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| x Ma Nancy Chih | Chinese |
Chinese-born chef and author known as "The mother of Chinese cooking in Japan". Born into a family of bankers in China, she married Ma Ximing and later moved to Japan.
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| x Rokusaburo Michiba |
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Rokusaburo Michiba (道場 六三郎, Michiba Rokusaburō, born January 3, 1931 in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese cuisine chef most notable as the first Japanese Iron Chef on the television series Iron Chef. He was on the show from its...
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| x Gordon Ramsay |
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Restaurant Gordon Ramsay |
Gordon James Ramsay, OBE, (born 8 November 1966) is a Scottish-born British chef, television personality and restaurateur. He has been awarded a total of 16 Michelin Stars, and in 2001 became one of only three chefs in the United Kingdom to hold...
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| x Delia Smith |
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Delia Smith CBE (born 18 June 1941) is an English cook and television presenter, known for her interest in teaching basic cookery skills. She is the UK's best-selling cookery author, with more than 18 million copies sold.
Smith is also famous for...
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| x Jamie Oliver |
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Italian | Fifteen restaurants |
James Trevor 'Jamie' Oliver, MBE (born 27 May 1975), frequently nicknamed The Naked Chef, is an English chef and media personality well known for his growing list of food-focused television shows, his more recent roles in campaigning against the use...
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| x Anthony Bourdain |
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Brasserie Les Halles |
Anthony Michael "Tony" Bourdain (born June 25, 1956) is an American author and chef. He is well known for his 2000 book, Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly, and is the host of Travel Channel's culinary and cultural adventure...
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| x Antonio Carluccio | Italian |
Antonio Carluccio, OBE OMRI (born 1937 in Vietri sul Mare, Salerno, Italy) is an Italian chef, restaurateur and food expert, based in London.
Carluccio was born in south Italy, but his father was a stationmaster, and he moved with his father's job...
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| x Austin Leslie |
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Louisiana Creole cuisine | Chez Helene |
Austin Leslie (2 July 1934 – 29 September 2005) was an internationally famous New Orleans chef whose work defined 'Creole Soul'. He died in Atlanta at the age of 71 after having been evacuated from New Orleans; he had been trapped in his attic for...
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| x Thomas Keller |
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Haute | French Laundry | 1978 |
Thomas Keller (born October 14, 1955) is an American chef, restaurateur, and cookbook writer. He and his landmark restaurant, The French Laundry in Yountville, California, in the Napa Valley, have won multiple awards from the James Beard Foundation,...
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| x Rob Rainford |
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Robert Rainford is a Canadian chef and host of Licence to Grill (LTG) on Food Network Canada, Discovery Home in the U.S. and Asian Food Channel across Asia. The format of the show involves Rainford hosting a get-together at his home for one reason...
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| x Jennifer Paterson |
Jennifer Paterson (3 April 1928 - 10 August 1999) was a chef and TV personality who appeared on the television programme Two Fat Ladies with Clarissa Dickson Wright.
The pair were famous for their sometimes unhealthy, but presumably very delicious,...
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| x Hanaya Yohei | Japanese |
Hanaya Yohei (華屋与兵衛 or 花屋與兵衛; 1799–1858) is generally credited as the inventor of today's Tokyo-style (Edomae-zushi; 江戸前寿司) nigiri sushi (hand-formed sushi) at the end of Japan's Edo period.
Sushi at his time was made from freshly captured fish from...
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| x Raymond Oliver | French |
Raymond Oliver (1909 – 1990) was chef and owner of LeGrand Vefour restaurant in Paris, one of France's great historical restaurants. The three star restaurant had been a favorite of the nation's leaders and artists. Olivier also hosted a popular...
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| x Lucinda Bruce-Gardyne |
Lucinda Bruce-Gardyne is a writer specialising in Cookery and food allergies.
Lucinda Bruce-Gardyne studied Physiology at the University of London. After graduation, she trained at Leiths School of Food and Wine in London and worked as a section...
