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Facts

Born Bourg-en-Bresse • France
Awards And Honors Emmy Award (2001)
Notable Works “Art of the Chicken: A Master Chef’s Paintings, Stories, and Recipes of the Humble Bird” • “La Methode” • “La Technique”

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American television cook and author Ina Garten smiles while posing for a photograph at 2015 Time 100 Gala in New York City. She is wearing a black dress and a pearl necklace.
Ina Garten
American chef, television personality, and author
Julia Child
Julia Child
American cook, author, and television personality
Madhur Jaffrey
Madhur Jaffrey
Indian-born actress, chef, and writer
British chef and restaurateur Gordon Ramsay
Gordon Ramsay
Scottish chef and restaurateur
Paula Deen smiling outdoors, wearing a red patterned shawl, white ruffled blouse, and red beaded necklace.
Paula Deen
American chef
Jamie Oliver
Jamie Oliver
British chef
Auguste Escoffier
Auguste Escoffier
French chef
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Marie-Antoine Carême
French chef
Paul Bocuse
Paul Bocuse
French chef
Thomas Keller
Thomas Keller
American chef and restaurateur
James Beard, a bald white man in a suit, stands in his kitchen holding two baking pans.
James Beard
American culinary expert and cookbook author
Mario Batali
Mario Batali
American chef, television personality, and author
American chef Grant Achatz in 2016, wearing a dark blazer and blue shirt, standing in front of a white background with a black circular logo.
Grant Achatz
American chef
Rachael Ray smiles while holding her cookbook Week in a Day at a book signing event, seated at a table with chairs and books in the background.
Rachael Ray
American chef and television personality
Chef Bobby Flay
Bobby Flay
American chef and restaurateur
Chef Emeril Lagasse smiling and wearing a white chef coat at a Vegas Uncork'd event, with a blue backdrop featuring event and sponsor logos.
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Lizzie Black Kander
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Fannie Farmer
American editor
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Marcus Gavius Apicius
Roman merchant and epicure
Kurihara Harumi, 2004
Kurihara Harumi
Japanese chef