"books in France, and wrote a daily recipe for France-Soir for many years. She is played by American actress Helen Carey in the 2009 film ""Julie & Julia"". Louisette Bertholle Louisette Bertholle (26 October 1905 – 26 November 1999) was a French chef and author, best known as one of the three authors (with Julia Child and Simone Beck) of the bestselling cookbook ""Mastering the Art of French Cooking"". She was born Louisette Remion on October 26, 1905. Sometime after 1928, she married Paul Bertholle, a businessman. After World War II, Louisette Bertholle, who had the idea of writing a"
"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 Feeding Friends"". Calder was host of the James Beard Award-winning series ""French Food at Home"", airing on Food Network Canada, The Cooking Channel, and other international stations. She is also a judge on ""Recipe to Riches"", a reality series on Food Network Canada, and has been a guest judge on both ""Top Chef Canada"" and ""Iron Chef"
"presents recipes and a detailed look at classic French pastries. It includes anecdotes from Pfeiffer about growing up in a bakery family, and lessons learned in his years as an apprentice. The book won the 2014 James Beard Foundation Book Award for Best Cookbook in the Baking and Dessert category, and the 2014 International Association of Culinary Professionals Award for Best Cookbook in the Baking category. Pfeiffer lives in Chicago and has one daughter. Jacquy Pfeiffer Jacquy Pfeiffer (born 1961) is a French master pastry chef and teacher. He co-founded the French Pastry School in Chicago, and co-authored ""The Art"
"en cuisine"" on French channel M6 in 2011. The show is the French language equivalent of Gordon Ramsay's British and American television shows ""Kitchen Nightmares"". Etchebest prefers to know as little as possible in advance about each restaurant visited in the show in order to keep his reactions spontaneous. Since 2015, he had also become to be member of the jury in Top Chef's French adaptation, aired on M6 . He has a son named Louis Oscar, and is married to Dominique. Philippe Etchebest Philippe Etchebest (born 2 December 1966) is a French chef. He was awarded two Michelin stars"
"MasterChef France MasterChef France is a French television series broadcast on TF1 in France. It premiered on August 19, 2010. It is produced by Shine France and TF1 and has run for four seasons. The original presenter, Carole Rousseau, was controversially removed from the programme in 2013. Michel Roux Jr, a judge in the original British series, has stated that he believes the British ""MasterChef"" should be more ambitious and emulate some of the content of the French version. A large number of amateur chefs compete in the ""MasterChef France"" kitchen to impress three judges in order to become the"
"of the book in the introduction. The cookbook includes 524 recipes. Some classic French baking is also included, but baking received a more thorough treatment in Volume 2, published in 1970. Volume 1 of ""Mastering the Art of French Cooking"" received overwhelmingly positive reviews when it was first released in 1961. In the ""New York Times"", Craig Claiborne wrote that the recipes in the book ""are glorious, whether they are for a simple egg in aspic or for a fish souffle,"" and that it ""is not a book for those with a superficial interest in food...but for those who take"
"learnt to prepare small dishes to please her partner, the photographer Jean-Marie Périer. She published in 1999 her first cookbook titled ""La Cuisine de Julie"" and became in 2000 a food critic for the ""Guide Lebey"". Since 2001, she has hosted several radio and television programs on cooking: Since September 2009, she has been a food columnist in the daily television program ""C à vous"" presented by Alessandra Sublet on France 5, preparing almost every evening a recipe during the show. In 2012, she replaced Alessandra Sublet during her pregnancy by hosting the program every Friday. She also collaborates on"
"Paul Taff Paul Kenneth Taff (January 21, 1920 in Glastonbury, Connecticut – January 3, 2013) was an American television executive, executive producer, and television producer with PBS. His credits included ""Mister Rogers' Neighborhood"". Taff spearheaded the funding for Julia Child's first cooking show, ""The French Chef"", which allowed the show to be aired nationwide and launched Child's television career. He was one of seven children born to Benjamin Harrison Taff and Louise Ada Wehmeier. Taff graduated from Belleville High School and from Millikin University. He later received a master's degree from Northwestern University and an honorary doctorate of humane letters"
"various television programs such as ""Un dîner presque parfait"" (the French version of ""Come Dine with Me"") and ""100% mag"" on M6. Since 2010, he is a member of the jury in the French version of ""Top Chef"" on the same channel. Jean-François Piège Jean-François Piège (born 25 September 1970) is a French chef, two stars at the Guide Michelin. In 1991, he started working as a chef assistant for ten months at the Palais de l'Élysée during his military service. He worked notably with Bernard Vaussion, sous-chef at that time. After having worked with famous other chefs for several"
