:''Only those subjects who are notable enough for their own articles should be included here. That may include chefs who have articles in other languages on Wikipedia which have not as yet been translated into English.'' This article is a list of notable chefs and food experts throughout history.

Antiquity

Mithaecus Mithaecus (Ancient Greek: Μίθαικος) was a cook and cookbook author of the late 5th century BC. A Greek-speaking native of Sicily at a time when the island was rich and highly civilized, Mithaecus is credited with having brought knowledge of ...

Apicius ''Apicius'', also known as ''De re culinaria'' or ''De re coquinaria'' (''On the Subject of Cooking'') is a collection of Roman cookery recipes. It is thought to have been compiled in the fifth century AD. Its language is in many ways close ...

, chef to Emperor

Trajan Trajan ( ; la, Caesar Nerva Traianus; 18 September 539/11 August 117) was Roman emperor from 98 to 117. Officially declared ''optimus princeps'' ("best ruler") by the senate, Trajan is remembered as a successful soldier-emperor who presid ...

12th century

Liu Niangzi Liu Niangzi (12th-century), was a Chinese court official and imperial chef A chef is a trained professional cook and tradesman who is proficient in all aspects of food preparation, often focusing on a particular cuisine. The word "chef" is d ...

, Chinese Imperial chef

14th century

* Sidoine Benoît * Guillaume Tirel, also known as Taillevent, first professional French master chef

15th century

Maestro Martino Martino de Rossi (or Martino de Rubeis, called Maestro Martino or Martino from Como), was an Italian 15th-century culinary expert who was unequalled in his field at the time and could be considered the Western world's first celebrity chef. He made ...

* Bartolomeo Platina

16th century

* Lancelot de Casteau, author of ''L'Ouverture de cuisine'' (1604) * Guillaume Fouquet de la Varenne * Bartolomeo Scappi, author of ''Opera dell'Arte del Cucinare'' (1570)

17th century

* Procopio Cutò, Sicilian chef in Paris, founder of Cafe Procopio *

Stanisław Czerniecki (; '' fl.'' 1645–1698) was a Polish soldier, property manager, chef and writer, best known as the author of '' Compendium ferculorum, albo Zebranie potraw'' (''A Collection of Dishes''), the first cookbook written originally in the Polish lang ...

, author of ''

Compendium ferculorum, albo Zebranie potraw ''Compendium ferculorum, albo Zebranie potraw'' (''A Collection of Dishes'') is a cookbook by Stanisław Czerniecki. First put in print in 1682, it is the earliest known cookery book published originally in Polish. Czerniecki wrote it in his ca ...

'', the first cookbook written originally in Polish * François Pierre de la Varenne, author of ''Le Cuisinier françois'' (1651) * François Vatel, maître d'hôtel to

Nicolas Fouquet Nicolas Fouquet, marquis de Belle-Île, vicomte de Melun et Vaux (27 January 1615 – 23 March 1680) was the Superintendent of Finances in France from 1653 until 1661 under King Louis XIV. He had a glittering career, and acquired enormous wealth. ...

and to Grand Condé

18th century

Nicolas Appert Nicolas Appert (17 November 1749 – 1 June 1841) was the French inventor of airtight food preservation. Appert, known as the "father of Food Science", was a confectioner. Appert described his invention as a way "of conserving all kinds of food ...

, pioneer of canning *

Antoine Beauvilliers Antoine B. Beauvilliers (1754 – 31 January 1817) was a French restaurateur who opened the first grand restaurant in Paris and wrote the cookbook ''L'Art du Cuisinier''. Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin considers him the most important of the earl ...

, pioneering restaurateur *

Hercules Hercules (, ) is the Roman equivalent of the Greek divine hero Heracles, son of Jupiter and the mortal Alcmena. In classical mythology, Hercules is famous for his strength and for his numerous far-ranging adventures. The Romans adapted th ...

, chef of George Washington, and first US Presidential chef * François Massialot, author of ''Le cuisinier royal et bourgeois'' (1712) and ''Le nouveau cuisinier royal et bourgeois'' (1717) *

Vincent la Chapelle Vincent La Chapelle (1690 or 1703 – 14th of July 1745 in Apeldoorn) was a French master cook who is known to have worked for Phillip Dormer Stanhope ( 4th Earl of Chesterfield), William IV, Prince of Orange, John V of Portugal and Queen Marie ...

, author of ''Cuisinier moderne'' (1733) * Menon, author of ''Nouveau Traité de la Cuisine'' (1739) and ''La Cuisinière bourgeoise'' (1746) *

Paul Tremo Paul Tremo (–1810) was the head chef at the court of King Stanislaus Augustus Poniatowski of Poland. He was born in Berlin, in a family of French Huguenots. As the king's favourite cook, he was responsible for the culinary side of royal banque ...

, court chef to King Stanislaus Augustus of Poland * James Hemings, personal, enslaved, chef to

Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. He was previously the nati ...

. First American chef to be fully trained in France, commonly attributed as the origin of Macaroni and cheese.

19th century

Marcel Boulestin Xavier Marcel Boulestin (1878 – 20 September 1943) was a French chef, restaurateur, and the author of cookery books that popularised French cuisine in the English-speaking world. Born in Poitiers in France (Poitou region), Boulestin tried a ...

Marie-Antoine Carême Marie Antoine (Antonin) Carême (; 8 June 178412 January 1833) was a French chef and an early practitioner and exponent of the elaborate style of cooking known as '' grande cuisine'', the "high art" of French cooking: a grandiose style of cookery ...

, founder of

Haute cuisine ''Haute cuisine'' (; ) or ''grande cuisine'' is the cuisine of "high-level" establishments, gourmet restaurants, and luxury hotels. ''Haute cuisine'' is characterized by the meticulous preparation and careful presentation of food at a high pric ...

Alexandre Étienne Choron Alexandre Étienne Choron (1837 in Caen, Calvados – 1924) was a French chef. As ''chef de cuisine'' of the celebrated restaurant Voisin on the rue Saint Honoré, Choron is best known for his invention of Choron sauce, a sauce béarnaise enri ...

Jean-Louis Françoise-Collinet Jean-Louis Françoise-Collinet was a French chef credited with several well-known culinary innovations in the 1830s including Béarnaise sauce and Pommes soufflées. Béarnaise sauce Collinet was the head chef at the Henri IV hotel outside of Pari ...

* George Crum * Marthe Distel, co-founder of

Le Cordon Bleu Le Cordon Bleu (French for " The Blue Ribbon") is an international network of hospitality and culinary schools teaching French '' haute cuisine''. Its educational focuses are hospitality management, culinary arts, and gastronomy. The institut ...

