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Hugh Acheson
Chef, Television Personality / 1971 -
Hugh Acheson is a celebrity chef and owner of three restaurants in Georgia. He is also a judge on Top Chef and a cookbook author.
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(1971-)
Chef, Television Personality
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Mario Batali
Chef / 1960 -
Mario Batali is best known for his cooking, in multiple kitchens and on the Food Network.
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(1960-)
Chef
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James Beard
Chef, Writer / 1903 - 1985
James Beard was a chef, television personality and food writer who many consider the father of American-style gourmet cooking.
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(1903-1985)
Chef, Writer
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Anthony Bourdain
Chef / 1956 -
Chef, TV host, author. Chef Anthony Bourdain moved out of the kitchen to become a bestselling author and TV personality, gaining wider fame with his unique culinary worldview.
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(1956-)
Chef
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Alton Brown
Chef, Television Personality, Writer / 1962 -
Alton Brown is best known as a celebrity chef, best-selling author and award-winning Food Network star.
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(1962-)
Chef, Television Personality, Writer
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Marie-Antoine Carême
Chef / 1784 - 1833
Marie-Antoine is best known for his grand cooking style for European royalty, typically known as haute cuisine.
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(1784-1833)
Chef
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Julia Child
Chef, Television Personality, Journalist / 1912 - 2004
TV chef and author Julia Child adapted complex French cooking for everyday Americans, with her groundbreaking cookbook Mastering the Art of French Cooking.
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(1912-2004)
Chef, Television Personality, Journalist
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Tom Colicchio
Chef / 1962 -
Tom Colicchio is a restaurateur and author who stars in the award-winning reality TV show Top Chef.
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(1962-)
Chef
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Giada De Laurentiis
Chef, Television Personality / 1970 -
Giada De Laurentiis has won over TV audiences with her appetizing and accessible cooking shows, including Everyday Italian and Giada at Home.
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(1970-)
Chef, Television Personality
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Paula Deen
Chef, Television Personality / 1947 -
Paula Deen is best known for her Food Network shows on Southern cooking, including Paula's Home Cooking, Paula's Party and Paula's Best Dishes.
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(1947-)
Chef, Television Personality
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Rocco DiSpirito
Chef, Radio Talk Show Host, Reality Television Star / 1966 -
Rocco DiSpirito is an American celebrity chef best known for his cooking show The Melting Pot and reality show The Restaurant.
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(1966-)
Chef, Radio Talk Show Host, Reality Television Star
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Auguste Escoffier
Chef / 1846 - 1935
French chef Auguste Escoffier reformed grande cuisine and made cooking a respected profession with his book, Le Guide Culinaire.
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(1846-1935)
Chef
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Guy Fieri
Chef, Television Personality / 1968 -
A winner of Next Food Network Star, Guy Fieri now hosts several television shows, including Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.
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(1968-)
Chef, Television Personality
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Bobby Flay
Chef / 1964 -
Bobby Flay's frequent appearances and shows on the Food Network have now made him one of America's best known chefs.
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(1964-)
Chef
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Tyler Florence
Chef, Television Personality, Writer / 1971 -
Tyler Florence is best known for hosting Food Network's Food 911, How to Boil Water, Tyler's Ultimate and The Great Food Truck Race.
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(1971-)
Chef, Television Personality, Writer
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Bethenny Frankel
Entrepreneur, Chef, Talk Show Host, Reality Television Star, Journalist, Author / 1970 -
Bethenny Frankel starred on the reality-TV show The Real Housewives of New York City and two spinoffs. She also launched the brand Skinnygirl.
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(1970-)
Entrepreneur, Chef, Talk Show Host, Reality Television Star, Journalist, Author
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Graham Kerr
Chef, Television Personality / 1934 -
British chef and television personality Graham Kerr has hosted numerous cooking shows that enjoyed popularity in both the U.K. and America.
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(1934-)
Chef, Television Personality
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Emeril Lagasse
Chef / 1959 -
Emeril Lagasse is a celebrity chef best known as the host of the television show Emeril Live, his lines of products and restaurants, and his catchphrases.
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(1959-)
Chef
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Padma Lakshmi
Film Actress, Chef, Model, Reality Television Star, Author / 1970 -
Padma Lakshmi may be best known as a model and the host of Top Chef, but she also launched her own jewelry and kitchenware line.
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(1970-)
Film Actress, Chef, Model, Reality Television Star, Author
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Sandra Lee
Chef, Television Personality, Writer / 1966 -
Sandra Lee is best known for hosting the Food Network shows Semi-Homemade Cooking and Sandra's Money Saving Meals. She is also the girlfriend of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.
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(1966-)
Chef, Television Personality, Writer
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Jamie Oliver
Chef, Television Personality / 1975 -
Jamie Oliver is a British chef best known for his television series The Naked Chef and for campaigning for healthier diets in school children.
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(1975-)
Chef, Television Personality
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Wolfgang Puck
Chef, Television Personality, Journalist / 1949 -
Wolfgang Puck is a chef who expanded his purview into running restaurants, writing cookbooks and hosting cooking shows.
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(1949-)
Chef, Television Personality, Journalist
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Jacques Pépin
Chef / 1935 -
Jacques Pépin is a chef and the host of cooking shows on public television. He is also an author, columnist and former guest judge on the Bravo show Top Chef.
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(1935-)
Chef
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Gordon Ramsay
Chef, Television Personality / 1966 -
Hot-tempered chef Gordon Ramsay owns a number of successful restaurants but is best known as the star of television series Hell's Kitchen.
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(1966-)
Chef, Television Personality
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Rachael Ray
Entrepreneur, Chef, Philanthropist, Television Personality / 1968 -
Celebrity chef Rachael Ray has hosted Food Network shows, authored lots of cookbooks, and has her own nationally syndicated television talk show, Rachael Ray.
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(1968-)
Entrepreneur, Chef, Philanthropist, Television Personality
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Colonel Harland Sanders
Entrepreneur, Chef / 1890 - 1980
Colonel Sanders is best known for creating a fried chicken recipe that would become the world's fast-food chicken chain, Kentucky Fried Chicken.
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(1890-1980)
Entrepreneur, Chef
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Gail Simmons
Chef, Television Personality / 1976 -
Gail Simmons has worked as host of Top Chef: Just Desserts and a judge on Top Chef. A food writer and expert, she has also worked as a special projects manager at Food & Wine.
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(1976-)
Chef, Television Personality
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Curtis Stone
Chef, Television Personality / 1975 -
Curtis Stone is best known as the co-host of Bravo's Top Chef Masters and Around the World in 80 Plates.
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(1975-)
Chef, Television Personality
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Chef Tell
Chef, Television Personality / 1943 - 2007
Chef Tell was one of the first culinary celebrities, giving cooking demonstrations on television beginning in the 1970s.
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(1943-2007)
Chef, Television Personality
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Dave Thomas
Entrepreneur, Chef, Television Personality / 1932 - 2002
Dave Thomas is the founder of the hamburger chain Wendy's and was their TV spokesman starting in 1989.
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(1932-2002)
Entrepreneur, Chef, Television Personality
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Jacques Torres
Chef / 1960 -
Pastry chef Jacques Torres is best known for his mastery of cooking and baking with chocolate. He is often referred to as "Mr. Chocolate" and owns seven chocolate shops.
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(1960-)
Chef