"communications. In 2004, she moved to New York City and attended the French Culinary Institute; she graduated in November 2005. Along with being a private cook, she spent time working on culinary production teams for several cooking series, including Food Network’s ""Easy Entertaining with Michael Chiarello"" and PBS's ""Everyday Baking for Everyday Food"". Claire Robinson Claire Robinson is a television host, author and cook. She graduated from the French Culinary Institute in 2005 and was a television host of the Food Network series ""5 Ingredient Fix"". On April 4, 2010, she debuted as the new host of Food Network Challenge"
"the University of West London, London School of Hospitality and Tourism along with Michel Roux, Raymond Blanc and Anton Mosimann. On 10 June 2013, Martin was honoured with The Craft Guild of Chefs Special Award. James Martin (chef) James Martin (born 30 June 1972) is a British chef and television presenter, best known for his television work with the BBC and ITV. Martin presented the BBC cookery series ""Saturday Kitchen"" from 2006 until 2016, before leaving the BBC. More recently, Martin has presented ""James Martin's French Adventure"" (2017), ""Saturday Morning with James Martin"" (2017–present) and ""James Martin's American Adventure"" (2018)"
"homes."" In May 1966, her show won a Primetime Emmy Award for Achievements in Educational Television – Individuals. The August 27, 1968 episode of ""The French Chef"" (rerun from an episode sometime in 1965) ended with the unexpected collapse of an Apple Charlotte. The October 31, 1971 episode of ""The French Chef"" (on its ninth anniversary) was the first U.S. television show to be captioned for deaf viewers. The show was produced by Ruth Lockwood and directed by Russell Morash, Russell Fortier, David Griffiths and David B. Atwood. Film composer John Morris wrote the 2nd theme song of The French"
"differs from ""Mastering the Art of French Cooking"" in numerous ways. While ""Mastering"" was a collaboration that co-authors Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle had gotten underway before Child's involvement, ""The Way To Cook"" was a solo work written entirely by Child during the late 1980s. Another difference was that ""The Way To Cook"" did not focus entirely on French cuisine, on which her reputation had been built, but added a substantial number of recipes for traditional American dishes, especially those of New England, where Child's mother had come from and where Child had spent much of her life. In this,"
""" (2000) and ""Simple Pleasures : Home Cooking from the Gotham Bar and Grill's Acclaimed Chef "" (2004). He has also made television appearances, most notably as a guest judge on the episode of Top Chef originally broadcast on June 27, 2007 and as a featured chef with Julia Child in her PBS series “Cooking with Master Chefs” on December 16, 1995. Cooking by the Book – Alfred Portale Alfred Portale Alfred Portale (born July 5, 1954 in Buffalo, NY) is an American chef, author and restaurateur known as a pioneer in the New American cuisine movement. After graduating top"
"left the position to enroll in a cooking school in Vancouver at the Dubrulle Culinary Institute. She later honed her cooking skills at the Ecole de Cuisine La Varenne in France. Paris Express: simple food from the city of style, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. 2014 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 Feeding Friends"". Calder was host of the James Beard Award-winning series ""French Food"
"is currently a columnist for RTL and the magazine ""L'Optimum"". Since 2010, he is a member of the jury in the French version ""MasterChef"" on TF1. He is the only food critic among the chefs Frédéric Anton, Yves Camdeborde and Amandine Chaignot (since 2013). He is fluent in English and also appeared as a special guest in the episode 18 of the second season of ""MasterChef US"". Sébastien Demorand Sébastien Demorand (born August 4, 1969) is a French journalist and food critic. Sébastien Demorand was born in Harare, Zimbabwe, the son of diplomat Jacques Demorand, who worked in the United"
"Sweets"", which aired on Cooking Channel USA. She is also a frequent judge on ""Donut Showdown"" and ""Sugar Showdown"". Harry Eastwood Harriet ""Harry"" Eastwood is a British-born chef and cookbook author living in Paris. She co-hosted the Channel 4 cooking-themed television series ""Cook Yourself Thin"" in 2007; She went on to present the US version of the show and co-wrote the accompanying cookbook, which later became The New York Times bestseller. Harry has since written four more cookery books, ""Red Velvet & Chocolate Heartache"" – which has sold more than 42,000 copies, ""The Skinny French Kitchen"" – which was nominated"
"he serves as Executive Culinary Director. He received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Boston University on May 22, 2011. In October 2011, Pépin was the recipient of the first-ever tribute dinner at the New York Food and Wine Festival. Cooking for Pépin at the event, hosted by Martha Stewart, were some of America's best-known French chefs including Alain Ducasse, Daniel Boulud, and others. In May 2017, Pépin received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Columbia University. Jacques Pépin Jacques Pépin (; born December 18, 1935) is an internationally recognized French-born American chef, television personality, and author."