* Urbain Dubois, author of numerous works on food and creator of Veal Orloff * Adolphe Dugléré, head chef of

Café Anglais The Café Anglais (, ''English café'') was a famous French restaurant located at the corner of the Boulevard des Italiens (n° 13) and the Rue de Marivaux in Paris, France. History Opened in 1802, the restaurant was named in honor of the Tr ...

Auguste Escoffier 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. Much of Escoffier's technique was based on that of Marie-An ...

Fannie Farmer Fannie Merritt Farmer (23 March 1857 – 16 January 1915) was an American culinary expert whose '' Boston Cooking-School Cook Book'' became a widely used culinary text. Education Fannie Farmer was born on 23 March 1857 in Boston, Massachusetts, ...

, author of bestselling cookbook (1896) * Joseph Favre, author of ''Grand Dictionnaire universel de la cuisine'' and founder of the Académie culinaire de France * Charles Elmé Francatelli * Jules Gouffé *

Lucien Olivier Lucien Olivier (russian: Люсьен Оливье) (1838–14 November 1883) was a Russian chef of Belgian and French descentП. БПисьма о Москве // Vestnik Evropy, Vol. II, March 1881, p. 404. and owner of the Hermitage restaur ...

, Belgian-born Russian chef * Henri-Paul Pellaprat, co-founder of

Anne Boutiaut Poulard Anne "Annette" Boutiaut Poulard (15 April 1851 – 7 May 1931), one of the Mères of France, was known as ''Mère Poulard'' (Mother Poulard), and was a cook and innkeeper in Mont-Saint-Michel, France. She was noted for her omelette creation, the ...

Alfred Prunier Alfred Prunier (; 1848 in Yerville, France – 1925) was a French chef and restaurant owner. In 1872 Prunier and his wife Catherine opened a Parisian restaurant on Rue Duphot that bore his name. Today the same restaurant operates under t ...

* Charles Ranhofer * Alexis Soyer *

Louis Eustache Ude Louis-Eustache Ude, (''ca'' 1769 –b10 April 1846), chef and author, was the best-known French chef in London before Alexis Soyer's reign in the kitchens of the Reform Club (1837–50). Ude was the chef at Crockford's. the fashionable gentlemen ...

, author of ''The French Cook'' (1813)

20th century

* Ferran Adrià * Reed Alexander * Tokuzo Akiyama * Darin Allen *

Ida Bailey Allen Ida Cogswell Bailey Allen (January 30, 1885 – July 16, 1973) was an American chef and author who was once popularly known as "The Nation's Homemaker," writing more than 50 cookbooks. She was described as "The original domestic goddess" by anti ...

* Myrtle Allen * Rachel Allen *

Joey Altman Joey Altman is an American chef, restaurateur, television host and writer. Early life and education Altman grew up in the Catskills in New York, where his father was an attorney and judge and his mother sold cosmetics at Grossinger's Catskill ...

* Elena Arzak * Juan Mari Arzak, founder of

New Basque Cuisine Basque cuisine refers to the cuisine of the Basque Country and includes meats and fish grilled over hot coals, ''marmitako'' and lamb stews, cod, Tolosa bean dishes, paprikas from Lekeitio, ''pintxos'' (Basque ''tapas)'', Idiazabal sheep's ch ...

* Kenny Atkinson *

Frances Atkins Frances Atkins is a British chef. When she won a Michelin star at the Yorke Arms in 2003, she was the first female British chef to win a star. Career Frances Venning was born in Maidstone, Kent, but grew up in Ilkley, West Yorkshire. Her father ...

* Jean Bardet *

Paul Bartolotta Paul Bartolotta (born June 8, 1961) is an American chef and restaurateur. Most recently he is known for his authentic style and his innovative approach to importing fresh seafood from Mediterranean waters. Paul Bartolotta has won the James Bear ...

* Joe Bastianich * Lidia Bastianich *

Mario Batali Mario Francesco Batali (born September 19, 1960) is an American chef, writer, and restaurateur. Batali co-owned restaurants in New York City; Las Vegas; Los Angeles; and Newport Beach, California; Boston; Singapore; Westport, Connecticut; and N ...

* Rick Bayless *

James Beard James Andrews Beard (May 5, 1903 – January 23, 1985) was an American chef, cookbook author, teacher and television personality. He pioneered television cooking shows, taught at The James Beard Cooking School in New York City and Seaside, ...

* Simone Beck * Martín Berasategui * Mary Berry * John Besh *

Marguerite Bise Marguerite Valentine Bise (; ''née'' Sautureau; 8 August 1898 – 21 May 1965) was a French chef and restaurateur at her restaurant Auberge du Père Bise in Talloires, Haute-Savoie, France. In 1951, she became the third woman to win three Mich ...

* Jack Bishop * Mark Bittman * Raymond Blanc * Heston Blumenthal, pioneer of

Molecular gastronomy Molecular gastronomy is the scientific approach of nutrition from primarily the perspective of chemistry. The composition ( molecular structure), properties (mass, viscosity, etc) and transformations (chemical reactions, reactant products) o ...

* Martin Blunos * Paul Bocuse *

Ettore Boiardi Ettore Boiardi (October 22, 1897 – June 21, 1985), better known by the Anglicized name Hector Boyardee, was an Italian-American chef, famous for his eponymous brand of food products, named Chef Boyardee. Early life Boiardi was born in Pia ...

* Massimo Bottura * David Bouley * Daniel Boulud * Anthony Bourdain * Michel Bras * Madame Brassart *

Eugénie Brazier 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 Mère Brazier in the rue Royale, one of the ...

Susan Brookes Susan Brookes ( née Walton, born c.1943–44), is an English television chef, broadcaster and writer. During the 1980s and 1990s, she regularly appeared on the ITV daytime magazine show ''This Morning'', cooking recipes for viewers as the pr ...

* Alton Brown *

Jane Butel Jane Butel is an American cook and television host, specializing in cuisine of the Southwestern United States and Tex-Mex cooking. She has published numerous books, and was the host of the Create Network show '' Jane Butel's Southwestern Kitchen' ...

* Caesar Cardini, inventor of

Caesar salad A Caesar salad (also spelled Cesar and Cesare) is a green salad of romaine lettuce and croutons dressed with lemon juice (or lime juice), olive oil, egg, Worcestershire sauce, anchovies, garlic, Dijon mustard, Parmesan cheese, and black ...

