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Aaron, Louis

Louis AaronWestside Drive-In, andChef Lou's at 8th StreetBoise IDtaped atSam Houston'sKerrville, TX Chef Lou's at 8th Street is new, but Louis Aaron's Westside Drive-In has been around for 10+ years. Aaron brings his Texas experience with him, offering signature grilled dishes. Read More

Adams, Jamie

Jamie Adams Veni Vidi Vici Atlanta GA http://www.buckheadrestaurants.com Tasting the deep Italian flavors at Veni, Vidi, Vici, you would never suspect that executive chef Jamie Adams was born and raised in Atlanta. Following studies in English at Georgia State University, he worked his way through the restaurants, hotels, and resorts of Italy while indulging his passion for Italian food [...] Read More

Adams, Jody

Jody Adams Rialto taped at Michela’s Cambridge MA http://www.rialto-restaurant.com When a young child grows up without television, great things can happen. That was certainly the case for Jody Adams, whose interest in cooking was sparked at an early age. ‚“We were a family without a TV. I think that left a lot of room and time to do things that [...] Read More

Ader, Tim

Hisako Roberts and Tim Ader The Salt Lick Bar BQ Driftwood TX http://www.saltlickbbq.com When Hisako and Thurman Roberts´ children became of school age, the Texas native and his Hawaiian-born wife decided to change their nomadic life of traveling around the state while he built bridges. They drew up a list of what they could do to support the family from [...] Read More

Adria, Ferran

Ferran Adria El Bulli Catalunya, Spain http://www.elbulli.com Spray-on sauces, appetizers in plastic tubes, cocktail cubes ‚Äî close to the Spanish village of Cadaques, where Picasso viewed the world in cubes and Dali imagined timepieces dripping from trees, Chef Ferran Adr√≠a seems to have invited the region´s mind-altering Zeitgeist into the kitchen. El Bulli, his iconic restaurant, is near the sea, [...] Read More

Aikens, Tom

Tom AikensTom Aikens; Tom Aikens; Tom's KitchenChelsea, UKtaped at Pied a Terre, London http://www.tomaikens.co.uk Tom Aikens and his twin brother Robert, who now works with him, decided on culinary school "because you didn't need any exams to get in." Working for the best chefs — Joel Robuchon, Richard Neat, Pierre Koffman — he honed his [...] Read More

Albin, Jean-Luc

Jean-Luc Albin Maurice French Pastries Metairie LA http://www.mauricefrenchpastries.com The world of food has carried Jean-Luc Albin from France to America by way of Bermuda and through a series of jobs in large operations and small. Some might be surprised to find the former hotel food and beverage director now running a bakery in a suburb of New Orleans — [...] Read More

Albrecht, Paul

Paul AlbrechtPaul's Restaurant-Bar-SushiPhilippe's taped at Pano's and Paul'sAtlanta GAhttp://www.thechefpaul.com Since the day he opened Pano’s and Paul’s, Paul Albrecht has been revolutionizing dining in Atlanta. Today, two decades plus later, he and his partner, Pano Karatassos, head their Buckhead Life Restaurant Group, which includes nine of the city’s flourishing restaurants and food operations. Albrecht began [...] Read More

Albrecht, Werner

Werner Albrechtas taped atThe French Room, The Four Seasons Clift HotelSan Francisco, CA to be updated Read More

Alderson, Scott

Scott Alderson Past Perfect, Nashville TN taped at Criolla’s, Grayton Beach FL http://www.pastperfectnashville.com Scott Alderson, chef at Past Perfect in Nashville, likes to think of his cooking as a kind of new Florida fare, the result of years of study at some of the South´s finest restaurants. A graduate of the Asheville-Buncombe Community College in Asheville, North Carolina, Alderson [...] Read More

Alix, Thierry

Thierry AlixSens et Bund, Shanghaitaped at La Samanna Resort, St. Martin Executive chef Thierry Alix was inspired by his world travels when creating his innovative cuisine at La Samanna. Alix’ cooking is based in traditional French cuisine that has been accented with native Caribbean and Creole spices. Before working at La Samanna, Alix served as executive chef [...] Read More

Anderson, Lisa

taped atGerard’s DowntownNew Orleans LA A California native, Lisa Anderson graduated with a degree in Hotel and Restaurant Management from California Polytechnical Institute in Pomona, then studied at the Culinary Institute of America. While at the CIA, she visited New Orleans, working for her externship requirements at Mr. B’s Bistro, one of the celebrated group of [...] Read More