"French Chef"" had its debut on February 11, 1963, on WGBH and was immediately successful. The show ran nationally for ten years and won Peabody and Emmy Awards, including the first Emmy award for an educational program. Though she was not the first television cook, Child was the most widely seen. She attracted the broadest audience with her cheery enthusiasm, distinctively warbly voice, and unpatronizing, unaffected manner. In 1972, ""The French Chef"" became the first television program to be captioned for the deaf, even though this was done using the preliminary technology of open-captioning. Child's second book, ""The French Chef"
"Harry Eastwood Harriet ""Harry"" Eastwood is a British-born chef and cookbook author living in Paris. She co-hosted the Channel 4 cooking-themed television series ""Cook Yourself Thin"" in 2007; She went on to present the US version of the show and co-wrote the accompanying cookbook, which later became The New York Times bestseller. Harry has since written four more cookery books, ""Red Velvet & Chocolate Heartache"" – which has sold more than 42,000 copies, ""The Skinny French Kitchen"" – which was nominated for the prestigious Guild of Food Writers Miriam Poulnin Award for Healthy Eating, and ""A Salad for All Seasons."""
"and Jérôme Bocuse. Marie LeNôtre Marie Lenotre (born 1945) is a French-American higher education administrator and the co-founder and director of the Culinary Institute Lenotre. Lenotre is married to Alain Lenotre. The couple co-founded the Culinary Institute Lenotre in 1998. Lenotre is the author of ""Appetites, a Memoir"". In her book, she tells about her life with Alain Lenotre, their business history and their journey to the United States. Marie Lenotre has a bachelor's degree in drama from the University of Athens in Greece, a bachelor's degree in psychology and a master's degree in English & creative writing both from"
"for his chain of Howard Johnson's restaurants, while Pépin was attending Columbia University. Pépin received his B.A. degree from Columbia University's School of General Studies in 1970 and his M.A. in French literature from the Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in 1972. Pépin has starred in numerous television shows. The success of his book ""La Technique"", used to this day as a textbook for teaching the fundamentals of French cuisine, prompted him to launch a televised version resulting in a 1997 PBS series, ""The Complete Pépin"". Relaunched on PBS ten years after its initial run, the series included"
"Martin Picard Martin Picard (born November 20, 1966) is a Canadian chef, author and television personality. Picard is the author of ""Au Pied de Cochon Sugar Shack"", including 100 recipes including maple tree products. He has hosted the Food Network (Canada) show 'The Wild Chef'. He appeared on Anthony Bourdain's show """" during the ""Quebec"" episode that aired April 17, 2006; a visit to a duck farm and then foie gras at Picard's restaurant Au Pied de Cochon in Montreal, Quebec. ""Time (magazine)"" referred to his restaurant as a ""bastion of excess beloved by Anthony Bourdain and other gastronomes."" Picard"
"Jacques Pépin Jacques Pépin (; born December 18, 1935) is an internationally recognized French-born American chef, television personality, and author. Since the late 1980s, he has appeared on French and American television and written an array of cookbooks that have become best sellers. Pépin, the second of three sons, was born in 1935 in Bourg-en-Bresse, near Lyon in France. After World War II, his parents, Jeannette and Jean-Victor Pépin, owned the restaurant Le Pélican, where Pépin worked and later became known for his love for food. He went on to work in Paris, training under Lucien Diat at the Plaza"
"Franc Roddam Francis George ""Franc"" Roddam (born 29 April 1946) is an English film director, businessman, screenwriter, television producer and publisher. Roddam's films include ""Quadrophenia"", ""K2"", ""Aria"", ""The Lords of Discipline"" and ""War Party"". He created the worldwide TV phenomenon, ""MasterChef"", which is shown in 200 countries worldwide and there are 47 locally produced versions. He also produced formats for ""Auf Wiedersehen, Pet"", ""Making Out"", and ""Harry"", all of which were highly successful TV dramas. He directed the award-winning TV drama ""Dummy"", which won the prestigious Prix Italia Drama Prize. He directed the Grammy-nominated/Golden Globe nominated US mini-series ""Moby Dick"""