(1924) * Antonio Carluccio * Andrew Carmellini * Doña Petrona Carrizo * Alain Chapel * Éric Chavot * Joyce Chen * Cecilia Chiang *

Chen Kenichi , whose name is often romanized Chin Kenichi in Japanese sources, is a chef best known for his role as the Iron Chef Chinese on the television series '' Iron Chef'' (料理の鉄人). Nicknamed The Szechuan Sage, he wears a yellow outfit and ri ...

, son of Chen Kenmin * Chen Kenmin * Michael Chiarello *

Julia Child Julia Carolyn Child (née McWilliams; August 15, 1912 – August 13, 2004) was an American cooking teacher, author, and television personality. She is recognized for bringing French cuisine to the American public with her debut cookbook, ...

Bobby Chinn Robert Chinn is a New Zealand-born American international chef, television presenter, restaurateur and cookbook author. He is a culinary celebrity across Asia and the Middle East, thanks to his role as host of Discovery TLC's ''World Cafe'', ...

Craig Claiborne Craig Claiborne (September 4, 1920 January 22, 2000) was an American restaurant critic, food journalist and book author. A long-time food editor and restaurant critic for '' The New York Times'', he was also the author of numerous cookbooks a ...

* Patrick Clark * Gennaro Contaldo * Helen Corbitt * Richard Corrigan * Fanny Cradock *

Curnonsky Maurice Edmond Sailland (October 12, 1872, Angers, France – July 22, 1956, Paris), better known by his pen-name Curnonsky (nicknamed 'Cur'), and dubbed the Prince of Gastronomy, was one of the most celebrated writers on gastronomy in Franc ...

(Maurice Edmond Sailland) * Hélène Darroze * Jean-Robert de Cavel * Traci Des Jardins * Avis DeVoto * Rocco DiSpirito * Alain Ducasse * Wylie Dufresne * Todd English * Mary Ann Esposito *

Philippe Etchebest Philippe Etchebest (; born 2 December 1966) is a French chef. He was awarded two Michelin stars at the Hostellerie de Plaisance in Saint-Émilion, France. He appears on French television in ''Top Chef'', ''Objectif Top Chef'' and ''Cauchemar en ...

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall Hugh Christopher Edmund Fearnley-Whittingstall (born 14 January 1965) is an English celebrity chef, television personality, journalist, food writer, and campaigner on food and environmental issues. Fearnley-Whittingstall hosted the '' River ...

Susan Feniger Susan Feniger is an American chef, restaurateur, cookbook author, and radio and TV personality. She is known for starring in the cooking show ''Too Hot Tamales'' on the Food Network and opening several influential restaurants in Los Angeles. S ...

* Annie Féolde *

Barbara Figueroa Barbara Figueroa is an American chef who was best known for her work at the Hunt Club, and her restaurant B. Figueroa. She won the James Beard Foundation Award for Best Northwest Chef in 1992. Career Barbara Figueroa grew up in New York City, and ...

* Bobby Flay * Tyler Florence * Keith Floyd * Zonya Foco * John Folse * Pierre Franey * Lois Ellen Frank *

Laura Frankel Laura Frankel (born Laura Charlene Johnson on January 3, 1961) is an American chef, author, and restaurateur. Frankel specializes in Jewish cuisine. Frankel is the author of ''Jewish Cooking for All Seasons'' (Agate) and ''Jewish Slow Cooker Rec ...

* Pierre Gagnaire * Ina Garten * Henri Gault * Alexis Gauthier * André Gayot *

Adriana Giramonti Adriana Giramonti (1929–2016) was an Italian-American chef who co-founded restaurant ''Giramonti's'' in Mill Valley, California in 1977. Early life and education Adriana Silvestri was born on May 24, 1929, in Presenzano, Italy. Her parents wer ...

* Elka Gilmore * Frédy Girardet * Joyce Goldstein *

Rose Gray Clemency Anne Rosemary Gray (née Swann; 28 January 1939 – 28 February 2010) was a British chef and cookery writer. With Ruth Rogers, she set up The River Café in 1987, which won a Michelin star in 1998. It was here that the talents of Jamie ...

* Gael Greene * Loyd Grossman * Michel Guérard * Skye Gyngell * Martin Hadden * Dorothy Cann Hamilton * Ainsley Harriott * Angela Hartnett * Marcella Hazan * Roland Henin * Ingrid Hoffmann * Ken Hom * Peter Hudson and David Halls * Chuck Hughes * Annemarie Huste * Yutaka Ishinabe * Elijah Joy *

Toshiro Kandagawa was a Japanese chef, known primarily for his strict following of classic Japanese cooking styles. Career Kandagawa entered the cooking profession at the age of 16 when he was hired on as an apprentice cook at the restaurant ''Nadaman'' (なだ ...

* Sanjeev Kapoor *

Mollie Katzen Mollie Katzen (born October 13, 1950, in Rochester, New York, U.S.) is an American cookbook author and artist. The author of twelve cookbooks (all of which she also illustrated), she is best known for the hand-lettered, illustrated ''Moosewood C ...

* Hubert Keller * Thomas Keller *

Diana Kennedy Diana Kennedy MBE (; 3 March 1923 – 24 July 2022) was a British food writer. A primary English-language authority on Mexican cuisine, Kennedy was known for her nine books on the subject, including ''The Cuisines of Mexico'', which changed h ...

* Matthew Kenney * Graham Kerr *

Christopher Kimball Christopher Kimball is an American editor, publisher, and radio and TV personality. He is notable as one of the founders of ''America's Test Kitchen'' and ''Cook's Country'' and as the creator of ''Christopher Kimball's Milk Street''. Early lif ...

* Masahiko Kobe * Pierre Koffmann * Erez Komarovsky *

Ed LaDou Edward M. LaDou, III (October 9, 1955 – December 27, 2007) was an American pizza chef, who is credited with popularizing gourmet California-style pizzas. Ed LaDou was the first pizza chef at Wolfgang Puck's Spago restaurant in Los Angeles. H ...

Emeril Lagasse Emeril John Lagassé III ( ; born October 15, 1959) is an American celebrity chef, restaurateur, television personality, cookbook author, and National Best Recipe award winner for his "Turkey and Hot Sausage Chili" recipe in 2003. He is a regio ...

* Annabel Langbein * Nigella Lawson * Rustie Lee *

Susur Lee Susur Lee (; born December 1958) is a Canadian celebrity chef based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Culinary career Susur was born in Hong Kong, the youngest of six children. He served his culinary apprenticeship at Hong Kong's renowned Peni ...

Ludovic Lefebvre Ludovic Lefebvre (; born 18 April 1971) is a Michelin-star French chef, restaurateur, author, and television personality. He trained in France for 12 years before moving to Los Angeles. He was awarded the prestigious Forbes Travel Guide Five St ...

