The best in their culinary fields

PieSusan

PieSusan

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Maida Heatter is the Grande Dame of baking (she is adored by pastry chefs).
Edna Lewis is the Grande Dame of Southern Cooking.
Julia Child and Simone Beck are the Grande Dames of French Cooking (although Pierre Franey and Jacques Pepin are wonderful as well)
Marcella Hazan is known as the Grande Dame of Italian Cooking
James Beard was the father of American Gastronomy
Rick Bayless is a champion of authentic Mexican cuisine

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A few other suggestions for gastronomic sainthood:

  • Diana Kennedy - Mexican
  • Madhur Jaffrey - Indian
  • John Folse - Cajun & Creole
  • Fuschia Dunlop - Szechwan & Hunan
  • Irma Rombauer -- The American Kitchen
 
DS, this was a serious pursuit on my part. I was asking for the best chefs in their culinary fields and not who was the most annoying. You can start that thread if you would like.
 
Cui Wuchen for most, or even perhaps all Chinese. She did state dinners for Chairmen Mao and Chou en Lai.
 
My hat is off to Georges Pralus for inventing the Sous-Vide method of cooking. I really find that fascinating.
 
PieSusan said:
Maida Heatter is the Grande Dame of baking (she is adored by pastry chefs).
Edna Lewis is the Grande Dame of Southern Cooking.
Julia Child and Simone Beck are the Grande Dames of French Cooking (although Pierre Franey and Jacques Pepin are wonderful as well)
Marcella Hazan is known as the Grande Dame of Italian Cooking
James Beard was the father of American Gastronomy
Rick Bayless is a champion of authentic Mexican cuisine

Who wants to add to this list?
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I don't know that I would include Julia Child as the grand dame of French cooking just the one that brought America's attention to it. Now that is something in and of itself. I would say Martin Yan would be the same for Asian cooking as Julia Child though not the best I'm sure. The rest I don't know enough about to comment on.
 
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