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| x Nobu Matsuhisa |
Nobuyuki "Nobu" Matsuhisa (松久 信幸 Matsuhisa Nobuyuki; born 1949 in Saitama, Japan) is a celebrity chef and restaurateur known for his fusion cuisine blending traditional Japanese dishes with South American (Peruvian and Argentine) ingredients. His...
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| x Hiroyuki Sakai |
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French |
Hiroyuki Sakai (坂井 宏行 ,Sakai Hiroyuki, born April 2, 1942 in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan) is a well-known Japanese chef who specializes in French cuisine. Sakai is most famous for being the second, and last, Iron Chef French on the Japanese...
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| x John Shields |
John Shields is an American chef, food writer, and host of the PBS television show Coastal Cooking with John Shields.
Shields is a native of Baltimore, Maryland. After time spent elsewhere, he has returned to Baltimore, where he owns and operates...
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| x Carme Ruscalleda |
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Carme Ruscalleda i Serra is a famous Catalan chef of restaurant Sant Pau in Sant Pol de Mar, near Barcelona. She also manages the restaurant Sant Pau de Tòquio in Japan.
Ruscalleda was raised in a family of farmers and began cooking as a girl. She...
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| x Jeff Smith |
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Jeff Smith (January 22, 1939 – July 7, 2004) was the author of a dozen best-selling cookbooks and the host of The Frugal Gourmet, a popular American cooking show which began in Tacoma, Washington and aired on PBS from 1988 to 1997, and consisted of...
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| x Bobby Flay |
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Southwestern United States |
Robert William "Bobby" Flay (born December 10, 1964) is an American celebrity chef, restaurateur, Iron Chef, and television personality. He is the owner and executive chef of nine restaurants: Mesa Grill in New York City; Bar Americain in New York...
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| x Walter Scheib |
Walter S. Scheib III (born May 3, 1954) was the White House executive chef from 1994 until 2005. Scheib is known for his creation of a distinctly American cuisine for the White House. He was responsible in this role for preparing everything from...
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| x Ken Kostick |
Ken Kostick (born 1953 in Winnipeg, Manitoba is a Canadian chef and television and radio personality, best known for co-hosting the television series What's for Dinner? with Mary Jo Eustace.
Currently he co-hosts He Said, She Said with Ken and Mary...
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| x Nora Daza |
Nora Guanzon Villanueva-Daza, popularly known as Chef Nora Daza, is a veteran gourmet chef, restaurateur, socio-civic leader, television host, and cookbook author in the Philippines.
Daza was born into a privileged family as a daughter of Alejandro...
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| x Tom Lewis |
Tom Lewis is a Scottish chef at the Monachyle Mhor Hotel in Perthshire.
He started his career as a chef in 1995, inspired by well known chef Nico Ladenis, whom he heard enthusing about food on Desert Island Discs, and David Wilson of the Peat Inn....
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| x Michael Mina |
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Michael Mina |
Michael Mina (born 1969 in Cairo, Egypt) is an award-winning American celebrity chef, restaurateur, and cookbook author. He is the executive chef at his namesake restaurant in San Francisco, California, and partners with Andre Agassi in Mina Group...
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| x Auguste Escoffier |
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Georges Auguste Escoffier (28 October 1846 – 12 February 1935) was a French chef, restaurateur and culinary writer who popularized and updated traditional French cooking methods. He is a legendary figure among chefs and gourmets, and was one of the...
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| x 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 Medford, Massachusetts, USA, to Mary Watson Merritt and John...
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| x Yisrael Aharoni |
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Yisrael Aharoni (Heb: ישראל אהרוני) (born 1953) is an Israeli chef and restaurateur.
Aharoni, the son of Bukharian Jews, grew up in Haifa. He discovered Chinese cuisine while studying art in Amsterdam. He travelled to the Far East to master the...
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| x Cindy Sargon |
Cindy Sargon is an Australian TV chef who currently hosts Food 4 Life on the Seven Network. Cindy is of Assyrian descent
Sargon also appeared in the second series of Surprise Chef in 2003, as well as My Restaurant Rules, Melbourne Woman and Saturday...
