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Quiz about Celebrity Chefs
Quiz about Celebrity Chefs

Celebrity Chefs Trivia Quiz


How well do you know these artists of taste?

A multiple-choice quiz by sku. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
sku
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
160,427
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
4 / 10
Plays
1267
Last 3 plays: Guest 67 (4/10), Guest 71 (4/10), Guest 67 (7/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. This is the Austrian chef who brought us Jewish pizza. Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. This is Chef Thomas Keller's Napa Valley, California restaurant, which has been considered by many to be the best restaurant in the United States. Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. This Japanese born chef was one of the pioneers of Pacific Rim-fusion cuisine. The restaurant he originally opened in Hawaii now has over 20 locations around the country. Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. This chef opened his signature restaurant in 1979 and helped popularize New Orleans cuisine in the 1980s. Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. This chain smoking, swearing head chef of Les Halles in New York has become a widely recognized writer and an unlikely television star. Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. This chef, who founded Chez Panisse in Berkeley, California, is considered one of the pioneers of California cuisine. Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. This Barcelona chef is a proponent of a new movement which views food as much as abstract art as nourishment. Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. This Japanese chef, whose journey has taken him from Tokyo to South America to the United States, brought innovative Japanese cuisine to America at restaurants such as Nobu, which he opened in New York with actor Robert DeNiro. Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. This culinary master's motto is, "Never trust a skinny chef". Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. This chef of Latin American cuisine surprised fans by doing a Burger King commercial. Hint



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Most Recent Scores
Mar 28 2024 : Guest 67: 4/10
Mar 23 2024 : Guest 71: 4/10
Feb 25 2024 : Guest 67: 7/10

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. This is the Austrian chef who brought us Jewish pizza.

Answer: Wolfgang Puck

In the early 1970s, Puck opened his revolutionary Spago in Hollywood, which introduced the world to gourmet pizza. He is probably the best known celebrity chef in the United States, and has created a restaurant, frozen food and publishing empire. Jewish pizza is a pizza with cream cheese, lox and caviar.
2. This is Chef Thomas Keller's Napa Valley, California restaurant, which has been considered by many to be the best restaurant in the United States.

Answer: The French Laundry

Taken over by Keller in the 1990s, the French Laundry quickly rose to national prominence. He also operates the restaurants Per Se, in New York City, and Bouchon, in Napa and Las Vegas.
3. This Japanese born chef was one of the pioneers of Pacific Rim-fusion cuisine. The restaurant he originally opened in Hawaii now has over 20 locations around the country.

Answer: Roy Yamaguchi

Yamaguchi first opened Roy's in Honolulu in 1988. Since then, the chain has expanded from coast to coast on the mainland U.S. Yamaguchi briefly starred as Iron Chef Asian in the short lived American version of the 'Iron Chef' television program. Wong, Choy and Mavrothalassitis are all Hawaii based chefs.
4. This chef opened his signature restaurant in 1979 and helped popularize New Orleans cuisine in the 1980s.

Answer: Paul Prudhomme

Prudhomme's K-Paul's Louisiana Kitchen helped popularize blackened red fish, etouffee, gumbo and jambalaya throughout the U.S. Like Lagasse, Prudhomme was a graduate of Commander's Palace, one of the preeminent training grounds of New Orleans chefs.
5. This chain smoking, swearing head chef of Les Halles in New York has become a widely recognized writer and an unlikely television star.

Answer: Anthony Bourdain

Bourdain first rose to prominence with his insider book 'Kitchen Confidential', about life in the restaurant business. He then starred in the television Food Network travelogue, 'A Cook's Tour', in which he ate, drank and smoked his way around the globe. He is truly the gonzo journalist of American cuisine.
6. This chef, who founded Chez Panisse in Berkeley, California, is considered one of the pioneers of California cuisine.

Answer: Alice Waters

Waters opened Chez Panisse in 1971, when heavily sauced, traditional continental cuisine was America's fine dining of choice. She has been a consistent advocate of lightly sauced dishes with locally grown and raised ingredients.
7. This Barcelona chef is a proponent of a new movement which views food as much as abstract art as nourishment.

Answer: Ferran Adria

At his restaurant El Bulli, Adria produces mixtures of art, chemistry and cuisine. He was one of the first to present "foam", broths and creams injected with carbon dioxide or nitrous oxide, as food. Achatz, who is chef and owner of Trio in Evanston, Illinois, is one of the premiere American disciples of this school.
8. This Japanese chef, whose journey has taken him from Tokyo to South America to the United States, brought innovative Japanese cuisine to America at restaurants such as Nobu, which he opened in New York with actor Robert DeNiro.

Answer: Nobuyuki Matsuhisa

Before coming to the U.S., Matsuhisa worked in Tokyo, Peru and Argentina. His most prominent restaurants are New York's Nobu and Matsuhisa in Los Angeles. Morimoto, of 'Iron Chef' fame, was fomerly a chef for him at Nobu.
9. This culinary master's motto is, "Never trust a skinny chef".

Answer: Sam Choy

The rotund Mr. Choy is a popular Hawaiian chef who has restaurants, books and a television program. However, all of these choices would be seen as somewhat trustworthy by Mr. Choy. Jennifer Peterson is one of the stars of the British cooking series 'Two Fat Ladies'.
10. This chef of Latin American cuisine surprised fans by doing a Burger King commercial.

Answer: Rick Bayless

Author, television star and proprieter of Frontera Grill in Chicago, Bayless has been an advocate of using local, organic ingredients. That's why some of his fans were surprised and angered when he signed up to help create and advertise a new line of Burger King sandwiches.
Source: Author sku

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