Gaston Lenôtre Gaston Lenôtre (, born 28 May 1920, died 8 January 2009) was a French pastry chef. He is known as a possible creator of the opera cake (''gâteau opéra''), the founder of Lenôtre a culinary empire, whose brand includes restaurants, catering se ...

* Edna Lewis * Paul Liebrandt * Cyril Lignac * Patrick Lin *

Bernard Loiseau Bernard Daniel Jacques Loiseau (, 13 January 1951 – 24 February 2003) was a French chef at Le Relais Bernard Loiseau in Saulieu. He obtained his three stars in the Michelin Guide, and had a peak rating of 19.5/20 in the Gault Millau restaura ...

Emily Luchetti Emily Underhill Luchetti ( née Emily White Underhill; born 1957) is an American pastry chef, cookbook author, and educator. She is a 2004 James Beard award-winner for Outstanding Pastry Chef. Biography Emily Luchetti was born in 1957 and raise ...

* Dione Lucas *

Karen MacNeil Karen MacNeil (born 1954) is an American author, journalist, wine educator and consultant. Career MacNeil's first article, on the subject of the best butter on offer in New York delis, was published in '' The Village Voice.'' She transitioned to ...

Gualtiero Marchesi Gualtiero Marchesi (; 19 March 1930 – 26 December 2017) was an Italian chef, unanimously considered the founder of the new Italian cuisine and, in the opinion of many, the most famous Italian chef in the world and the one who has contributed mo ...

* James Martin *

Rokusaburo Michiba 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 inception in 1993 until his retirement on his 65th birthday, January 3, 1996. After his retirement as ...

* Christian Millau * Prosper Montagné, author of '' Larousse Gastronomique'' (1938) *

Rick Moonen Rick Moonen is an American seafood chef and an early adopter of sustainable fishing practices. He is known as the "Godfather of Sustainability". Moonen graduated from the Culinary Institute of America and then went on to work at New York City's ...

* Masaharu Morimoto * Sara Moulton *

Tamara Murphy Tamara Murphy (1961 – August 10, 2024) was an American chef who owned and ran the restaurant Terra Plata in Seattle. In 1994, ''Food & Wine'' named her Best New Chef. In 1995, she won the James Beard Foundation Award for Best Chef in the Pac ...

* Koumei Nakamura * Joan Nathan * Rafael Nazario * Jean-Christophe Novelli * Jamie Oliver * Raymond Oliver * Ken Oringer * Jean-Louis Palladin * Charlie Palmer * Merrilees Parker * Russ Parsons * Alain Passard * Mark Peel * Jacques Pépin *

Anne-Sophie Pic Anne-Sophie Pic (, born 12 July 1969) is a French chef best known for regaining three Michelin stars for her restaurant, Maison Pic, in southeast France. She is the fourth female chef to win three Michelin stars, and was named the Best Female Ch ...

* Jacques Pic * John Pisto * Fernand Point * Debra Ponzek *

Paul Prudhomme Paul Prudhomme (July 13, 1940 – October 8, 2015), also known as Gene Autry Prudhomme, was an American celebrity chef whose specialties were Creole and Cajun cuisines, which he was also credited with popularizing. He was the chef propriet ...

* Wolfgang Puck *

Steven Raichlen Steven Raichlen (born March 11, 1953 ) is an American culinary writer, TV host, and novelist. Early life Raichlen was born in Nagoya, Japan. He grew up in Baltimore, Maryland, US. He is Jewish. Education In 1975, Raichlen earned a Bachelor of ...

* Carmen Ramírez Degollado *

Gordon Ramsay Gordon James Ramsay (; born ) is a British chef, restaurateur, television personality and writer. His restaurant group, Gordon Ramsay Restaurants, was founded in 1997 and has been awarded 17 Michelin stars overall; it currently holds a to ...

* Paul Rankin * Ruth Reichl * Gary Rhodes * Éric Ripert * Claire Robinson * Joël Robuchon * Philippe Rochat * Judy Rogers * Irma S. Rombauer * Michel Roux * Michel Roux Jr. * Michael Ruhlman *

Carme Ruscalleda Carme Ruscalleda i Serra (, born in 1952) is the renowned Spanish chef of the restaurant Sant Pau in Sant Pol de Mar, near Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. She also owns and manages the restaurant Sant Pau de Tòquio in Japan. Ruscalleda was raise ...

* Hiroyuki Sakai * Marcus Samuelsson *

Nadia Santini Nadia Santini is an Italian chef, best known for her restaurant Dal Pescatore, in Canneto sull'Oglio, Lombardy which has held three Michelin stars since 1996. Biography Santini was taught to cook at a young age by her future husband's great-gran ...

* Guy Savoy * Joseph Scarpone * Alain Senderens * John Shields * Nancy Silverton * Nigel Slater * Art Smith * Delia Smith *

Charmaine Solomon Charmaine Maureen Solomon (born 1930) is an Australian cook, author of 31 cookbooks and the creator of her own brand of spice blends and marinades. ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' and much of the public has called her "the Queen of Asian cooki ...

* Henri Soulé * Rick Stein *

Martha Stewart Martha Helen Stewart (, ; born August 3, 1941) is an American retail businesswoman, writer, and television personality. As founder of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, she gained success through a variety of business ventures, encompassing pub ...

* Curtis Stone *

Holger Stromberg Holger Stromberg (born 15 March 1972), is a German celebrity chef. At the age of 23 in 1994, he gained his first Michelin star whilst head chef at the restaurant Goldschmieding in Castrop-Rauxel, making him Germany's youngest Michelin starred chef ...

Michael Symon Michael D. Symon (born September 19, 1969) is an American chef, restaurateur, television personality, and author. He is of Greek, Sicilian, and Eastern European descent. He is seen regularly on Food Network on shows such as '' Iron Chef America ...

Louis Szathmary Louis Szathmary (born Lajos István Szathmáry II June 2, 1919 – October 4, 1996) was a Hungarian-American chef, writer, and public personality. A pioneering force in the food service profession, he is best known for heading the Chicago restau ...

Sami Tallberg Sami Tallberg (born 7 November 1976) is a Finnish award-winning chef, food writer and a pioneer in foraging since 2005. Tallberg is known especially for his wild food and mushrooms focused books, catering and courses as well as his concept design ...

* Tommy Tang * John Martin Taylor * Matt Tebbutt *

Stephen Terry Stephen Terry is a professional chef from Wales, who was taught by Marco Pierre White in his kitchen " Harveys" and currently owns, and is Head Chef at, the Hardwick Restaurant in Abergavenny, Wales. He has a wife and three children. The Hardwi ...