"the film ""Julie & Julia"" with Meryl Streep and Amy Adams. Avis DeVoto Avis DeVoto (May 22, 1904 – 1989) was an American culinary editor, book reviewer and cook. She was highly influential in editing and guiding two famous cookbooks to publication: Julia Child's ""Mastering the Art of French Cooking"" and British food writer Elizabeth David's ""Italian Food"". Avis MacVicar DeVoto was born in Houghton, Michigan, on May 22, 1904. She attended Northwestern University and at the end of her freshman year in 1923, she married American historian Bernard DeVoto, who had been her English instructor. The DeVotos remained in"
"reviewing the book for ""Life"", wrote that Volume 2 was ""a classic continued,"" and made the contents of Volume 1 look like ""mud-pie stuff,"" while Raymond Sokolov wrote that ""it is without rival, the finest gourmet cookbook for the non-chef in the history of American stomachs."" The ""New York Times""' review was mixed, with critic Nika Hazelton praising the book for being ""elegant and accurate,"" but criticized it for being too interested in minutia and theory to be useful for the home cook. Learning French cooking from ""Mastering the Art of French Cooking"", she wrote, would be akin to ""learning"
"with Sally Sampson, and ""Cooking in Everyday English"", published by Simon & Schuster and Time Home Entertainment Inc.. In December 2012, the Todd English, P.U.B. restaurant in Las Vegas was inducted into the Culinary Hall of Fame. Todd English William Todd English (born August 29, 1960) is an American celebrity chef, restaurateur, author, and television personality, based in Boston, Massachusetts. He hosted the TV cooking show, ""Food Trip with Todd English"", on PBS. In 2005 he was a judge on the PBS show ""Cooking Under Fire"". His life and career received a chapter in ""Super Chef"" by Juliette Rossant who"
"of the French version of ""MasterChef"" with chefs Frédéric Anton, Yves Camdeborde and journalist Sébastien Demorand. She also appeared as a guest in the previous season in 2012. Amandine Chaignot Amandine Chaignot (born 1 May 1979) is a French cooking chef. She is currently the Executive Chef at the Rosewood London hotel. The daughter of a scientist, Amandine was an excellent student, first in her class, who obtained her high school final exam one year in advance. In 1996, she began studying in pharmacy at the Faculté de Pharmacie but quit in 1998 and reoriented herself in culinary training. She"
"Govind Armstrong Govind Armstrong (born November 19, 1968 in California) is an American chef who specializes in California Cuisine. He has appeared on the Bravo series ""Top Chef"" as a guest judge as well as the Food Network series ""Iron Chef America"" as a contestant. He is also the author of the cookbook ""Small Bites, Big Nights: Seductive Little Plates for Intimate Occasions and Lavish Parties"". Armstrong began his culinary training at the age of 13 at Wolfgang Puck's Spago restaurant in West Hollywood. Additionally, he has worked under Juan Mari Arzak of Arzak in San Sebastián, Spain. Currently, Armstrong"
"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 regional James Beard Award winner, known for his mastery of Creole and Cajun cuisine and his self-developed ""New New Orleans"" style. He has appeared on a wide variety of cooking TV shows, including the long-running Food Network shows ""Emeril Live"" and ""Essence of Emeril"". On those shows he pioneered several catchphrases he is associated with, including ""Kick it up"
"French Food at Home French Food at Home is a James Beard Foundation Award-winning cooking show presented by Laura Calder. It is filmed in Halifax, Nova Scotia and airs on Food Network Canada, the Asian Food Channel, and the Cooking Channel. French Food at Home is a lifestyle series featuring simple French home cooking which anyone, anywhere, can make. All 78 episodes were shot in a home kitchen in Canada and include scenes of France (filmed in France) such as trips to the market and glimpses of everyday French food life. Music for the show was composed by Mike O'Neill."
"Gastronomie Magazine"" : publishes a monthly column called Tanganyika from 1996 to 1998 - ""New York Times"" : publishes 8 weekly columns in 2001 - ""Zeste"" : publishes a 5-page column in each issue starting from September 2012. From 2006 onwards, he has been designing and hosting “Jeux de Goûts”, a TV show produced and broadcast by TV channels Odyssée and Cuisine TV. This programme is about explaining how he is capable of finding the rights seasoning using cheap and easy to find ingredients, therefore enabling the inexperienced cook to conceive a quality seasoning by working on taste. He also"