Berni, Aldo (1909–1997), restaurateur, was born on 14 March 1909 in Bardi in northern Italy, the youngest of three sons of Louis Berni, the owner of the Louis Café in Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire, which served meals consisting of soup, a joint, and two vegetables. ...
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Berni, Aldo (1909–1997), restaurateur
Paul Levy
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Boulestin, (Xavier) Marcel (1878–1943), restaurateur and writer on cookery
Brigid Allen
Boulestin, (Xavier) Marcel (1878–1943), restaurateur and writer on cookery, was born at Poitiers, France, where his mother, the daughter of a former lycée teacher, shared the house of his widowed maternal grandmother. Boulestin grew up and attended school in Poitiers, developing strong interests in music and the theatre. He visited his father, who maintained a largely separate existence, only for a month each summer, at the property that he owned at ...
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Carrier, Robert (1923–2006), writer on cookery and restaurateur
Paul Levy
Carrier, Robert (1923–2006), writer on cookery and restaurateur, was born Robert Carrier McMahon on 10 November 1923, at Tarrytown, New York state, USA, the third son of a wealthy property lawyer of Irish descent. His mother was of German descent, and also from a wealthy background. (His middle name, later his assumed surname, was that of one of his grandmothers, chosen because it looked good in print and was easy to pronounce in French.) When his parents lost their money following the ...
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Cradock, Phyllis Nan Sortain [Fanny] (1909–1994), television chef
Paul Levy
Cradock, Phyllis Nan Sortain [Fanny] (1909–1994), television chef, was born on 26 February 1909 at Apthorp, Fairlop Road, Leytonstone, Essex, the daughter of Archibald Thomas Pechey, corn merchant, and his wife, Bijou Sortain, née Hancock. By the time of her first marriage she was referring to her father as an 'author', although there is no evidence to support the claim; she also embellished her surname, giving it as '...
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Escoffier, Georges Auguste (1846–1935), master chef and writer on cookery
F. Ashburner
Escoffier, Georges Auguste (1846–1935), master chef and writer on cookery, was born on 28 October 1846 in Villeneuve-sur-Loup (later Villeneuve-Loubet), Alpes-Maritimes, 15 kilometres from Nice, the son of Jean Baptiste Escoffier (d. 1909), farmer and village blacksmith. At thirteen Auguste was apprenticed to his uncle ...
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Lemon, Denis Edward (1945–1994), newspaper proprietor and restaurateur
Peter Burton
Lemon, Denis Edward (1945–1994), newspaper proprietor and restaurateur, was born on 11 August 1945 at Berryfield House, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, the eldest child and only son of Albert Edward Lemon, an executive officer with the Assistance Board, and his partner, Jane Kenyon, formerly Unsworth (1912–1988)...
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Lo, Kenneth Hsiao Chien [Lo Xiaojan] (1913–1995), restaurateur and tennis player
Paul Levy
Lo, Kenneth Hsiao Chien [Lo Xiaojan] (1913–1995), restaurateur and tennis player, was born on 12 September 1913 in Fuzhou, southern China, the second of the three sons of Lo Tsung Hien (Lo Zong Xian), a diplomatist, and his wife, Wei Ying...
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Mahomed, Deen [formerly Deen Mahomet] (1759–1851), shampooing surgeon and restaurateur
Michael H. Fisher
Mahomed, Deen [formerly Deen Mahomet] (1759–1851), shampooing surgeon and restaurateur, was born Deen Mahomet in May 1759, in Patna, Bihar, India, the younger son of an Indian officer in the East India Company's Bengal army. Both parents were Shi'i Muslims claiming descent from ...
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May, Robert (b. 1588?, d. in or after 1664), cook and author
Tom Jaine
May, Robert (b. 1588
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Petty, Florence (1870–1948), cookery writer and broadcaster
Blake Perkins
Petty, Florence (1870–1948), cookery writer and broadcaster, was born at 70 Bridge Street, Montrose, Forfar, on 1 December 1870, the second daughter and fourth of seven children of David James Petty (1836–1895), a timber merchant's clerk, and his wife, Jane Norris, née Levie (1835/6–1891)...
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Raffald [née Whitaker], Elizabeth (bap. 1733, d. 1781), cook and writer on cookery
Nancy Cox
Raffald [née Whitaker], Elizabeth (bap. 1733, d. 1781), cook and writer on cookery, was born at Doncaster and baptized there on 8 July 1733. She was one of at least three daughters born to Joshua Whitaker, a man of some property in the town which the daughters inherited. After receiving a fair education, she passed about fifteen years (1748–63) in service, rising to become housekeeper at ...
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Ramsden, Harry (1888–1963), fish and chip restaurateur
John K. Walton
Ramsden, Harry (1888–1963), fish and chip restaurateur, was born on 10 February 1888 at 64 Chatham Street, Bradford, the sixth child of seven born to Henry Ramsden and his wife, Emily Gledhill, formerly Holroyd. His father was then a police constable, but later became a stage-door manager, publican, and fish frier. Shortly after ...
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Rhodes, Gary (1960–2019), chef and broadcaster
Anthony Hayward
Rhodes, Gary (1960–2019), chef and broadcaster, was born in Dulwich Hospital, London, on 22 April 1960, the second of three children of Gordon Rhodes, a clerk for an oil refiner, later a school caretaker, and his wife Jean, née Ferris. He had an elder brother, ...
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Soyer, Alexis Benoît (1810–1858), chef
Elizabeth Ray
Soyer, Alexis Benoît (1810–1858), chef, was born on 4 February 1810 at Meaux-en-Brie, near Paris, the youngest of three sons of Emery Roch Alexis Soyer, a shopkeeper, and his wife, Marie Madeleine Françoise, née Chamberlan; his parents were both thirty-one when he was born. He was sent to the local cathedral with the intention of becoming a priest, but he did not take to this vocation and, after ringing the cathedral bells at night, which brought out the town garrison and the fire brigade, he was expelled. In 1821 he joined his brother ...
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Wright, Christian Edington Guthrie (1844–1907), founder of the Edinburgh School of Cookery
Tom Begg
Wright, Christian Edington Guthrie (1844–1907), founder of the Edinburgh School of Cookery, was born on 19 April 1844 in Glasgow, the only child of Harry Guthrie Wright (1803–1894), manager of the Glasgow and South-Western Railway Company, and his wife, Christian (...
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Wright, Clarissa Dickson (1947–2014), cook and television presenter
Paul Levy
Wright, Clarissa Dickson (1947–2014), cook and television presenter, was born on 24 June 1947 at the London Clinic, 20 Devonshire Place, London, the youngest of four children (three daughters and one son) of Arthur (Dicky) Dickson Wright (1897–1976), a prominent surgeon whose patients included the ...