* Amy Thielen * Antony Worrall Thompson *

John Thorne John Thorne may refer to: * John Thorne (American football) (born 1957), American football coach * John Thorne (colonial administrator) (1888–1964), civil servant in the Indian Civil Service * John Thorne (MP) in 1388, MP for Guildford * John T ...

Sanjay Thumma Sanjay Thumma (born 26 April 1970) popularly known as Vah-Chef, is an Indian celebrity chef, entrepreneur, restaurateur and television personality. He is the founder of the cooking website, vahrehvah.com. He is especially popular among the Ind ...

John Torode John Douglas Torode (born 23 July 1965) is an Australian-British celebrity chef and TV presenter. He moved to the UK in the 1990s and began working at Conran Group's restaurants. After first appearing on television on ITV's ''This Morning' ...

* Raquel Torres Cerdán * Jacques Torres * Jeremiah Tower *

Jerry Traunfeld Jerry Traunfeld is an American chef and author who served as the executive chef of The Herbfarm restaurant in Woodinville, Washington from July 1990 to November 2007. Prior to that he was the executive chef of the Alexis Hotel in Seattle and a past ...

* Troisgros family ** Claude Troisgros ** Pierre Troisgros *

Barbara Tropp Barbara Tropp (1948-October 26, 2001) was an American orientalist, chef, restaurateur, and food writer. During her career, she operated China Moon restaurant in San Francisco and wrote cookbooks that popularized Chinese cuisine in America. China M ...

* Charlie Trotter * Ming Tsai * Brian Turner * Roger Vergé *

Marc Veyrat 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. Veyrat has obtained a total of nine Michelin Stars and is the first cook to get the pe ...

* Andreas Viestad * Jean-Georges Vongerichten * Tetsuya Wakuda *

Gregg Wallace Gregg Allan Wallace (born 17 October 1964) is an English broadcaster, entrepreneur, media personality, writer and former greengrocer. He is known for co-presenting ''MasterChef'', '' Celebrity MasterChef'' and '' MasterChef: The Professionals'', ...

* Brendan Walsh * Chef Wan * Paul Bentley *

Alice Waters Alice Louise Waters (born April 28, 1944) is an American chef, restaurateur, and author. In 1971 she opened Chez Panisse, a Berkeley, California restaurant famous for its role in creating the farm-to-table movement and for pioneering Calif ...

Jonathan Waxman Jonathan Waxman is an American chef who was one of the pioneers of California cuisine and is credited with being the first to bring its style, fusing French cooking techniques with the freshest local ingredients, to New York. Biography Born in 1 ...

* Annabelle White * Marco Pierre White *

Arlene Williams Arlene Williams (January 9, 1946 – September 20, 2017) was the host of Cornerstone Television's show ''At Home With Arlene Williams''.CTVN

* Bryn Williams * Justin Wilson *

Pierre Wynants Pierre Wynants (born 5 March 1939) is a Belgian chef. He owned and led the ''Comme chez Soi'' restaurant in Brussels. Under his ownership, the restaurant held three Michelin stars from 1979 until 2006. In 2004, he created the menu of the '' O ...

* Martin Yan *

Stephen Yan Stephen Yan (born in Hong Kong) is a Canadian television host. He hosted the Canadian television cooking show for CBC Television, ''Wok with Yan''. The Vancouver-based chef moved to Canada in the 1960s and owned two Chinese restaurants in Vanco ...

* Chan Yan-tak *

Geoffrey Zakarian Geoffrey Zakarian (born July 25, 1959) is an American chef, restaurateur, television personality and author. He is the executive chef of several restaurants in New York City, Atlantic City and Miami. Gillespie, Nick and Amanda Winkler (2013 ...

* Andrew Zimmern

21st century

* Connie Achurra * Samia Ahad *

Noor Al Mazroei Noor Al Mazroei () is a chef and disability rights activist from Qatar, who is an expert on Qatar's culinary heritage. Her specialty is adapting traditional Qatari recipes to provide gluten free and vegan alternatives. She is chef at Rosado Café ...

* Reed Alexander * Rachel Allen *

Ted Allen Edward Reese Allen (born May 20, 1965) is an American author and television personality. He was the food and wine connoisseur on the Bravo network's television program '' Queer Eye'', and has been the host of the TV cooking competition series ' ...

* Anjum Anand *

Shauna Anderson Shauna Anderson is a Native American and African-American restaurateur and author whose work has been accepted into the Smithsonian Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History. Early life Anderson was born in Washington, D.C. ...

* Sunny Anderson * José Andrés * Dave Arnold * Alex Atala * Eric Aubriot * Ed Baines * Andy Baraghani * Dan Barber *

Nieves Barragán Mohacho Nieves Barragán Mohacho is a Spanish chef who holds a Michelin star for her restaurant Sabor, having also achieved one while executive head chef at Barrafina in London, England. Career Nieves Barragán Mohacho was born and raised in the city ...

Danni Barry Danni Barry was the head chef of Eipic restaurant in Northern Ireland and executive chef in Balloo House. She is now executive chef in Ballynahinch Castle, Connemara, Galway. She was the second female Irish chef to hold a Michelin star. In 2016 ...

Tala Bashmi Tala Bashmi ( ar, تاله بشمي; born 1988 or 1989) is a Bahraini chef and restaurateur. Since 2017, she has been chef patron of Fusions by Tala, a restaurant within the Gulf Hotel Bahrain Convention & Spa in Manama. She has also appeared on ...

* Francesco Bellissimo * Emma Bengtsson * Ron Ben-Israel *

Bobo Bergström Bobo Bergström (born September 19, 1964) is a chef and restaurateur based in Rodney Bay, St Lucia. Biography Bergström received his education in Sweden, did Military service and was Sub-Lieutenant for the Swedish Armed Forces. One year managem ...

Gabriele Bertaccini Gabriele Bertaccini (born 18 December 1985) is an Italian chef, television personality, and writer. He is known for his role as the food expert on the Netflix series ''Say I Do''. Life and career Bertaccini was born and raised in Florence to a ...

Jamie Bissonnette James Bissonnette is an American restaurateur and chef. He and Ken Oringer are joint owners of a number of restaurants in Greater Boston area. He is a recipient of the 2014 Best Chef Northeast for the James Beard Foundation Awards, a prestigious ...

Freddie Bitsoie Freddie J. Bitsoie is a Navajo chef and author. He was the Executive Chef for the Mitsitam Native Foods Café at the National Museum of the American Indian. Bitsoie was born in Utah to Diné parents and moved frequently between Albuquerque's Sand ...