Antonucci, Francesco

Francesco AntonucciRemiNew Yorik NY New York’s Remi was rated the best Italian restaurant in the United States by Luigi Veronelli, Italy’s premier food writer. The credit goes to Remi’s Venetian-born co-owner and chef Francesco Antonucci, whose Northern Italian cuisine and experimental savvy have kept customers and critics raving since its opening in 1987. One critic described [...] Read More

Anzalone, Renee

Renee Anzaloneas taped atBound'ry RestaurantNashville, TN Read More

Apostle, Nick

Nick ApostleNick'sJackson MShttp://www.nicksrestaurant.com Nick Apostle grew up in the restaurant business, working in his father’s restaurant during his high school and college years. After graduating with a business degree from the University of Mississippi, Apostle went to work full-time at his father’s place, Paul’s Restaurant. He remained there until 1983 when he opened his present [...] Read More

Apuzzo, Andrea

Andrea Apuzzo Andrea’s Metairie LA http://www.andreasrestaurant.com Andrea — that´s pronounced An-DRAY-ah — is one of New Orleans most ebullient chefs, a culinary personality who´s made a big impression in this fine dining capital. Greeting his guests at his restaurant, participating in the Chefs Charity for Children and many other culinary events around town, Andrea is at his best, a [...] Read More

Aragon, Manuel

Manuel Aragontaped at Rancho de ChimayoChimayo NMhttp://www.ranchodechimayo.com Under construction.  Read More

Aronson, Lynne

Lynne AronsonLola, Lola BowlaNew York NY Lynne Aronson wanted to be an artist, but she finally found the perfect medium not in an artist’s studio but in the kitchen. In the beginning, her love of cooking was born of necessity. Having decided at age thirteen that she wanted to be a vegetarian, she began to learn to [...] Read More

Aubert, Claude

Claude AubertLe Bec-FinCovington LA Claude Aubert has always been a chef’s chef. His compatriot chefs have held him in respect, admiring his courtly manners, impeccable training, and great talent. Le Bec Fin, his small, very French restaurant across Lake Pontchartrain from New Orleans, has a lovely, classic quality. “I am a French chef,” he said with [...] Read More

Auboine, Jean-Marie

Jean-Marie AuboineInter-Continental Presidente Mexico CityMexico City, Mexicotaped at La Pyramide, Vienne, Francehttp://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/ic/1/en/hotel/mexha?_requestid=497324 Jean-Marie Auboine, a native of France, says he was always curious about how different dishes were made. Now he knows very well. Auboine is at the top of his game in the pastry kitchen at La Pyramide. Auboine began his studies at the [...] Read More

Augustin, Franz

Franz Augustinas taped atDemel/K.u.K. HofzuckerbackerVienna, Austria Read More

Austin, Stephen

Stephen Austinas taped at Hedgerose Heights InnAtlanta, Georgia Stephen Austin celebrated his love of food in every dish he prepared for the Hedgerose Heights Inn. Atlantans adored the romance of Austin’s beautiful food with its deep roots in some of France’s most glorious restaurants.    Indeed, Austin’s biography reads like a “Who’s Who” of the world of [...] Read More

Ayala, Alfredo

Alfredo Ayala taped at Chayote Olimpo Court Hotel Puerto Rico http://www.travelandsports.com Alfredo Ayala is the chef-owner of Chayote Restaurant. He trained with Eric Ripert, chef of Le Bernardin in New York (and also a ‚“Great Chef,‚” featured on Great Chefs of the East), and spent two months in France at Joel Robuchon´s Restaurant Jamin. Since living in Puerto Rico, Chef Ayala has [...] Read More

Bajeux, Rene

Rene BajeuxLa Provence, Lacombe LAtaped at Rene BistrotNew Orleans LAhttp://www.laprovencerestaurant.com Only 49 other U.S. chefs carry the distinction borne by Chef Rene Bajeux: French Master. It is a tribute to the years of work he has put into perfecting his art. At Rene Bistrot, warm butterscotch and copper tones created a relaxed atmosphere. Guests chatted [...] Read More

Banchet, Jean

Jean Banchet taped at Le Francais and La Riviera Chicago, and Atlanta Jean Banchet first came to the attention of Great Chefs in the early ‘80s, when the call went out for nominations for chefs to be taped in Chicago. Over and over, nominations came back with Jean Banchet, then at his Le Francais restaurant in Wheeling, Illinois, [...] Read More

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