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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Ferrán Adrià
Chef
14-May-1962   El Bulli
Nicolas Appert
Inventor
17-Nov-1749 3-Jun-1841 Food preservation
Mario Batali
Chef
9-Sep-1960   TV chef
James Beard
Chef
5-May-1903 23-Jan-1985 First prominent TV chef
Mark Bittman
Chef
c. 1950   The Minimalist
Heston Blumenthal
Chef
17-May-1966   The Fat Duck
Paul Bocuse
Chef
11-Feb-1926   Bocuse d'Or, nouvelle cuisine
Hector Boiardi
Chef
22-Oct-1897 21-Jun-1985 Chef Boy-Ar-Dee
Anthony Bourdain
Chef
25-Jun-1956   Kitchen Confidential
Alton Brown
TV Personality
30-Jul-1962   Good Eats host
Anne Burrell
Chef
21-Sep-1969   Secrets of a Restaurant Chef
Julia Child
Chef
15-Aug-1912 13-Aug-2004 Haute cuisine with a unique voice
Tom Colicchio
Chef
15-Aug-1962   Head Judge, Top Chef
Cat Cora
Chef
c. 1968   Iron Chef America
Paula Deen
Chef
19-Jan-1947   Paula's Home Cooking
Giada De Laurentiis
Chef
22-Aug-1970   Everyday Italian
Rocco DiSpirito
Chef
19-Nov-1966   The Restaurant
Wylie Dufresne
Chef
1970   WD-50
Auguste Escoffier
Chef
28-Oct-1846 12-Feb-1935 Emperor of chefs
Bobby Flay
Chef
10-Dec-1964   Southwestern cuisine impresario
Tyler Florence
Chef
3-Mar-1971   Food 911 on the Food Network
Ina Garten
Chef
2-Feb-1948   Barefoot Contessa
Duff Goldman
Chef
17-Dec-1974   Ace of Cakes
Robert Irvine
Chef
24-Sep-1965   Dinner: Impossible
Yutake Ishinabe
Chef
1948   The original Iron Chef French
Thomas Keller
Chef
14-Oct-1955   The French Laundry, Per Se
Chen Kenichi
Chef
1956   Iron Chef Chinese
Graham Kerr
Chef
22-Jan-1934   The Galloping Gourmet
Masahiko Kobe
Chef
1970   Iron Chef Italian
Nicholas Kurti
Physicist
14-May-1908 24-Nov-1998 Molecular gastronomy
Emeril Lagasse
Chef
15-Oct-1959   Chef, TV show host, restaurateur
Nigella Lawson
Chef
6-Jan-1960   UK's domestic goddess
Typhoid Mary
Chef
22-Sep-1869 11-Nov-1938 Notorious typhoid carrier
Harold McGee
Author
1951   On Food and Cooking
Rokusaburo Michiba
Chef
3-Jan-1931   The original Iron Chef Japanese
Masaharu Morimoto
Chef
26-May-1955   Iron Chef Japanese
Koumei Nakamura
Chef
1947   The second Iron Chef Japanese
Jamie Oliver
Chef
27-May-1975   The Naked Chef
Charlie Palmer
Chef
c. 1960   Aureole
Jacques Pépin
Chef
18-Dec-1935   Frequent Julia Child collaborator
Paul Prudhomme
Chef
13-Jul-1940   Louisiana chef with magic seasoning blends
Wolfgang Puck
Chef
8-Jan-1949   Spago restaurant
Gordon Ramsay
Chef
8-Nov-1966   Hell's Kitchen
Rachael Ray
TV Personality
25-Aug-1968   30 Minute Meals
René Redzepi
Chef
16-Dec-1977   Noma, Copenhagen
Hiroyuki Sakai
Chef
1942   Iron Chef French
Walter Scheib
Chef
3-May-1954   White House Chef, 1994-2005
Mary See
Chef
15-Sep-1854 31-Jul-1939 Confectioner
Jeff Smith
Chef
22-Jan-1939 7-Jul-2004 Former TV chef, alleged child molester
Andre Soltner
Chef
20-Nov-1932   Chief chef, Lutece
Jacques Torres
Chef
c. 1960   Chocolatier nonpareil
Charlie Trotter
Chef
c. 1959   Famous Chicago chef
Jean-Georges Vongerichten
Chef
16-Mar-1957   JoJo
Ruth Graves Wakefield
Chef
17-Jun-1903 10-Jan-1977 Accidental inventor of chocolate chip cookies
Alice Waters
Chef
28-Apr-1944   Chez Panisse
Martin Yan
Chef
1949   Yan Can Cook



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