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| x Caesar Cardini |
Cesare Cardini (February 24, 1896 – November 3, 1956) was an Italian Mexican restaurateur, chef, and hotel owner, who is credited with creating the Caesar salad.
He was born in the region of Lago Maggiore and had at least four siblings: Alessandro,...
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| x Marcel Vigneron |
Marcel Vigneron (born May 3, 1980) is an American chef, and is perhaps best known as the runner-up of the second season of Top Chef, placing behind Ilan Hall.
Vigneron is originally from Bainbridge, Washington, and currently resides in the Los...
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| x Sara Moulton |
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Sara Moulton is an American chef, cookbook author, and television personality. She was the chef of Gourmet magazine’s executive dining room for 20 years, until the magazine's publisher, Conde Nast, announced on Oct. 5, 2009, that the magazine would...
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| x Michael Smith |
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Michael Dixon Smith is a Canadian chef and writer, host of Chef Abroad, Chef at Home, Chef at Large (both on the Food Network Canada) and The Inn Chef.
Born in Canada, he grew up in the mid Hudson Valley. Michael Smith graduated with honours from...
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| x Morou Ouattara |
Morou Ouattara is an executive chef and owner of Farrah Olivia restaurant in Alexandria, VA. Born and raised on the Ivory Coast in West Africa in a family with 33 children, he combines French, African and Middle Eastern cuisines. He has appeared on...
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| x Lee Anne Wong |
Lee Anne Wong is an American chef and was one of the last four contestants on the first season of Bravo's reality show, Top Chef. She is currently the culinary producer for the fifth season of Top Chef, where her duties include sourcing and styling...
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| x Richard Ekkebus |
Richard Ekkebus is the executive chef of Mandarin Oriental Landmark Hotel in Hong Kong and its fine dining restaurant, Amber. December 2008 chef Ekkebus was awarded two Michelin Stars .
Ekkebus began as an apprentice under Michelin-starred chefs...
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| x Andrew George Jr |
Andrew George Jr. (born November 11, 1963) was in Smithers, British Columbia which is located in north central British Columbia. Andrew grew up in Telkwa, British Columbia.
Andrew is the third eldest of six children; Andrew’s family lived in a very...
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| x Grant Achatz |
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Alinea |
Grant Achatz (born 1974) is an American chef and restaurateur who is considered to be on the cutting edge of the movement of menu item construction often referred to as molecular gastronomy or progressive cuisine. Achatz has won numerous awards from...
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| x Marco Pierre White | French | Chez Nico |
Marco Pierre White (born 11 December 1961) is an English chef and restaurateur. He is recognised by patrons and peers alike for having provided a highly creative and innovative impetus into contemporary international cuisine, and is known as much...
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| x Rocco DiSpirito |
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Rocco DiSpirito (born November 19, 1966) is an American chef based in New York City.
DiSpirito was born in Jamaica, Queens, New York City, New York. He is a 1986 graduate of the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York, and a 1990...
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| x Anna Pump |
Anna Pump (born April 11, 1934) is a chef, cookbook author, baker, and innkeeper famous for her Hamptons bakery Loaves & Fishes. She is the author of four bestselling cookbooks and the owner of the Bridgehampton Inn. Notably, Pump was a mentor to...
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| x Franciszek Trześniewski |
Franciszek Trześniewski (Polish pronunciation: [tʂɛɕˈɲiɛvski]; died 1939) was an early 20th century Polish gourmand and cook. Born in Kraków, he is notable for the restaurant-bar he opened in Vienna in 1902, shortly before World War I. His...
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| x Ma Lai Thi Bang Tam |
Ma Lai Thi Bang Tam (born August 30, 1946 in Saigon) is a French/Belgian chef. From 1974 to 2004, she and her husband Ma Huu Duy were owners of the upscale Vietnamese restaurant Les Baguettes Imperiales, located in Brussels, Belgium.
In 1985, she...
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| x Jerry Traunfeld |
Jerry Traunfeld is an American chef and author, was the executive chef of The Herbfarm restaurant in Woodinville, Washington. He was the chef at The Herbfarm from July 1990 to November 2007. Prior to that he was the executive chef of the Alexis...
