc Veyrat (born 8 May 1950) is a French chef from the Haute-Savoie region, who specialises in molecular gastronomy and the use of mountain plants and herbs.
Francesco Bellissimo: Biography and Background
Francesco Bellissimo (Japanese: ベリッシモ・フランチェスコ, Berisshimo Furanchesuko)(Chinese: 贝拂岚 Bèi Fú Lán) (born 3 January 1979 in Rome) is an Italian celebrity chef, actor, foreign tarento, social media p
Cesare Casella: Biography and Background
Cesare Casella (born 1960) is an Italian chef and restaurateur based in New York.
Gianfranco Chiarini: Biography and Background
Gianfranco Chiarini (born 8 January 1966) is an Italian celebrity chef, food engineer, television personality and restaurateur.
Gino D'Acampo: Biography and Background
Gennaro Sheffield "Gino" D'Acampo (born Gennaro D'Acampo; 17 July 1976) is an Italian celebrity chef, television personality and writer based in the United Kingdom.
Roberto Donna: Biography and Background
Roberto Donna is an Italian chef and restaurateur in Washington D.C.
Raffaele Esposito: Biography and Background
Raffaele Esposito (Italian: [raffaˈɛːle eˈspɔːzito]) was an Italian chef and owner of a tavern in Naples called Pizzeria di Pietro e basta così (lit.
Attilio di Fabrizio: Biography and Background
Attilio Di Fabrizio, chef de cuisine for both the Villa San Michele in Florence and the Hotel Splendido in Portofino, was born in the town of Abruzzi.
Jeanne Carola Francesconi: Biography and Background
Jeanne Caròla Francesconi (July 12, 1903, in Naples – 1995, in Naples) was an Italian chef and cookbook author, considered "the dean of Neapolitan cuisine".
Francesco Leonardi (chef): Biography and Background
Francesco Leonardi was an Italian chef and food author, born in Rome, and active in the 18th century in several European countries.
Martino da Como: Biography and Background
Martino da Como, or Martino de Rossi and Martino de Rubeis, called Maestro Martino from Como, born in the Blenio Valley (in the Italian speaking part of today's Switzerland), was a 15th-century c
Enzo Oliveri: Biography and Background
Vincenzo Oliveri (born 3 February 1963) is an Italian-born celebrity chef who specialises in Italian cuisine.
Gian Franco Romagnoli: Biography and Background
Gian Franco Romagnoli (1926 – 15 December 2008) was an Italian chef, author, and television personality.
Jack Ubaldi: Biography and Background
Giacomo "Jack" Ubaldi (September 16, 1910 – July 14, 2001) was an Italian-American butcher and chef.
Francesco Zanchetta: Biography and Background
Francesco Zanchetta is an Italian chef and restaurateur.
Aldo Zilli: Biography and Background
Aldo Zilli (born 22 Jаnuary 1956) is an Italian celebrity chef specialising in Italian cuisine, based since 1976 in the United Kingdom.
Avishar Barua: Biography and Background
Avishar Barua (born 1986 or 1987) is an American chef and restaurateur based in Columbus, Ohio.
Jules Maincave: Biography and Background
Jules Maincave was a French chef belonging to the Futurist movement, active in the early 20th century in Paris.