* Richard Blais *

April Bloomfield April Bloomfield (born 1974) is a British chef who has opened two New York restaurants: The Spotted Pig (closed January 26, 2020) and The Breslin Bar & Dining Room. Bloomfield had previously worked at several restaurants in the United Kingdom, ...

Justin Bogle Justin Bogle was the executive chef at Gilt restaurant in New York. In 2009, Bogle became the youngest American chef, at age 28, to earn two Michelin stars. Bogle has been described as a quiet, but equally talented version of chef Paul Liebrand ...

Michael Bolster Michael Bolster (born 1967) is an Irish head chef. He was the head chef of the Michelin starred restaurant The Commons Restaurant on St. Stephen's Green in Dublin, Ireland. He was responsible for retaining the star in 1995. The cooking style o ...

* Cristina Bowerman *

Danny Bowien James Daniel Bowien (born 1982) is a chef and restaurateur. He is the founder and owner of Mission Chinese Food in New York City and Brooklyn and co-founder of Mission Chinese Food in San Francisco, California. Bowien is a James Beard Award win ...

* Sean Brock * Frank Bruni * Anne Burrell *

Laura Calder Laura Calder is the author of ''French Food at Home.'' She also wrote the bestselling ''French Taste: Elegant, Everyday, Eating'', which won the 2010 Taste Canada gold medal for Cookbook. Her latest release is ''Dinner Chez Moi: The Fine Art of Fee ...

Gabriela Cámara Gabriela Cámara is a Mexican chef, restaurant owner, and author. Born in Chihuahua City, Cámara grew up in Tepoztlán. In 1998, Cámara opened Contramar, a restaurant specializing in seafood, in Mexico City. She opened the restaurant Cala in ...

David Chang David Chang ( Korean: ; born August 5, 1977) is an American restaurateur, author, podcaster, and television personality. He is the founder of the Momofuku restaurant group. In 2009, Momofuku Ko was awarded two Michelin stars, which the resta ...

* Erchen Chang * Maneet Chauhan * Michael Chiarello * Gianfranco Chiarini * May Chow * Angelo Ciccone * Derry Clarke * Mike Colameco * Tom Colicchio * Scott Conant * Cat Cora * Chris Cosentino *

Denis Cotter Denis Cotter is an Irish celebrity chef, author and proprietor of the acclaimed vegetarian ''Café Paradiso'' restaurant in Cork City. He has published three cookbooks – "Cafe Paradiso Cookbook", "Paradiso Seasons" and "wild garlic, goosebe ...

* Madison Cowan * Carlo Cracco *

Salvatore Cuomo Salvatore Shigeta (born Salvatore Cuomo) is an Italian-born Japanese celebrity chef, restaurateur and media personality, known for his food-focused television shows and cookbooks, and his restaurants across Asia. He is known in Japan as "The ...

Melissa d'Arabian Melissa Donovan d'Arabian is an American cookbook author and television show host. She won the fifth season of ''Food Network Star'' in 2009. Following her victory, she went on to host ''Ten Dollar Dinners'' on Food Network. Early life and edu ...

* Jean-Robert de Cavel *

Paula Deen Paula Ann Hiers Deen (born January 19, 1947) is an American chef, cookbook author, and TV personality. Deen resides in Savannah, Georgia, where she owns and operates The Lady & Sons restaurant and Paula Deen's Creek House with her sons, Jamie ...

* Giada De Laurentiis *

Tiffany Derry Tiffany Derry is an American celebrity chef and restaurateur. She is a Top Chef television series alum, and known for her appearances on '' Cutthroat Kitchen'' and ''Hungry Investors'' ( Spike tv). She is based in Texas. Early life Derry was bor ...

* Traci Des Jardins *

Matt Dowling Matt Dowling may refer to: * Matt Dowling (chef) (born 1945), Irish head chef * Matt Dowling (politician) Matt Dowling is the representative for the 51st District of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. He is a member of the Republican Pa ...

* Martie Duncan * Kevin Dundon * Ali Salem Edbowa * Lillian Elidah *

Graham Elliot Graham Elliot Bowles (born January 4, 1977)Vettel, Phi '' Chicago Tribune'' blog, July 29, 2010 is an American chef, restaurateur, and reality television personality. He first gained recognition in the restaurant business as a three-time nominee ...

Pete Evans Peter Daryl Evans (born 29 August 1973) is an Australian chef, and former television presenter, who was a former judge of the competitive cooking show ''My Kitchen Rules''. Evans has been heavily criticised for spreading misinformation about ...

* Mark Flanagan *

Guy Fieri Guy Ramsay Fieri (, ; '' né'' Ferry; born January 22, 1968) is an American restaurateur, author, and an Emmy Award winning television presenter. He co-owns three restaurants in California, licenses his name to restaurants in New York City, Las ...

Amy Finley Amy Finley (born 1973 in San Diego, California) is an American cook and writer, who was the winner of the third season of ''The Next Food Network Star'' awarded a commitment to host a cooking show on the Food Network. Her program ''The Gourmet Nex ...

Toni Fiore Toni Fiore is an American TV host, cookbook author, and chef, focusing on vegetarian and vegan dishes. Biography Fiore was born to an Italian-American father and a German mother, and spent her teens and 20s in Italy. Fiore is a self-taught chef ...

Marc Forgione Marc Forgione is an American chef who formerly competed in Food Network's '' Iron Chef America'' and is now the owner of Restaurant Marc Forgione in Tribeca, New York City. He was born on December 16, 1978, and raised in Bellerose, New York. C ...

* Lois Ellen Frank * Amanda Freitag *

Catherine Fulvio Catherine Fulvio (née Byrne) is an Irish TV chef, food writer, author, and proprietor of Ballyknockan House and Cookery School. Early life Fulvio was born and raised at Ballyknockan House in Glenealy, County Wicklow. Fulvio is the second ...

Conrad Gallagher Conrad Gallagher (born 12 March 1971) is an Irish-born chef/restaurateur from Letterkenny, County Donegal, based in Dubai since 2016. He was the youngest chef ever awarded a Michelin star at the time, for Peacock Alley in Dublin, at the age of 2 ...

Jose Garces Jose Garces is an Ecuadorian American chef, restaurant owner, and Iron Chef. He was born in Chicago to Ecuadorian parents. He won in the second season of '' The Next Iron Chef''. Garces studied Culinary Arts at Kendall College in Chicago, grad ...

