Great, Grand and Famous Chefs and Their Signature Dishes

Download or read book Great, Grand and Famous Chefs and Their Signature Dishes written by Fritz Gubler and published by Great, Grand & Famous Hotels. This book was released on 2009 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Great, Grand & Famous Chefs and their Signature Dishes is a study of the development of haute cuisine and the rise of the chef-patron, from Marie-Antoine Careme (the first celebrity chef, known as 'the king of chefs and the chef of kings') to superstar chefs of today such as Gordon Ramsay and Australia's own Tetsuya Wakuda. The included recipes - one for each chef - enable the reader to get a taste of the signature dishes of the world's greatest chefs. This book is presented in a roughly chronological order, with profiles of 20 chefs who have been influential in the development of haute cuisine throughout the 20th century.