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| x Rick Tramonto | Tru |
Rick Tramonto is a Chicago chef and cookbook author. He is executive chef and partner in Tru, a contemporary fine-dining restaurant from Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises.
A native of Rochester, New York, Tramonto began his culinary career working...
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| x Marie-Antoine Carême |
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Marie Antoine (Antonin) Carême (8 June 1784–12 January 1833), known as "The King of Chefs, and the Chef of Kings" was an early practitioner and exponent of the elaborate style of cooking known as haute cuisine, the "high art" of French cooking: a...
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| x Leslie Bega |
Leslie R. Bega (born April 17, 1967) is a formally-trained veteran American theatre, film and television actress; known with performances in such works as the 80s sit com Head of the Class, the climactic sequence from David Lynch's Lost Highway, and...
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| x Sam Talbot |
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Dean and Deluca |
Sam Talbot (born December 27, 1977) is a Sicilian-American chef from Charlotte, North Carolina, best known as a semi-finalist on Season 2 of Bravo's Top Chef, eventually placing third. Talbot returned to Top Chef for the episode "Four Star All Stars...
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| x Charlie Ayers |
Charlie Ayers is the former executive chef for Google. His work there was widely publicized in the media, and David Vise's corporate history The Google Story contains an entire chapter about him called "Charlie's Place." By the time he left Google...
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| x Mirielle Johnston |
Mireille Johnston (née Mireille Busticaccia) (4 October 1935 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France — October 5, 2000 in Paris, France) was a French/American cook, author and scholar who also hosted television shows on the BBC.
In 1992 Mireille appeared...
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| x Mark Hix |
Mark Hix is an English chef. In April 2008 Hix opened his own restaurant, Hix Oyster and Chop House, in the Farringdon area of London. He also opened Hix Oyster & Fish House in Lyme Regis, Dorset. He was previously chef director of Caprice Holdings,...
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| x Chan Tung |
Chan Tung (1954-2001), Hong Kong’s famous chef, was born in Puning, Guangdong. He was famous for teaching cooking in the TV programmes.
Chan learnt cooking in his father’s restaurant since he was 10 years old. However, he did not gain any special...
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| x Pierre Wynants |
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Pierre Wynants (born March 5, 1939 in Brussels) is a Belgian chef. He owns and leads the Comme chez Soi restaurant in Brussels, one of the finest and most famous restaurants in Belgium.
In 2004, he created the menu of the Ostend Queen establishment....
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| x Fanny Cradock |
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Phyllis Nan Sortain Pechey (26 February, 1909 – 27 December, 1994), better known as Fanny Cradock, was an English restaurant critic, television cook and writer who mostly worked with John "Johnnie" Cradock, whose surname she adopted long before...
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| x Jill Davie |
Jill Davie is the Chef de Cuisine at Josie, a Los Angeles restaurant owned by Josie Le Balch. Davie has worked at Josie Restaurant since its founding in 2001. She has appeared as a prominent guest chef on several Food Network shows. She was a...
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| x Rosa Lewis |
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Rosa Lewis, née Ovenden (1867 – 1952) was a British chef and owner of the Cavendish Hotel in London, located at the intersection of Jermyn Street and Duke Street, St James. Known as the "Queen of Cooks", her culinary skills were highly prized by...
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| x Massimo Capra |
Massimo Capra (born May 24, 1960) is a restaurant consultant and celebrity chef based in Toronto, Canada. He is known for his appearances on City Line, and the Food Network show, Restaurant Makeover, which is seen in over sixteen countries worldwide...
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| x Aarón Sanchez |
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Aarón Sanchez (born February 12, 1976) is a noted, second-generation Latin chef in New York City, the executive chef and owner of the restaurants Centrico and Paladar. He has appeared on Iron Chef America, and is one of the few chefs whose battles...
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| x Keith Floyd |
Keith Floyd (28 December 1943 – 14 September 2009) was a British chef and television personality who hosted numerous cooking shows for the BBC and published many books combining cookery and travel. On television, Floyd was noted for his haphazard...
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