* Nadia Giosia * Duff Goldman * Anette Grecchi Gray *

Suzette Gresham Suzette Gresham, also known as Suzette Gresham-Tognetti, is an American chef. She holds two Michelin stars at her restaurant Acquerello in San Francisco, California. Career Suzette Gresham was hired to work as head chef at The Donatello, a hotel ...

* Sarah Grueneberg * Alexandra Guarnaschelli *

Patrick Guilbaud Patrick Guilbaud is a French professional chef residing in Ireland and the proprietor of that country's most award-winning restaurant, the self-titled Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud. The restaurant, located in Dublin, was the first in the country ...

Christine Hà Christine Huyen Tran Ha ( vi, Hà Huyền Trân; born May 9, 1979) is an American chef, writer and TV host. She is the first blind contestant of '' MasterChef'' and the winner of its third season in 2012. Early and personal life Hà was born a ...

* Elizabeth Haigh * Carla Hall * Anna Hansen * Catherine Healy *

Tanya Holland Tanya Holland (born July 14, 1965) is an American celebrity chef, restaurateur, podcast host, writer, and cookbook author. She is known as an expert of soul food. Holland is an alumna of Bravo TV's '' Top Chef'', where she competed on the 15t ...

* Paul Hollywood * Ching He Huang * Robert Irvine *

Rita Jaima Paru Rita Jaima Paru is a Papua New Guinean food entrepreneur, who previously ran the company Dial-a-Lunch. Career Rita Jaima Paru was born in Papua New Guinea where she went to Marianville High School. She attended the Papua New Guinea University of ...

Colombe Jacobsen Colombe Jacobsen-Derstine (born December 21, 1977) is an American chef and actress. She attended the Natural Gourmet School in New York City, and competed in the 2007 season of ''The Next Food Network Star''. She currently hosts ''Colombe du jour ...

Margot Janse Margot Janse (born 1969, Naarden) is a Dutch chef, best known for her work as head chef of Le Quartier Français in Franschhoek, South Africa. Career Born in Naarden and raised in Bussum in the Netherlands, Margot Janse originally travelled to A ...

* Celia Jiménez *

Pati Jinich Pati may refer to: * Pati, Barwani, in India * Pati (title), an honorific * Pati Regency, Indonesia * Pati River, in Brazil * Patricia, a given name See also

*Patti (disambiguation) *Shital pati, a kind of mat used on beds or floors {{Disam ...

Mikael Jonsson Mikael Jonsson (born 1966) is a Swedish chef and former solicitor who is head chef at the restaurant Hedone in Chiswick, West London. Prior to becoming a chef he was also a food blogger. His restaurant was awarded a Michelin star The Michelin ...

* Matthew Kenney * Tom Kerridge * Karen Keygnaert * Dawar Khan *

Selin Kiazim Selin Kiazim is a British chef of Turkish Cypriot heritage who owns and runs the restaurant Oklava in London. In 2017, she was one of the winners of the BBC Two television series Great British Menu. Career Selin Kiazim was brought up in Southgate ...

Anita Klemensen Anita Klemensen (born 1977) is a Danish chef, who held a Michelin star at New Nordic cuisine restaurant Den Røde Cottage, which she also co-owned. She was the first female Danish chef to win a star. After eight years Klemensen closed the restaur ...

* Florence Knight * Erez Komarovsky * Edward Young-min Kwon *

Kylie Kwong Kylie Jane Kwong (born 31 October 1969) is an Australian television chef, author, television presenter and restaurateur. Early life and education Kwong attended Epping North School and Cheltenham Girls High School. As a third-generation Chine ...

* Thierry Laborde * Annabel Langbein *

Jessica Largey Jessica Largey is an American chef, who was named the Rising Star Chef of the Year at the James Beard Foundation Awards in 2015. She was the opening head chef at restaurant, Simone, in Los Angeles. Career Jessica Largey was raised in Fillmore, Ca ...

Vicky Lau Vicky Lau is the head chef of the two-Michelin star restaurant Tate Dining Room in Hong Kong. In 2015, she was named the Best Female Chef in Asia by Asia's 50 Best Restaurants. Early life Hong Kong-native Vicky Lau moved to the United States at ...

* Katie Lee *

Ludo Lefebvre Ludovic Lefebvre (; born 18 April 1971) is a Michelin-star French chef, restaurateur, author, and television personality. He trained in France for 12 years before moving to Los Angeles. He was awarded the prestigious Forbes Travel Guide Five S ...

Yvan Lemoine The eighth season of the American reality television series ''Food Network Star'' premiered Sunday, May 13, 2012 and consisted of 11 episodes. The format for the eighth season changed to three 5-member teams, each coached by a Food Network host � ...

* Alvin Leung * Nathan Lyon * Shane Lyons * Beau MacMillan * Francis Mallmann *

Neven Maguire Neven Maguire is an Irish celebrity chef and television personality from Blacklion, County Cavan. He is also the head chef and proprietor of the MacNean House and Restaurant. Maguire has published and launched several cookbooks and features ...

Karen Martini Karen Martini (born 20 September 1971) is an Australian chef, restaurateur, writer and television presenter. Early life Martini was born in Greensborough, Victoria and is now living in Melbourne who began cooking at a young age. At 15 she u ...

Nikki Martin Nikki Martin (legal name Nicole Heaps)Twitter / BrendaHe ...

* Daisy Martinez * Nobu Matsuhisa * Jeff Mauro *

Aaron McCargo, Jr. Aaron McCargo Jr. (born July 22, 1971) is an American chef, television personality, and television show host who is best known as the winner of the fourth season of the Food Network's reality television show, ''The Next Food Network Star''. Ear ...

Dylan McGrath Dylan McGrath (born 4 August 1977) is an Irish celebrity head chef. He was the owner of the now defunct Michelin starred restaurant Mint in Dublin which closed as a result of the economic downturn. In August 2010 he opened 'Rustic Stone Restau ...

Lenny McNab Lenny McNab is an American chef who is best known as the winner of the tenth season of the Food Network television series ''Food Network Star''. He defeated runner-up Luca Della Casa on August 10, 2014. Food Network executive Bob Tuschman said t ...

Lorna McNee Lorna McNee is a Scottish chef who was a winner of '' Great British Menu'' in 2019. Early life McNee was born in 1987 and raised in Forres, Scotland. She studied at Moray College before spending two weeks at Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's. She u ...

Claus Meyer Claus Meyer (born 27 December 1963) is a Danish entrepreneur, cook and television host. He is often accredited as the founder of the New Nordic Cuisine philosophy. Projects Claus Meyer has been engaged in a plethora of projects and has been ...

