LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known 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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