Cyberchefs Logo A DYNAMIC, HISTORICAL QUIZ...THE IMPORTANT CHEFS
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Question #1:
Recognized as the first Chef to use the media of television for cooking demonstrations

Jacques Pépin Daniel Boulud Raymond Oliver James Beard


Question #2:
Modernized and simplified the elaborate cuisine created by the 18th-century master chef,
Antonin Carême


Question #3:
In the mid 1500's, brought to France from Italy such important culinary landmarks as cream, ice, and sauce making; essentially introducing the concept of "grand cuisine" into France.


Question #4:
Who was the 19th-century French chef who evolved an intricate methodology by which hundreds of sauces were classified under one of five mother sauces.

Cesar Ritz Auguste Escoffier Prosper Montagne Antonin Carême
Louis I. Szathmary


Question #5:
This person is very often called "The father of American gastronomy".
Please type this person's last name only in the answer box below.


Question #6:
Besides having assembled one of the world's great collections of culinary-related books and artifacts, this chef lead the fight for many years to finally convince the United States Department of Labor to upgrade and reclassify chefs and cooks to our present status as professionals.


Question #7:
Hosted "The French Chef" aired first on TV in early 1963. made the cover of time magazine a few years later.This chef loves the basics, the hows and whys of cooking, taking out the mystery but sharing the mystique and comes from the pre-Martha Stewart era, before microwaves, bread machines, food processors, and non stick frying pans. The recipes aren't faddish and the chef is not a fashionably slim one because of their love to also eat. A powerful influence on all contemporary American Chefs.


Question #8:
Elected the Chef of the Century by Gault et Millau, this classically trained and oriented chef was a major proponent if not the creator of the "nouvelle cuisine" movement. We all have much to thank this chef for, especially the celebrity chefs of today.

Jacques Pépin Paul Bocuse Roger Vergé Daniel Boulud
Gaston Lenôtre


Question #9:
Which ones of the following were NOT influential, leaders, creators, innovators or contributors to the nouvelle cuisine culinary movement.


    Emeril Lagasse
    Allen Susser
    Jacques Pépin
    Daniel Boulud
    Paul Bocuse
    Charlie Trotter
    Michel Guérard
    Paul Prudhomme

    Alain Chapel
    Norman Van Aken
    Jean and Pierre Troisgros
    Jeremiah Tower
    Fernand Point
    Gaston Lenôtre
    Roger Vergé
    Wolfgang Puck

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