, co-founder of New Danish cuisine * Mary Sue Milliken *

* Saiphin Moore * Dan Mullane *

Marc Murphy Marc Murphy may refer to: * Marc Murphy (footballer) * Marc Murphy (chef) Marc or MARC may refer to: People * Marc (given name), people with the first name * Marc (surname), people with the family name Acronyms * MARC standards, a data format us ...

* Magnus Nilsson * Michel Nischan * Kelsey Nixon * Franco Noriega * Ben O'Donoghue *

Yotam Ottolenghi Yotam Assaf Ottolenghi (born 14 December 1968) is an Israeli-born British chef, restaurateur, and food writer. He is the co-owner of seven delis and restaurants in London and the author of several bestselling cookery books, including ''Ottolengh ...

Enzo Oliveri Vincenzo Oliveri (born 3 February 1963) is an Italian-born celebrity chef who specialises in Italian cuisine. He was born in Palermo in the region of Sicily. He has been a resident of the United Kingdom since moving to England in 1990. Better kn ...

* Martha Ortiz *

James Oseland James Oseland is an American writer, editor and television personality. He is the author and editor-in-chief of ''World Food,'' an acclaimed book series from Ten Speed Press. He served as editor-in-chief of the U.S. food magazine ''Saveur'' from 2 ...

Yianni Papoutsis Yianni Papoutsis ( el, Γιάννη Παπουτσής) is the co-founder and former Creative Director of the Meat chain of restaurants. He previously worked at the English National Ballet as a production technician. The business started as one o ...

* Lorraine Pascale * Mark Peel *

Damaris Phillips Damaris Lennon Phillips (born December 8, 1980) is an American chef and television personality. In 2013 she won the ninth season of the Food Network television series '' Food Network Star''. She hosted the Food Network show ''Southern at Hear ...

Stacey Poon-Kinney Stacey Poon-Kinney is an American chef and restaurateur. She came to prominence as a contestant on the ninth season of the Food Network series '' Food Network Star''. Food Network ''Restaurant: Impossible'' In 2011, Poon-Kinney's restaurant, ...

* Wolfgang Puck *

Titti Qvarnström Titti Qvarnström is a Swedish chef who held a Michelin star at the restaurant Bloom in the Park in Malmö, making Qvarnström the first woman in the Nordic edition of the guide to win a star. Career Titti Qvarnström was born in Malmö, Sweden, ...

Michele Ragussis Michele Ragussis (born November 26, 1969, in Derby, Connecticut) is an American chef. She is best known as a finalist on the eighth season of the Food Network series ''Food Network Star''.

* Wendy Rahamut *

* Rachael Ray * Jay Rayner * René Redzepi, co-founder of New Danish cuisine * Simon Rimmer * Missy Robbins * Daniel Rose * Andre Rush * Declan Ryan *

Jeffrey Saad Jeffrey Saad (born c. 1967) is an American chef, author, restaurant owner, television personality, and real estate broker from Chicago, Illinois. He is currently the host of '' United Tastes of America'' on the Cooking Channel and Estate Director w ...

* Marcus Samuelsson * Aarón Sanchez *

Chris Santos Chris Santos is a New York City chef and the former executive chef and owner of The Stanton Social in New York's Lower East Side. In late 2010, he opened Beauty & Essex, a 250-seat, restaurant in the heart of the lower east side. He is a recurr ...

Benjamin Sargent Benjamin ( he, ''Bīnyāmīn''; "Son of (the) right") blue letter bible: https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h3225/kjv/wlc/0-1/ H3225 - yāmîn - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (kjv) was the last of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's thir ...

* Miyoko Schinner *

Kamilla Seidler Kamilla Seidler (born 1983) is a Danish chef, who is the head chef at restaurant Gustu in La Paz, Bolivia. In 2016, she was named the Best Female chef Latin America's 50 Best Restaurants. Career Kamilla Seidler was born in Copenhagen, Denmark ...

* Aarti Sequeira * Sean Sherman * John Shields * Nancy Silverton *

Gail Simmons Gail Simmons (born May 19, 1976) is a Canadian-American food writing, food writer and cookbook author. She has served as a permanent judge on Bravo's Emmy-winning series ''Top Chef'' since the show's inception in 2006. Simmons was previously the h ...

* Vivek Singh * Donal Skehan * Clare Smyth * Kevin Sousa * Nick Stellino *

Ripudaman Handa Ripudaman Handa is an India celebrity chef, brand ambassador and television personality. He is the winner of ''MasterChef India season 3'', and contested of Nach Baliye Season 6. Handa hosted the TV show ''Junior Masterchef Swaad Ke Ustaad'' a ...

* Jun Tanaka *

Bryant Terry Bryant Terry (born 1974) is an African-American vegan chef, food justice activist, and author. He has written four vegan cookbooks and cowrote a book about organic eating. He won a 2015 James Beard Foundation Leadership Award for his food justi ...

* Haile Thomas * Luke Thomas * Kevin Thornton * Sue Torres * Christina Tosi * Paolo Tullio * Bryan Voltaggio *

Nikola Vuković Nikola Vuković ( sr-cyr, Никола Вуковић; born 5 October 1996) is a Serbian football forward who last played for FK Vršac. Career Metalac Gornji Milanovac Born in Gornji Milanovac, Vuković passed the youth school of Metalac Gornj ...

* Wang Gang * Justin Warner * Valentine Warner *

Emily Watkins Emily Watkins is a British chef at The Kingham Plough gastropub restaurant in Gloucestershire, having previously worked in Florence and at The Fat Duck. She was one of the winners of 2014's season of the ''Great British Menu''. Career Emily Watk ...

Jody Williams Jody Williams (born October 9, 1950) is an American political activist known for her work in banning anti-personnel landmines, her defense of human rights (especially those of women), and her efforts to promote new understandings of securit ...

* Kate Williams * Brooke E. Williamson *

Lee Anne Wong Lee Anne Wong is an American chef, restauranteur, a television culinary producer, and television figure. She has appeared as a competitor on reality television cooking competitions, and she is a ''Top Chef'' television series alum. Wong was based ...

* Sophie Wright *

Seiji Yamamoto is a Japanese chef, who holds five Michelin stars at his restaurants, including Nihonryori RyuGin. His restaurant has been named in The World's 50 Best Restaurants, while he has placed fifth in ''Le Chef''s list of the best chefs in the world. ...

* Aldo Zilli * Suresh Pillai * Tommy Miah * Afroza Naznin Shumi *

Tony Karim Tony Alal Karim Khan is a Bangladeshi chef and hotelier. He has received awards and nominations as a chef. He has appeared as a celebrity cook on television shows. He is previously general manager and director of food and beverages, executive ch ...

* Harlan Goldstein

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